Patents Assigned to Richard C. Thompson
  • Solder reclaiming apparatus
    Patent number: 4341258
    Abstract: A supported melting pot for recovered globules of solder includes a metering valve and feeder tube through which melted solder is delivered in controlled amounts to a die. The die includes separable sections, at least one of which is heated, and is provided with an elongated spiral molding groove. On each use of the apparatus, a spiral solder section having a length as great as twenty feet is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1982
    Assignee: Richard C. Thompson
    Inventor: Arthur G. Wigdahl