US 2018/0117738 A1 · Angular Positioning Fly Tying Vise

Abstract

The subject invention provides a means to tie a fly pattern for a fishing method by means of the fly tying vise mechanism. In general, the invention employs technology that allows the individual to position the various parts of the vise in multiple ways to achieve virtually unlimited angular positioning of the jaws. The invention employs an offset cam that allows for an adjustable friction applied to the hook jaw mechanism that is attached to a long vertical post, mounted on a heavy pedestal, providing stability for the vise. The pedestal employs several applications for storing or attracting tools and hooks and magnetizing jaws. The offset cam can be adjusted up and down and rotate 360 degrees horizontally around the vertical post; can be rotated 360 degrees vertically to turn the cam from a horizontal to a vertical position; allows the jaws to be moved up and down, relative to the cam to accommodate different sizes hooks; and, allows the jaws to rotate 360 degrees. The invention also employs a swiveling, vertically adjustable back snatch, which is a flexible arm that is used to hold the bobbin thread holder or material pliers that hold feathers and other material during the tying process.

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Dependent claims

A vise for holding objects (namely fly tying hooks) comprised of the following:

a larger-than-normal, essentially square pedestal with the back end that contains a mounting mechanism for a vertical post and the rounded-off front end;
a vertical post that rotates horizontally 360 degrees in the pedestal;
a back snatch, which is a highly flexible arm that holds a material clip or bobbin thread holder at the far end;
a clamping mechanism that connects the horizontal post to the vertical post;
and, a horizontal post that is connected to a cam that consists of multiple working parts, the end of said cam contains a slot wherein one of two jaw plates is inserted, with the jaw plate connecting to a set of jaws, with the combination of the cam and the jaws being referred to as the cam/jaw assembly.

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The invention according to claim 8, the first part of which is comprised of a three-part piece, called the jaw plate release, which starts at the back end of the cam with a black knob that is attached to a long screw, which is inserted at the back end of the cam, runs through the entire cam (including the shaft of the jaw plate adjust, described in claim 13), and puts pressure on the third part of the jaw plate release, which is a small disk, that sits inside the vertical notch of the jaw plate adjust (claim 13), and when said jaw plate release knob, is turned clockwise, said long screw, puts pressure on said small disk inside the jaw plate adjust, thereby securing the jaw plate (claim 14), and, conversely, when said jaw plate release knob, is turned counter-clockwise, said small disk goes back into its place in the jaw plate adjust (claim 13) taking pressure off of the jaw plate (claim 14), thereby releasing the jaw plate allowing the tier to release and jaw exchange jaw plates easily.

The invention according to claim 8, the second part of which is comprised of a hollow cylinder, knurled on the outside for grip, and being called the knurled rotation grip, is placed directly in front of the jaw plate release and inserted around the long screw (described above in claim 9) and the shaft of the jaw plate adjust (claim 13), and directly in front of the black knob of the jaw plate release, with said knurled rotation grip rotating in unison with the jaw plate adjust (claim 13), jaw plate (claim 14), and jaws (claim 17), allowing the tier to turn said knurled rotation grip, thereby rotating said jaw plate and jaws vertically 360 degrees when the cam is in the horizontal position or rotate said jaw plate and jaws horizontally 360 degrees when the cam is in the vertical position.

The invention according to claim 8, the third part of which is called the bearing housing, is comprised of a hollow cylinder into the side of which the horizontal post (claim 7) is pressed, which is placed in front of the knurled rotation grip (claim 10), around the long screw of the jaw plate release (claim 9), and shaft of the jaw plate adjust (claim 13), after one of two large nylon washers is inserted, with the back end (closest to the knurled rotation grip and the first washer) and the front end (closest to the second washer and jaw plate adjust) of the bearing housing have identical sealed ball-bearings, pressed into them, which, unlike the knurled rotation grip (claim 10) and the jaw plate adjust (claim 13) the bearing housing, remains stationary when the knurled rotation grip is turned, but when the horizontal post is turned, the bearing housing, turns in unison with it, thereby turning the entire cam/jaw assembly.

The invention according to claim 11, is further comprised of

another hole that is drilled through the top and bottom of said bearing housing, wherein a screw is inserted that serves as a micro-tension adjustment screw, that when tightened, places pressure on the tubular-shaft portion of the jaw plate adjust (claim 13), thereby stopping the free-spin rotation of the jaws (claim 17) securing the jaws in the desired position, with said hole drilled through the top and bottom of the bearing housing, also serving to allow easy left-hand/right-hand conversion by screwing the micro-tension adjustment screw into the other side of the bearing housing, once the cam via the horizontal post is rotated 180 degrees (as described in claim 7), and
angular indicator markings on the front end, every ninety degrees and every fifteen degrees between the ninety degree marks, which align with the angular markings on the back end of the jaw plate adjust (claim 13), for indicating trueness of plane while tying.

The invention according to claim 8, the fourth part of which is called the jaw plate adjust, is comprised of a cylinder with a internally male-threaded hollow shaft at its back end which points toward the back of the cam through which the long screw of the jaw plate release (claim 9) is screwed into;

said jaw plate adjust is placed in front of the bearing housing, after the second of two large, nylon washers is inserted;
the front end of the jaw plate adjust, has a vertical notch cut into it with a countersunk hole in the center, inside which the small disk, i.e. the third part of the jaw plate release (claim 9), is inserted, with the vertical notch being designed where one of either jaw plates, i.e. the straight jaw plate (claim 15) or the angled jaw plate (16), is inserted, adjusted, and secured in order to mount the jaws (claim 17);
and, the back end of the jaw plate adjust has angular indicator markings that correspond to the angular indicator markings on the bearing housing, which, by lining up the angular indicator markings on the bearing housing (claim 12) and the jaw plate adjust, the tier can avoid tying tilted flies, offering a more precision in tying than ever before.

The invention according to claim 14, includes a straight jaw plate, is comprised of a rectangular metal piece which is approximately 1¼ inches long and straight on the bottom end and rounded on the top end;

with the thickness and width designed to fit into the notch of the jaw plate adjust (claim 13);
with a chamfered hole that has an inside diameter of approximately ¼ inch wide drilled through the middle close to the bottom end of said straight jaw plate wherein a screw is inserted and used to mount the jaws (claim 17) perpendicular to said straight jaw plate;
and, which drops straight down from, is parallel to, and which is inserted into the notch of the jaw plate adjust (claim 13).

The invention according to claim 14, includes an angled jaw plate, is comprised of a rectangular metal piece which is approximately 4 inches long, straight on the bottom end and rounded on the top end, and bent at a 135 degree angle approximately 1¼ inches from the straight end;

with the thickness and width designed to fit into the notch of the jaw plate adjust (claim 13);
with a chamfered hole that has an inside diameter of approximately ¼ inch wide drilled through the middle close to the bottom end of said angled jaw plate wherein a screw is inserted and used to mount the jaws (claim 17);
and, which drops straight down from the jaw plate adjust (claim 13) and then bends up and away from the jaw plate adjust at a 135 degree angle.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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