AN IMPROVED VICE FOR GENERAL PURPOSES to be as follows:
Year: 1884

page_text: I WILLIAM CORTEEN, of 41 North Church Street Sheffield in the County of
York Carriage Maker do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "AN
IMPROVED VICE FOR GENERAL PURPOSES to be as follows:-
"
The object of my Invention is to provide a simple form of Vice which shall
work instantaneously and smoothly when applied to any length of object.
To effect this, I make one of the Arms of the Vice in such a form that it can be
moved along a foundation slide to which it is fitted, and then, after the object to
be gripped is adjusted against the moveable part, I press forward against such
object, the other arm of the Vice (which has itself only a slight movement from a
pivot below) and this pressure is effected by another outer Arm from which latter
only the screw is worked-The slide is grooved below, and the moveable Arm
shaped to correspond, and they are so constructed that the 'Arm can only be moved
along by applying pressure at its lower part, and such Arm is locked during the
application of the grip.
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By the general arrangement, besides having an instantaneous and equal grip and
avoiding the weakness usually caused by the screw working through the Vice, I am
enabled also to increase the grip when required as in the form of Vice in common
use, and also to dispense with any shoulders or washers for the screwhead..
The accompanying Drawings illustrate the application of my Invention.
Figure 1. shews the Vice generally and Figure 2. a sectional view from the back
of the moveable arm.
Like letters of reference where such letters appear indicate corresponding points
in the Drawings.
Letter A shews the moveable Arm in operation-B being the other Arm as
worked from the pivot C and D being the object gripped-E is a spiral spring to
pull back the Arin B when the object D is removed, the Screw and Handle to
same being shewn by letter F.
The foundation G of the Vice is secured to any Bench or Table by bolts or
screws as at letter H-The Arm I is held firmly in its position by the foundation
part, and by the Arms J, the shorter cross portion of the latter, J. J. avoiding any
lateral movement (or wobbling) of the Arm B.
The foundation may be of any required length, and the distances may be
numbered on the slide, for convenience, as shewn at K, and the Arm A moves
backwards and forwards on the slide, A. A indicating its possible position when
required for a larger object.
By the above means any longer screw is avoided, and strength and durability
are obtained.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I WILLIAM CORTEEN of 41, North Church Street Sheffield in the County of
York Carriage Maker do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "AN
IMPROVED VICE FOR GENERAL PURPOSES "and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The object of my Invention, is to provide a simple form of Vice which shall
work instantaneously, and smoothly when applied to any length of object.
To effect this, I make one of the Arms of the Vice in such a form that it can be
moved along a foundation slide to which it is fitted and then, after the object to be
gripped is adjusted against the moveable part, I press forward against such object
the other Arm of the Vice, (which has itself only a slight movement from a pivot
below), and this pressure is effected by another outer Arm from which latter only
the screw is worked. The slide is grooved below, and the moveable Arm shaped
to correspond, and they are so constructed, that the Arm can only be moved along
by applying pressure at its lower part, and such Arm is locked during the application
of the grip.
By the general arrangement, besides having an instantaneous, and equal grip,
and avoiding the weakness usually caused by the screw working through the Vice,
I am enabled also to increase the grip when required as in the form of Vice in
common use, and also to dispense with any shoulders or washers for the screwhead.
The Drawings accompanying my Provisional Specification illustrate the application
of my Invention.
Figure 1. shews the Vice generally, and Figure 2 a sectional view from the back
of the moveable Arm.
Like letters of reference, where such letters appear, indicate corresponding points
in the drawings.
Letter A sliews the moveable Arm in operation, B being the other Arm as worked
from the pivot C, and D being the object gripped. E is a spiral spring to pull back
the Arm B when the object D is removed, the screw and handle to same being
shewn by letter F.
The foundation G, of the Vice, is secured to any Bench or Table, by bolts or
screws as at letter H-The Arm I is held firmly in its position by the foundation
part, and by the Arms J, the shorter cross portion of the latter J. J., avoiding any
lateral movement (or wobbling) of the Arm B.
The foundation may be of any required length, and the distances may be
numbered on the slide for convenience as shewn at K, and the Arm A moves
backwards and forwards on the slide, A. A. indicating its possible position when
required for a larger object.
By the above means, any long screw is avoided, and strength and durability aré
obtained.
In some cases, the foundations and adjoining supports can be made in one piece,
together with the principal mainstay.

page_text: As a further support or resistance in applying the grip, I usually attach a small
check or catch to the moveable Arm or jaw stem, but holes, or pins, or spring snaps,
are sometimes employed instead.
I do not tie myself to form of spring where spiral spring is employed, nor
precisely to the form of check attached to the moveable Arm or jaw stem.
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
First, The above described form of Vice, worked by outside short screw, so
avoiding any screw passing through the Vice, or the Arms, or jaw stems of same,
whereby a substance of any length or width may be instantaneously gripped and
held firm.
Second. The application to a Vice, of a slide, grooved underneath, on which one
of the Vice Jaws, correspondingly grooved underneath, moves instantaneously
backwards or forwards, supported on the Bench or other foundation, whereby such
Jaw when grip applied is checked or held firmly in the position required.
Third. The addition of a small Check or Catch to such moveable Jaw as a further
support or resistance on the application of the grip.
Dated this thirtieth day of January One thousand eight hundred and eighty