US711948A

US711948A - Vise.

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Publication number: US711948A
Application number: US11146902A
Authority: US
Inventors: James Dodge
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1902-06-13
Filing date: 1902-06-13
Publication date: 1902-10-28
Anticipated expiration: 1919-10-28

Description

No. 7||,948'. Patented Oct. 28, |902.

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JAMES DODGE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

VISE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 711,948, dated October 28, 1902.

Application filed June 13, 1902. saranno. 111,469. (No modele To @ZZ whom, it Wbay concern.:

Beit known that I, JAMES DODGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vises; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in vises; and the invention has reference more particularly to a novel construction of vise comprising a pair of adjustable sliding jaws for bringing said jaws in their approximate holding relation with the piece of work which is to be held between the jaws and provided with a tightening means cooperating with one of the jaws of the vise for causing the positive holding engagement of the said jaws of the vise with the work held between the said jaws.

The present invention therefore has for its principal objects to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient construction of vise both jaws of which are adjustable with relation to the main stock or bar, the several parts being slidably arranged, thereby doing away with the usual screw shank or stock now or ordinarily used and providing a vise which may be used with economy of time and a saving of labor in doing a variety of work where ajvise is serviceable.

The invention consists, primarily, in the novel construction of vise hereinafter more fully set forth, as well as in the various novel arrangements and combinations of the parts thereof, all of which will be more particularly described in the following specification and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a vise made according to the principles of my invention; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same, the said view illustrating the 'holding-jaws of the vise in their relatively locked engagement on the main stock or bar of the vise. Fig. 3 is adetail view, on an enlarged scale, of a portion of the main stock or bar and a part in section of one of the jaws of the vise, the parts being represented in their unlocked relation to permit of a sliding movement of the jaw on said stock or bar; and Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section on an enlarged scale, said section being taken on line 4 4 in Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrow 0c. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a holding or locking pin or key which is used with the said main stock or bar and one of the said holding-jaws. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a modified construction of vise, but still embodying the leading features of my invention. Fig. '7 is a top or plan view of the same; and Fig. 8 is a transverse vertical section taken on line 8 8 in Fig. 6 looking in the direction of the arrow y in said similar figure. I

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the said hereinabove-described views to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the several figures of the drawings, the reference character 1 indicates the complete construction of vise, of which the main stock or bar is indicated by the reference-

numeral

2, and 3 and 4 are the respective j aw-bodies. The said jawbody 3 in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, is made with the usual jaw portion or member 5 and with a downwardlyextending leg or fastening member 6, which is suitably secured at the front edge of the work-bench 7 by means of bolts 8 or any other suitable fastening means. The said jaw-body 3 is provided in its main body portion with a rearwardly-extending opening 9, preferably of a rectangular cross-section, in which is fitvted and is slidably arranged, so as to be capable of being pulled in or out, the main portion of said stock or bar 2. This stock or bar 2 is of a similar cross-section, as clearly represented in Fig. 4 of the drawings; but of course it will be evident that the said opening 9 and said stock or bar 2 may be of any other cross-section. The said jaw 3 is also provided with transverse or laterally-extending ducts 10 and 11 of a circular cross-section and the semicircular duct portion 12, arranged directly above and in communication with the said main opening 9, the said ducts 10 and ,11 and the semicircular duct portion 12 all IOO being in alinement and adapted to receive for rotative arrangement therein a holding-pin 13. The said pin 13 is provided with a suitable finger-piece I4 or other suitable means for turning the said pin and is retained in place by a washer 15 and a small pin 16, connected with the end portion 17 of the pin 13, as illustrated; but it will be understood that any other fastening or retaining means may be employed with the said pin 13 for holding it in its operative and rotative position in said ducts 10 and 1l and the duct portion 12. The said holding-pin 13 is also made with a cutaway portion 18, having a flat surface 19 directly beneath the upper semicylindrical and central portion 20 of said pin13, substantially as illustrated. Then this upper semicylindrical portion 20 of the said pin 13 has been arranged in the semicircular duct 12 of the jaw-body 3, then an unobstructed passageway for the sliding movement of the stock or bar 2 is provided within the said main body portion of said jaw 3, as will be clearly evident from an inspection of Figs. 2 and 4; but when said pin 13 has been rotated in said ducts 10 and 11, so as to bring its semicylindrical portion 20 out of the semicircular duct portion 12 and into one of a number of semicircular and laterally-extending grooves 21 in the upper edge portion of the stock or bar 2, then the said stock or bar will be retained in a held or fixed position in the opening 9 of the jaw-body 3, as illustrated in Fig. 3, until the said pin 13 is again rotated acne-half turn, whereby the semicylindrical portion 20 again enters the seinicircular duct portion 12 to permit of a sliding movement of the stock or bar 2 and bring the latter into any other adjusted relation with the jaw-body 3. The forward end portion of the said stock or bar2 is made with a screw shank or member 22, the part 23 of said stock or bar 2, from which the said screw shank or member 22 extends, being suitably arranged in a receiving-socket 24, formed on the inner side of the other jawbody 4 of the vise, as shown. The said jawbody 4 is provided with the usual jaw portion 25, and in the wall 26 of said jaw-body 4 there is an opening 27, through which the said screw shank or mem ber 22 extends. The arrangement of the said part 23 and the screw shank or member 22 of the said stock or bar 2 within the socket 24 and the opening 27, respectively, is such that the jaw-body 4is capable of a limited movement, substantially as and for the purposes to be hereinafter more particularly set forth. Upon the said screw shank or member 22 is operatively arranged a nut 28, having a reduced portion 29, on which is placed a wrench 30, which can be placed about the polygonal portion 31 of the nut 28 for turning the latter, and thereby bringing the preferably conically formed end surface 32 in operative contact with a cone-- shaped receiving depression 33 in the jawbody 4 and forcing the latter in a direction toward the other jaw-body 3, as will be clearly evident. The jaw-body 3 is also preferably made with the inclined surface 34 for clearance.

Now suppose it is desired to hold and secure a piece of work between the two holdingjaws of the two jaw-

bodies

3 and 4. The pin 13 is turned so as to stand in the position indicated in Figs. 2 and 4, and the stock or bar 2 and jaw-body 4 are then both pulled forward in the direction of the arrow fc, so as to separate the holding-jaw portions of the two

jawbodies

3 and 4 the required distance to receive the piece of work. The pin 13 is then given a half-turn to bring the semicylindrical part 18 in the groove 2l of the stock or bar 2, which has been brought directly below the semicircular duct portion 12 in the opening 9. The work is now held by hand between the jaw portions of the jaw-

bodies

3 and 4, and the nut 28 is firmly screwed against the outer face of the jaw-body, whereby said jaw-body 4 will be moved toward the work and the latter will be firmly and securely held in a fixed position between the jaw portions of the two jaw-

bodies

3 and 4.

In Figs. 6, 7, and 8 of the drawings I have illustrated the use of my novel construction of vise with a table or bench, the stock or bar 2 in this case being arranged in a fixed position upon and extending across the top of the table or bench, but in this instance both

jawbodies

3 and 4 being slidably arranged on said stock or bar 2, whereby the vise is especially adapted for the holding between the jaw portions of the vise of pieces of work of great widths. In this construction of vise the stock 2 and the jaw-

bodies

3 and 4 are made in the same manner as the corresponding parts of the vise construction described and illustrated in connection with Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive. In the present construction, however, the stock or bar 2 is provided with a screw threaded shank 35 at its rear end, which is suitably secured by means of a nut 36 or other suitable fastening means to a standard or bracket 37, extending in an upward direction above the upper surface of the table or bench, as shown. Suitably secured to thefront of the table or bench, by means of bolts 33, is a plate 39, having a rectangularly-formed opening 40, in which the said stock or bar is arranged, as clearly illustrated, and it will thus be seen that said stock or bar 2 is supported in a fixed position above the table or work-bench. The jaw-body 3 in this case, however, is made without the downwardly-extending leg or fastening member 6, said jaw-body 3 being slidably arranged upon the stock or bar 2, which is provided with the grooves 21 and is locked or held in its adjusted position, by means of the pin 13, in the manner herein described in connection with the construction of vise illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive. The other jawbody 4 is tightened against the work, by means of the nut 28 and wrench 30, in the same manner as has been hereinabove described.

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I am fully aware that changes may be made in the various arrangements and combinations of the parts without departing from the scope of my present invention. Hence I do not limit my invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the parts as described in the previous specification and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, nor do I cou- -fine myself to the exact details of the construction of the said parts.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim isl. In a vise,the combination with a non-rotative stock, provided with transverse grooves, and a pair of jaw-

bodies

3 and 4, the said jaw-body 3 having a longitudinally-extending opening in which the said stock is arranged, all arranged to be brought in sliding relation with one another, for adjustment according to the work to be held, the said jaw-body 3 being provided with a pair of laterally-extending ducts l0 and ll, and a semicircular duct 12, all in alinement, and a pin in said ducts, havingacut-away part and correspondingly-placed semicylindrical body portion adapted to register with one of said grooves in the stock to hold said jaw-body in its Xed relation to the said stock, and said pin being rotatively arranged so that said semicylindrical body portion can be removed from its holding engagement with the groove in the stock and made to register with said semicircular duct l2 to permit of a sliding movement, and means on the forward end portion of said stock for engagement with said jawbody 4 to move said jaw-body 4 into its rm holding engagement with the work, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a vise,the combination,with a non-rotative stock, provided with transverse grooves, and a pair of jaw-bodies, 3 and 4, the said jaw-body 3 having a longitudinally-extending opening in which the said stock is arranged, all arranged to be brought in sliding relation with one another, for adjustment according to the work to be held, the said jaw-body 3 being provided with a pair of laterally-extending ducts 10 and 1l and a semicircular duct 12, all in alinement, and a pin in lsaid ducts having a cut-away part and correspondingly-placed semicylindrical body portion adapted to register with one of said grooves in the stock to hold said jaw-body in its fixed relation to the said stock, said pin being rotatively arranged so that said semicylindrical body portion can be removed from its holding engagement with the groove in the stock and made to register with said semicircular duct12 to permit ofa sliding movement, and means on the forward end portion of said stock for engagement with saidjaw-body 4 to move said j aw-body 4 into its firm holding engagement with the work, consisting, essentially, of a screw-shank on the said forward free end portion of the stock, and a nut on said screw shank adapted to be screwed against the said jaw-body 4, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. Inavise,the combination with anon-rotative stock, provided with transverse grooves, and a pair of jaw-bodies 3 and 4, the said jaw-body 3 having a longitudinally-extending opening in which the said stock is arranged, all arranged to be brought in sliding relation with one another, for adjustment according to the work to be held, the said jaw-body 3 being provided with a pair of laterally-extending ducts l0 and l1 and a semicircular duct l2, all in alinement, and a pin in said ducts, a cut-away part and correspondingly-placed semicylindrical body portion adapted to register with one of said grooves in the stock to hold said jaw-body in its fixed relation to the said stock, said pin being rotatively arranged so that said semicylindrical body portion can be removed from its holding engagement with the groove in the stock and made to register with said semicircular duct l2 to permit of a sliding movement, and means on the forward end portion of said stock for engagement with said jawbody 4 to move said jaw-body 4 into its firm holding engagement with the work, consisting, essentially, of a screw-shank on the said forward free end portion of the stock, and a nut on said screw-shank adapted to be screwed against the said jaw-body 4, the said jawbody 4 having a cone-shaped depression 33, and said nut having a cone-surface 32 for engagement with said depression substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony thatI claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of June, 1902.

JAMES DODGE.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, GEO. D. RICHARDS.

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