US 4,934,674 AGranted

Two station, single action vise

AssigneeKurt Manufacturing Company, Inc.

InventorLeon M. Bernstein

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Abstract

A two station, single action vise has a body, with a fixed center block forming oppositely facing fixed jaws, and movable jaws at opposite ends of the body that are moved by operation of a vise screw toward one of the respective oppositely facing fixed jaws in the center of the body. The vise screw is spring centered and will yield to apply a preclamp with one of the jaws onto a piece part. The movable jaws are shown operated by a vise screw that has left-hand threads for operating one of the movable jaws and right-hand threads for operating the other movable jaw, so that as the screw is rotated both movable jaws move simultaneously toward the center block forming the fixed jaws. In this way two work pieces can be clamped by the movable jaws against the center fixed jaw. In order to preclamp piece parts under a spring load the screw is moved so it can shift axially slightly under spring load after preclamping one part until both movable jaws are positioned to clamp their respective piece parts tightly. The vise screw also can be adjusted axially relative to the vise body to shift one movable jaw relative to the fixed jaw to a different position than the first jaw for purposes of permitting different size parts to be clamped by the respective jaws.

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Dependent claims

A machine vise adapted to hold two work pieces, each located precisely with respect to a fixed reference location, said vise comprising a body, fixed jaw means mounted on said body at a location spaced from both of opposite ends thereof, jaw actuator means comprising a vise screw mounted on said base and having right and left hand screw thread sections thereon, first and second movable jaws threadably mounted on the right and left hand thread section of said vise screw respectively and slidably mounted on said body, both of the movable jaws being positively and simultaneously movable between positions adjacent said fixed jaw means to position spaced from the fixed jaws means upon rotation of said, said vise screw providing a positive force for closing, means to mount said vise to said body to permit limited movement of said vise screw in opposite axial directions of movement of the vise screw relative to the body from a centered position, said vise screw being mounted through a plate on said body, a sleeve surrounding a portion of said vise screw, said sleeve being mounted for limited axial movement relative to said plate, means for adjustably fixing the axial position of said vise screw relative to said sleeve, and means for biasing said sleeve toward a centered position comprising separate springs on opposite sides of the plate of said vise, said springs acting between the said plate and spring retainer means formed on said sleeve.

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