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US 10,471,768 B1Granted
Method of converting a ball vise into a positioning vise
OwnerSteven James Lindsayinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to converting a ball and socket style vise into a positioning vise. Jewelers and hand engravers and metal working artists utilize traditional ball vises for holding and spinning an object that is being worked on. The present invention provides a way to retrofit these traditional ball vises with a linear positioning top portion assembly.
Claims9
A method of converting a ball vise into a linear plane positioning vise comprising:
- providing a ball-and-socket base assembly including:
- a cradle,
- a member having an arcuate portion movably engaged within said cradle,
- a rotatable block mounted to said member and having a central axis wherein the rotatable block is operable to rotate about said central axis, said rotatable block having a first undercut slot,
- a first set of vise-jaws having a mating portion for a sliding fit to said first undercut slot, providing a linear plane positioning assembly including:
- a base plate,
- a second plate positioned above said base plate and being slidable on said base plate,
- said second plate having a second undercut slot,
- removing said first set of vise-jaws from said first undercut slot and said rotatable block,
- setting said linear plate positioning assembly against said rotatable block, and
- securing said base plate to said rotatable block.
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