Desoldering tool

Claim 1

A DESOLDERING TOOL COMPRISING: A HANDLE; HEATER MEANS MOUNTED TO SAID HANDLE; A HEAT TRANSMITTING MEMBER MOUNTED TO SAID HEATER MEANS; HOLLOW TIP MEANS MOUNTED TO SAID HEAT TRANSMITING MEMBER AND HAVING A THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE TUBE IN COMMUNICATION THEREWITH AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY THEREFROM; AN ELONGATED TUBULAR SOLDER RECEIVER HAVING A FRONT END AND A REAR END, WITH THE FRONT END MOUNTED TO AND THERMALLY EXTENDING FLANGE SAID TUBE, SAID RECEIVER HAVING OUTWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE MEANS ADJACENT THE REAR END THEREOF; CLIP MEANS MOUNTED TO SAID HANDLE AND HAVING A PORTION RECEIVING SAID RECEIVER AND ACCOMMODATING LONGITUDINAL MEOVEMENT OF SAID RECEIVER IN SAID PORTION, SAID CLIP MEANS HAVING SECURING MEANS THEREON TO CLAMP SAID RECEIVER IN SAID PORTION WHEN SAID SECURING MEANS IS SET; AND A HOLLOW FLEXIBLE BULB HAVING A PORTION THEREOF SEALED TO SAID RECEIVER, THE INTERIOR OF SAID BULB COMMUNICATING WITH THE HOLLOW IN SAID TIP MEANS THROUGH SAID RECEIVER AND SAID TUBE, AND THE HOLLOW IN SAID TIP MEANS HAVING AN OPEN END THROUGH WHICH SOLDER MAY BE SUCKED FROM A JOINT TO BE DESOLDERED.