Work holders – Relatively movable jaws – With means to bias jaw toward nonholding position
Patent
1988-01-07
1989-10-17
Watson, Robert C.
Work holders
Relatively movable jaws
With means to bias jaw toward nonholding position
269254CS, 269329, B25B 116
Patent
active
048741566
ABSTRACT:
This combination holding tool and vise allows the operator, using hands and a foot pedal, to insert and adjust one or more work pieces between vise jaws before allowing spring pressure to hold the work pieces between the jaws in the holding tool mode. The arrangement permits the holding tool assembly with the work piece(s) to be transferred intact to another work station. Instead, the work piece(s) may be firmly gripped in their held position by advancing a rigid mechanical stop against one of the jaws, so that the holding tool now becomes a conventional vise. If desired, the vise assembly with the work piece(s) may be transferred to another work station. The combination has obvious advantages over a separate holding tool and vise in speeding up production and assembly operations, such as lower cost, ability to perform added operations on the work piece, and simplicity, so that it can be operated by handicapped, partially disabled people.
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Unterberg Walter
Watson Robert C.
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