Solder feeding soldering gun

Claim 1

A SOLDER FEEDING SOLDERING GUN COMPRISING A SUPPORT HAVING FORWARD AND REAR ENDS, A SOLDERING TIP ON AND EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM SAID FORWARD END, WIRE SOLDER FEEDING MECHANISM COMPRISING A WIRE SOLDER FEEDING TUBE HAVING A FORWARD END ADJACENT TO SAID SOLDERING TIP AND AN OPEN REAR END, A RATCHET WHEEL JOURNALLED ON SAID SUPPORT AND HAVING TEETH TO ENGAGE WIRE SOLDER WITHIN THE FEEDING TUBE, A RATCHET BAR HAVING TEETH ENGAGED WITH THE TEETH OF THE RATCHET WHEEL, AND MEANS FOR ACUTATING THE RATCHET BAR FOR FEEDING WIRE SOLDER FORWARDLY IN THE FEEDING TUBE TO THE SOLDERING TIP, SAID FEEDING TUBE HAVING OPENING MEANS THROUGH WHICH THE RATCHET WHEEL ENGAGES THE SOLDER, AN ELECTRICAL SWITCH ASSEMBLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO THE SOLDERING TIP, SAID ACTUATING MEANS COMPRISING A TRIGGER MEMBER MOUNTED FOR ENDWISE MOVEMENTS ON THE SUPPORT, AND LOST MOTION MEANS CONNECTING THE TRIGGER MEMBER TO THE RATCHET BAR, AND SPRING MEANS YIELDABLY URGING SAID TRIGGER MEMBER TOWARD ITS STARTING POSITION AND TOWARD SAID RATCHET BAR FOR MOVING THE RATCHET BAR TO A STARTING POSITION FROM AN OPERATED POSITION.