Patent ID: 7056070
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: A44C,B23B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A jewelry setting/presetting tool comprising: a bracket assembly including a board-like mounting bracket being adapted to fasten to a bench and having an opening being disposed therethrough from a topside to a bottom side thereof, said board-like mounting bracket further including a threaded bore being disposed in an end wall thereof and being disposed in said opening thereof, and also including bench-mounting holes being disposed therethrough and being adapted to receive fasteners for fastening said board-like mounting bracket to the bench, said bracket assembly also including an elongate fastening member being threaded through said threaded bore of said board-like mounting bracket and having a threaded shaft and a handle; a tubular base member being secured in said opening of said board-like mounting bracket and having an open bottom end and an open top end, said tubular base member further having an opening being disposed through a wail thereof, and also having a first longitudinal slot being disposed through said wall and through an upper edge forming said opening of said tubular base member, and further having a second longitudinal slot being disposed through said wall and being diametrically-opposed to said first longitudinal slot; a work-piece support member being adjustably fastened in said tubular base member through said open bottom end thereof; a tool support member being movably disposed in said tubular base member; a working tool assembly being securely and removably fastened to said tool support member for setting and presetting jewelry; and a means of moving said tool support member and said working tool assembly in said tubular base member for presetting and setting a stone in the work-piece.