Vacuum desoldering iron

Claim 1

A SOLDERING AND DESOLDERING DEVICE COMPRISING: A HANDLE; A HEATING ELEMENT MOUNTED TO SAID HANDLE AND SUPPORTED THEREBY; A TIP BODY MOUNTED TO SAID HEATING ELEMENT AND HEATED THEREBY AND HAVING A PASSAGEWAY THEREIN; A TIP ON SAID TIP BODY AND HEATED THEREBY AND HAVING AN APERTURE THEREIN COMMUNICATING WITH SAID PASSAGEWAY; A THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE TUBE JOINED TO SAID TIP BODY AND HEATED THEREBY AND COMMUNICATING WITH SAID PASSAGEWAY; A HOLLOW SOLDER RECEIVER HAVING ONE END RECEIVED ON SAID SUPPORTED BY SAID TUBE, SAID TUBE COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID RECEIVER, SAID ONE END OF SAID RECEIVER BEING SLIDABLY MOUNTED TO SAID TUBE TO FACILITATE REMOVAL FROM SAID TUBE; A SPRING SUPPORTED BY SAID HANDLE AND RESILIENTLY RETAINING SAID RECEIVER IN SUPPORTED POSITION ON SAID TUBE AND A SOURCE OF VACUUM MOUNTED ADJACENT SAID HANDLE AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID RECEIVER AND ESTABLISHING A VACUUM IN SAID RECEIVER AND SAID TUBE AND SAID PASSAGEWAY FOR PICKING UP SOLDER WHEN MELTED BY SAID TIP, SAID APERTURE HAVING AN OPEN END THROUGH WHICH THE MELTED SOLDER MAY BE DRAWN.