A NEW OR IMPROVED COMBINED ANVIL AND VICE to be as follows:-
Year: 1884

page_text: I, THOMAS DICKSON RICHARDSON, of North Greenwich in the County of Essex,
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "A NEW OR
IMPROVED COMBINED ANVIL AND VICE to be as follows:-
"
This Invention relates to an anvil and vice combined together in such manner
that the vice may easily be operated by the workman without moving from his
position at the anvil.
It consists of the following arrangements :-
The
An anvil-block is secured to the floor or otherwise and has a recess or socket
formed in its upper face for the reception of a shank or stem on the underside of
the anvil which is secured in the said recess by keys or other suitable means.
anvil is reversible and is adapted so that it can be secured to the anvil-block with
one of its sides forming the fixed jaw of the vice. The moveable jaw of the vice
forms the upper part of a lever turning on a suitable fulcrum on the anvil-block,
and is caused to close against one of the sides of the anvil above referred to by
means of a treadle lever, one end of which acts upon the lower end of the before-
mentioned jaw lever, the other end being acted upon by the foot of the workman,
who is thereby enabled to open or close the vice instantaneously. by the operation
of his foot, thus leaving his hands free for the manipulation of his work.
The anvil may be fitted with shaped dies on one or more of its faces, either of
which faces may be placed opposite to the before-mentioned moveable jaw according
to the work required to be executed.
The motion of the treadle lever may be communicated to the jaw-lever by
direct contact of the parts, friction rollers, connecting links, toggle joints, or other
mechanical devices.

page_text: COMILLIE
Í, THOMAS DICKSON RICHARDSON, of North Greenwich, in the County of Essex,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "A NEW OR
IMPROVED COMBINED ANVIL AND VICE" and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the accompanying sheet of Drawings and to the
letters and figures marked thereon :—
This invention relates to an anvil and vice combined together in such manner
that the vice may easily be operated by the workman without moving from his
position at the anvil..
It consists of the arrangements illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings,
in which Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a combined. anvil and vice
constructed in accordance with my invention. Figure 2 a plan of same with the.
vice jaw lever removed; and Figure 3 a partial front elevation partly in section on
linex of Figures 1 and 2.
An anvil block A is secured to the floor or otherwise and has a recess or
socket B formed in its upper face for, the reception of a shank or stem C'on the
underside of the anvil D which is secured in the said recess by a key E or other
suitable means. The anvil D is reversible and is adapted so that it can be secured
to the anvil block A with one of its sides forming the fixed jaw F of the vice.
The moveable jaw G of the vice forms the upper part of a lever H turning on a
fulcrum pin I on the anvil block, and is caused to close against the side of the
anvil forming the fixed jaw F of the vice by means of a treadle lever J, one end
of which acts by the friction roller K upon the lower end of the beforementioned
jaw lever H, the other end being acted upon by_the_foot-of-the workman who is
thereby enabled to open-or-close the vice instantaneously by the operation of his
foot, thus leaving his hands free for the manipulation of bis work.
'
The anvil D may be fitted with moveable shaped dies on one or more of its faces
forming the fixed jaw as shown for example at L in Figures 1 and 2 either of
which faces may be placed opposite to the beforementioned moveable jaw G
according to the work required to be executed; these moveable dies may be secured
to the anvil by means of bolts and nuts as shown at M in Figures 1, 2 and 3, or
by other suitable means.
The motion of the treadle lever J may be communicated to the jaw lever H by.
direct contact of the parts, by connecting links, toggle joints or other mechanical
devices, instead of through the intervention of the friction roller K shown in the
Drawings.
Tho above described apparatus forms a very useful tool for nail makers, chain-
makers, farriers, smiths, shoeing smiths, and others, the dies forming the fixed and
moveable jaws of the vice being adapted to suit the various kinds of work. As the
moveable jaw is worked by the foot with great leverage, the workman has a firmer
grip of his work than is possible with the ordinary tongs, and he has therefore
fuller control over his work than has been heretofore practicable.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
The new or improved combined anvil and vice consisting of the anvil block A,
the reversible anvil D the sides of which form the fixed jaw of the vice, the
moveable vice jaw G mounted on and operated by the jaw lever H, and the treadle
lover J for actuating the jaw lever H by the foot, the whole arranged, combined
and acting as hereinbefore described, and illustrated in the drawings hereto
annexed.