Patent ID: 6595508
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
A vise comprising:a base having a bottom adapted to rest independently and stably on a flat surface; a pair of jaws supported on the base and being moveable relative to one another to vary spacing therebetween whereby to selectively grip a workpiece between the jaws; a screw rod operably associated with at least one of the jaws and being rotatable about a rotational axis being spaced a distance from the bottom of the base such that rotation of the screw rod about the rotational axis causes relative motion between the jaws; a handle-receiving hole associated with the accessible end of the screw rod and extending substantially orthogonal to the rotational axis of the screw rod, the handle-receiving hole sized and shaped to receive a handle therein; a manual handle selectively removably and slidably received in the handle-receiving hole and having a length greater than the distance between the rotational axis and the bottom of the base, the manual handle being adapted to permit selective removal of the handle from and re-attachment of the handle through the handle-receiving hole; and a control aperture located at an accessible end of the screw rod and extending along the rotational axis of the screw rod, the aperture being sized and shaped to removably receive a projecting and rotatable anvil of a driving mechanism inserted into the aperture along the rotational axis, whereby rotation of said anvil completely about a torque axis of said driving mechanism imparts rotational motion to the screw rod completely about the rotational axis thereby adjusting the spacing between the jaws.