Electrically heated solder extractor

A solder extractor device comprising:

• a working front unit including a hollow rear cowl member with front and rear openings and formed of a heat insulating material, an elongated tubular bracket secured to the front of and projecting forwardly from said cowl member with the longitudinal axis of the bracket being oblique to the longitudinal axis of the cowl member, an electrical heating member having an axial bore positioned in the forward end of said bracket, a tubular tip member telescoping the forward end of said bore and projecting forwardly thereof and separably secured to said heating member, a conveyor tube extending rearwardly from said heating member and communicating with said bore and a tubular first seal member engaging the rear end of said conveyor tube and located within said cowl;
• a rear unit projecting rearwardly from said cowl member and separably secured thereto and including an elongated tubular outer handle member formed of a heat insulating material and being coaxial with said cowl member, said outer handle member being detachably secured to the rear of said cowl member, a tubular receiver disposed in said handle member and having an open front end releasably engaging said first seal member and a rear open end, and a closure member engaging said receiver member rear open end and having a passageway therethrough communicating with the rear of the receiver and a conduit coupling communicating with said passageway;
• and an electric power line cable freely slidably extending into the rear end of the handle member and through a longitudinal passageway in the rear unit into the front unit and being fixedly connected to said heating member, said rear unit, when said handle member is detached from said cowl member, being rearwardly slidable on said power cable to permit the separation of said front and rear units.