IMPROVEMENTS IN VICES
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the "International
Patent Office," Southampton Buildings, London, Consulting
Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN VICES."-A com-
munication from abroad by John Simpson, of Cleveland, Ohio,
United States of America.
Sealed the 3rd May 1870, and dated the 9th December 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 9th December 1869.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the "International Patent Office,"
Southampton Buildings, London, Consulting Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN VICES,
munication, to be as follows:-
The nature of my Invention consists briefly in securing within a slot
or mortise on the bench leg a socket provided with a screw rack bar,
and passing through said socket a casing having a movable or adjustable
jaw attached to the same, this casing being moved from side to side by
means of a screw passing through it and gearing with the screw rack
bar before mentioned, which bar projects upward through a slot in the
casing for that purpose, the screw having its threads cut-off on one side

page_text: so that when this side is turned towards the screw rack bar the screw
casing and adjustable jaw may be moved without turning the screw.
My Invention also consists in the manner of adjusting the movable
jaw of the vice so as to hold pieces that are beveled on cither side. At
a suitable distance below the stationary jaw the bench leg is slotted, and
in this slot is placed the socket of square or other suitable form, which
socket is secured by a bolt passing through an ear on the socket and
through the leg, the said car being extended outwards on the lower side
to form a continuation of the bottom of the socket and a support or
bearing for the casing which moves from end to end in the socket. In
the bottom or lower side of the socket is placed a screw rack bar or
segment of a female screw. The said casing which passes through the
socket, as above mentioned, has a slot through its lower side running the
entire length of the casing. Upon the end of the said casing is cast or
fitted a cone-shaped pillar, upon which is placed a socket extending from
the movable jaw. The said jaw is secured upon the pillar at any desired
angle by means of a set screw which passes through the socket into the
pillar, and thus the movable jaw may be placed so as to hold beveled
pieces between it and the stationary jaw. Through the casing is passed
a screw rod provided with the usual lever handle for turning the same,
and also with collars or other suitable devices to keep it in its place
within the casing, but still allow it to rotate. The screw threads are
cut off on one side of the rod its entire length, so that when this side of
the screw is turned against the screw rack bar the said screw and with
it the casing and adjustable jaw may be readily moved out or in without
the trouble of turning the screw. Upon the screw at the end of the
casing is a collar having one or more notches cut in its outer edge, into
which notches a small pall fits so as to hold the screw when screwed up
and keep it from unscrewing the pall, it being pivoted at the end of the
casing
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 12th May 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
ROBERT LAKE, of the "International Patent Office," Southampton 3
Buildings, London, Consulting Engineer, send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-third year
of Her reign, did for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William Robert Lake, Her special license, that I, the said
William Robert Lake, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said William Robert Lake, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, usc, exercisc, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle
of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN VICES," a communication to
me from abroad by John Simpson, of Cleveland, Ohio, United States
of America, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William
Robert Lake, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and scals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed.
in the Great Scal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Robert Lake, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner tho
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
The nature of my Invention consists briefly in securing within a slot
or mortise on the bench leg a socket provided with a screw rack bar,
and passing through said socket a casing having a movable or adjustable
jaw attached to the same, this casing being moved from side to side by
means of a screw passing through it and gearing with the screw rack
bar before mentioned, which bar projects upward through a slot in the
casing for that purpose, the screw having its threads cut off on one side
so that when this side is turned towards the screw rack bar the screw
casing and adjustable jaw may be moved without turning the screw.
My Invention also consists in the manner of adjusting the movable
jaw of the vice so as to hold pieces that are beveled on either side.
In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my Invention
appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its
construction and operation, referring to the accompanying Drawings
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page_text: which form a part of this Specification, and in which Figure 1 is a side
view of my vice partly in section; Figure 2 is a vertical section taken
directly at the side of the bench leg showing the end of the stationary
socket; and Figure 3 is a vertical section taken at the end of the casing
where the adjustable jaw is attached.
upon which is placed a socket H
The jaw I is secured upon the
of a set screw b, which passes
A represents the bench leg, to which is secured the stationary jaw B
of the vice. A suitable distance below the stationary jaw B the bench
leg A is slotted, and in this slot is placed a socket C of square or other
suitable form, which socket is secured by a bolt D passing through an
ear a on the socket and through the leg, said ear a being extended
outwards on the lower side so as to form a continuation of the bottom
of the socket and a support or bearing for a casing E which moves from
end to end in the socket. In the bottom or lower side of the socket C
is placed a screw rack bar or segment of a female screw F for a purpose
that will be herein-after described. The casing E which passes through
the socket C, as above mentioned, has a slot through its lower side
running the entire length of the casing. Upon the end of the casing E
is cast or fitted a cone-shaped pillar G,
extending from the movable jaw I.
pillar G at any desired angle by means
through the socket H into the pillar, and thus the jaw I may be placed
so as to hold beveled pieces between it and the stationary jaw B.
Through the casing E is passed a screw rod J provided with the usual
lever handle K for turning the same, and also with collars or other
suitable devices to keep it in its place within the casing but still allow
it to rotate. The screw threads are cut off on one side of the rod J its
entire length, so that when this side of the screw is turned against the
screw rack bar F the said screw and with it the casing and adjustable
jaw may be readily moved out or in without the trouble of turning the
screw. Upon the screw J at the end of the casing E is a collar d having
one or more notches cut in its outer edge, into which notches a small
pall e fits so as to hold the screw J when screwed up and prevent it
from unscrewing, the pall e being pivoted to the end of the casing E, as
shown in Figure 3.
:
Having thus fully described my Invention what I claim as new and
desire to secure by Letters Patent is,―
1st. The socket C inserted in the bench leg A and secured by means

page_text: of the bolt D through the ear a, substantially as and for the purposes
herein set forth.
2nd. The screw rack bar F secured to the socket C, substantially as
and for the purposes herein set forth.
3rd. The screw J constructed as described with the threads cut
off along one side, substantially as and for the purposes herein set
forth.
4th. The casing E provided with the cone-shaped pillar G or its
equivalent, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
5th. Constructing the movable or one of the movable jaws of a
vice in such a manner that it can be rotated upon its axis so as to
be set in any position to hold beveled pieces, substantially as herein set
forth.
6th. The combination of the cone-shaped pillar G, socket H, jaw I,
and set screw b, all constructed and arranged to operate substantially in
the manner and for the purposes herein set forth.
7th. The combination and arrangement of the bench leg A, stationary
jaw B, socket C, casing E, rack bar F, screw rod J, pillar G, socket H,
and jaw I, all constructed and arranged to operate substantially in the
manner and for the purposes herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.
5 Witness,
J. TEARE,
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE. (L.S.)
Clerk to Haseltine, Lake, & Co.,
Southampton Buildings,
London.