Multiple jaw machining vise
AssigneeVise Jaws Inc.
InventorWilliam Ferrara
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Abstract
A vise for holding more than one work piece on the support surface of a machine tool has a base for mounting on the support surface. More than one stationary jaws are fastened to the base. More than one movable jaws are slidably mounted on the base to move toward and away from the stationary jaws to securely hold at least one work piece between each pair of a stationary and a movable jaw. Movement of the each movable jaw is provided by a first mechanism that closes on the work piece snugly to accommodate minor variations in work piece dimensions. A second movement mechanism moves all of the movable jaws with great force including a spring bias to tightly clamp all of the work pieces at once with enough force to enable machine operations on the work pieces with no chance of their moving from the machining operations.
Claims11
A vise for holding a plurality of work pieces onto a support surface, the vise comprising:
- a) a base with a long axis, and a bottom surface for contact with the support surface;
- b) securing means for bolting the base to the support surface;
- c) a plurality of stationary jaws with means for removably affixing to the base at selectable positions along the long axis with jaw faces transverse to the long axis;
- d) a plurality of movable jaw assemblies slidably mounted in the base for translatory motion along the long axis with jaw faces transverse to the long axis;
- e) a first adjustment means in each jaw assembly for coarse adjustment of the position of the assembly along the long axis for snugly engaging the work piece between the stationary and movable jaw faces;
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- f) a pressure mechanism for forcing all of the movable jaw assemblies in a common direction along the long axis toward their corresponding stationary jaws for thereby applying substantially uniform high pressure to all of the movable jaws simultaneously.
A vise for holding a plurality of work pieces onto a support surface, the vise comprising:
- a) a base with a long axis, and a planar bottom surface for contact with the support surface;
- b) a plurality of bolt receiving apertures orthogonal to, and passing through, the bottom surface for bolting the base to the support surface;
- c) a plurality of stationary jaws with means for removably affixing to the base at selectable positions along the long axis with jaw faces transverse to the long axis;
- d) a plurality of movable jaw assemblies slidably mounted in a channel of the base for translatory motion along the long axis with jaw faces transverse to the long axis;
- e) a cam plate mounted in a channel in the base for slidable movement along the long axis;
- f) a plurality of projections extending along the long axis upstanding from the cam plate;
- g) a projection engaging member connected to the jaw assembly at a first end and provided with means at a second end for engaging selected ones of the projections to determine a gross position of the jaw assembly;
- h) a coarse adjustment means in each assembly for coarse adjustment of the position of the assembly along the long axis for snugly engaging the work piece between stationary and movable jaw faces;
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- i) a cam plate movement mechanism for moving the cam plate and all of the movable jaw assemblies engaged thereby in a common direction along the long axis toward their corresponding stationary jaws thereby flexing a spring member interposed between each movable jaw face and the cam plate and applying substantially uniform high pressure to all of the movable jaws simultaneously.
A vise for holding a plurality of work pieces onto a support surface, the vise comprising:
- a) a base with a long axis, and a bottom surface for contact with the support surface;
- b) securing means for bolting the base to the support surface;
- c) at least three stationary jaws with means for removably affixing to the base at selectable positions along the long axis with jaw faces transverse to the long axis;
- d) at least three movable jaw assemblies slidably mounted in the base for translatory motion along the long axis with jaw faces transverse to the long axis;
- e) a first adjustment means in each jaw assembly for coarse adjustment of the position of the assembly along the long axis for snugly engaging the work piece between the stationary and movable jaw faces;
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- f) means for forcing all of the movable jaw assemblies in a common direction along the long axis toward their corresponding stationary jaws for thereby applying substantially uniform high pressure to all of the movable jaws simultaneously.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.