Patent ID: 6338477
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
A vise assembly mountable to a work table, comprising:a support vise including first and second jaws, at least one of which having an associated threaded adjustment screw, the first and second jaws being mounted on the support vise and each of the jaws with which an adjustment screw is associated being operable for movement along a first axis extending along the support vise, a work-holding vise having an upper surface and a lower support and first and second work-holding jaws, the lower support configured to be adjustably retained between The first and second jaws of the support vise, and at least one of the first and second work-holding jaws having an associated threaded adjustment screw, the first and second work holding jaws being mounted on the upper surface of the work-holding vise and each of the work-holding jaws with which an adjustment screw is associated being operable for movement in a direction parallel to a second axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis, wherein the work-holding vise may be selectively and precisely moved along the first axis on the support vise by cooperation between the lower support of the work-holding vise and the first and second jaws of Me support vise, and each threaded adjustment screw associated with a work-holding jaw being adjustable along the second axis to locate a work piece or a vise component held between the first and second work-holding jaws.