Patent ID: 6126157
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: A01K,B25B

Abstract:
A vise comprising an elongated shaft to which is attached a vise head including:a. a first jaw having a finite length and a flat surface and with a proximal end attached to said elongated shaft and a distal end tapered to a blunt point;b. a second jaw having a finite length and a flat surface opposing that of said first jaw and being similarly tapered to a blunt point at one end corresponding to said distal end of said first jaw and referred to as the distal end of said second jaw, the distal end of said second jaw mating with the distal end of said first jaw, said opposing flat surfaces at said mating distal ends constituting cooperating clamping surfaces;c. a threaded stud fixedly attached to and projecting from one of said jaws and passing through a hole in a second said jaw and thereafter threadably engaging a gap-adjusting knob, thereby pivotably and adjustably connecting said first jaw and said second jaw, particularly for a rocking motion therebetween;d. a compression spring that urges apart said first and second jaws and is located in opposing recesses in the flat surfaces of said first and second jaws in the area thereof between said threaded stud and said clamping surfaces;e. a clamping screw positioned near said proximal end, and having an associated knob, said screw threadably engages one of said jaws and engages at its tip the opposing flat surface of a second of said jaws such that the space between said opposing flat surfaces is affected by turning said knob, said jaws thereby pivoting in a rocking motion about said gap-adjusting knob to effect pressure on an object between said clamping surfaces; andf. an elastic band encircling in tension, both jaws near said clamping screw to maintain, in cooperation with said stud, lateral alignment of said jaws;and wherein said elongated shaft includes:a first articulation adjacent the attached said vise head that allows pivoting movement about a first axis parallel to the direction defined by said finite length of said first jaw;a second articulation spaced away from said first articulation along said shaft and allowing pivoting movement about a second axis that lies in a plane normal to said first axis; andmeans to removably attach an end thereof to a clamp portion comprising a threaded continuation of said shaft that is coaxial therewith, a rotatably-attached, axially-fixed clamp foot, a slidingly attached floating clamp foot, and a clamp nut engaged on said threaded continuation and capable of urging said floating clamp foot toward said fixed clamp foot, said clamp portion being thereby adapted to attach to a fixed object to support said vise.