Soldering apparatus
AssigneeLibbey-Owens-Ford Co.
InventorRobert W. Fern
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Abstract
An apparatus for use in the manufacture of plastic sheets to be used as interlayers in laminated antenna-windshield structures including a soldering apparatus suspended above and associated with a wire laying apparatus for operation in conjunction therewith to solder a connecting plate to the antenna wire elements laid and embedded into the plastic sheet by the wire laying apparatus. The soldering apparatus is provided with guide pins insertable into the work table supporting the plastic sheet for effecting operation of the soldering apparatus to deliver solder to the workpieces and effect the bond therebetween.
Claims15
A soldering apparatus comprising:
- a frame, a soldering iron having a tip, means mounting said soldering iron on said frame for pivotal movement relative thereto in an arcuate path between a position of rest and a position of use, a supply of solder in strip form mounted on said frame, means intermittently feeding an increment of said solder strip into said arcuate path of travel in spaced relation to said soldering iron tip when disposed in said position of rest, and means for actuating said soldering iron to swing the tip thereof into engagement with said solder strip and sever said increment therefrom for delivery to said position of use.
A soldering apparatus comprising:
- a frame, a soldering iron having a tip, means mounting said soldering iron on said frame for pivotal movement relative thereto in an arcuate path between an upper position of rest and a lower position of use, a supply of solder in strip form mounted on said frame, means intermittently feeding a predetermined length of said solder strip into said arcuate path of travel for engagement and severance by said soldering iron tip during movement thereof in said arcuate path toward said position of use, a sensing means on said frame engageable with a work supporting table, and means responsive to engagement of said sensing means with said table for actuating said soldering iron.
A soldering apparatus comprising:
- a frame, a soldering iron having a tip, means mounting said soldering iron on said frame for pivotal movement relative thereto in an arcuate path between an upper position of rest and a lower position of use, a supply of solder in strip form mounted on said frame, means intermittently feeding a predetermined length of said solder strip into said arcuate path of travel for engagement and severance by said soldering iron tip during movement thereof in said arcuate path toward said position of use, and means mounted on said frame for removing excess solder from said soldering tip.
Apparatus for producing interlayers for antenna-type windshields comprising:
- a frame having a table for supporting a plastic sheet, means on said frame and overlying said table for applying and embedding antenna wire elements in said plastic sheet, means for soldering a connecting tab to intersecting portions of said antenna wire elements, and means detachably connecting said soldering means to said table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.