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homogeneous piece of metal, having a chain-
ber for the reception and retention of solder,
as at b b', said chamber being partly opened
and partly covered, and with all increased
heating portion of metal, as at d, near the cap-
illary discharging-orifice c, substantially as
and for the purpose described.
2. The hand soldering - iron A, having a
plane-faced surface on top and a chamber, b
b', below, with imperforate rear and side walls
e c and d', and conununicating with a dis-
charging-orifice, as at c, and having an open-
ing into said chamber, through which, by a
single act of charging such chamber, a piece
of unmelted solder sufficient in size for one
full charge of the chamber may be introduced,
substantially as described.
Witness my hand in the matter of my appli-
cation for a patent for an improved soldering-
iron, this 20th day of March 1877.
HENNELL STEVENS.
Witnesses :
JAMES .MARTIN, Jr.,
A. G. IIEYLMUN.