(under the class definition) Device comprising a tangible instrumentality having a surface of metal, designed and intended to engage work and/or flux or filler material for transferring heat energy thereto so that a fused bond may be produced.
(1) Note. A "soldering iron" under this subclass is a handtool (i.e., one which is entirely held and fully manipulated by hand), and may have attachments that move relatively during treatment, such as an iron combined with means to feed flux or filler. However, a hand tool comprising the combination of an iron and an additional work engaging
member that moves relative to the iron during bonding (e.g., "capping iron", which is a soldering iron and a work engaging tool guide) is not considered to be a "soldering iron", per se, but will be found in subclasses 25+.
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25+, for a hand operated applicator movable with respect to a work engaging tool guide.
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126, Stoves and Furnaces, 236+, for a heater for a "soldering iron", subclasses 413+, for a "soldering iron" having an integral liquid or gaseous fuel burner; and see Lines With Other Classes and Within This Class, Relationship to Other Classes, The Heating Classes, in Class 228.
219, Electric Heating, for the combination of a "soldering iron" and electrical heating means, and see Lines With Other Classes and Within This Class, Relationship to Other Classes, The Heating Classes, in Class 228.
