Patent ID: 7854072
Filing Date: 2010-12-21
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
1. An improved vise comprising: a body having a top surface and a bottom surface and a central slot formed therethrough, and a fixed jaw formed thereon said top surface; a moveable jaw with an axial orifice formed therethrough; a ratchet drawbar having a proximate end and a distal end; a base clamp plate attached to said bottom surface of said body so as to form a peripheral edge extending from said body; at least one mechanical fastener; a roll hinge affixed adjacent a distal end of said bottom surface of said body; a gauge roll affixed adjacent a proximate end of said bottom surface of said body; and at least one locking side stay, that engages to said base and to said body with said mechanical fasteners to constrain said body relative to said base at an acute angle formed there between said base and said body; wherein said proximate end engages said moveable jaw, said ratchet drawbar passes through both said axial orifice and said central slot, and said distal end engages said bottom surface of said body so as to slidingly connect said moveable jaw to said body; and wherein said body is attached to said base clamp plate by at least one said mechanical fastener, and wherein said body is pivotally attached to said base by said roll hinge, and and wherein said ratchet drawbar comprises a threaded fastener, a clamping cylinder and a ratchet engagement means having two cylindrical stubs with a common longitudinal axis extending therefrom, wherein said threaded fastener extends through an axial through bore in said clamping cylinder and threadingly engages said ratchet engagement means, and wherein said fastener is a capscrew, and wherein said moveable jaw has a longitudinal orifice formed therethrough that intersects said axial orifice and is adapted to house said clamping cylinder therein such that said clamping cylinder resides in a parallel configuration with two jaw faces thereon said moveable jaw.