Patent ID: 6135435
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
A woodworker's vise comprising a first jaw, a second jaw moveable relative to the first jaw, a spindle secured to the second jaw, a single cam-engaging surface, and a rapid-acting nut assembly including a nut disposed about the spindle and first and second cam surfaces selectively engageable with the single cam-engaging surface for a shifting of the nut and cam-engaging surface relative to each other, the spindle and rapid-acting nut assembly being operatively associated in a manner such that the spindle and nut are threadedly engaged when the first cam surface is engaged with the cam-engaging surface and are threadedly disengaged when the second cam surface is engaged with the cam-engaging surface to permit the spindle to slide relative to the nut, the rapid-acting nut assembly further including a biasing spring element adapted to resiliently urge the spindle into threading engagement with the nut when the first cam surface is engaged with the cam-engaging surface, the biasing element being further adapted to resiliently urge the spindle away from the engagement with the nut when the second cam surface is engaged with the cam-engaging surface.