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US 5,700,185 AGranted
Pin vise
OwnerDean Halonieinventor
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Abstract
A new Pin Vise for removably retaining various sizes of pins for grinding to a specified length which allows the user to easily load and unload the pin for increased productivity. The inventive device includes a base member, a support shaft secured to the base member orthogonally, a top member secured to the support shaft opposite of the base member, and a spring loaded pin retaining means slidably secured to the top member which retains the pin against the top member thereby allowing grinding to the specified length.
Claims11
A Pin Vise comprising
- a base member;
- a support shaft having one end secured to the base member;
- a top member secured to the support shaft above the base member in a substantially parallel relationship to the base member, said top member having a cylindrical spring recess at one end of the top member and a substantially V-shaped notch at the opposite end of said top member;
- and
- a spring-loaded pin retaining means slidably secured to the top member for removably retaining various sizes of pins between said pin retaining means and the top member for grinding to a specified length,
- wherein the spring-loaded pin retaining means includes an L-shaped member having a longer leg and a shorter leg, said L-shaped member having an aligning slot in the longer leg;
- and
- at least two aligning bolts slidably projecting through the aligning slot of said L-shaped member and being secured to the top member to permit the L-shaped member to slide in the plane of the cylidical spacing recess and the V-shaped notch of said top member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.