Improvements in Clamps, Vices, Spanners, and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Oct., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 24th July, 1893-Accepted, 2nd Sept., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Clamps, Vices, Spanners, and the like.
I ALBERT HARLEY STOREY of 39 Lavender Gardens Wandsworth in the
County of Surrey Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide for all manner of uses clamps vices
spanners and the like that shall be very simple and cheap in construction and
extremely sure and efficient in action while at the same time they can very easily
and quickly be adapted and arranged properly to clasp articles or things of all
sizes and shapes.
To carry out this object I make of any suitable metal or material and of any
desired size an L shaped piece or bracket the base of which L forms one of the
jaws of the clamp or vice and along preferably the whole length of the shank
thereof is formed therethrough a slot. The other jaw of the clamp or vice is
formed by a separate strip or piece of metal or other material also of the desired.
size and shape which normally is maintained at an angle say of forty five or
thereabouts with the shank of the L by a bolt which passes therethrough at the
proper bevel and also passes through the slot in the shank at the back whereof a
suitable thumb screw or other similar appliance may be mounted on the end of the
bolt in the usual manner a washer being if desired interposed between the thumb
screw and the shank. This separate strip is maintained in this position away
from the shank by a spring which may preferably be coiled round the bolt pressing
against a washer therearound and against the inner surface of the strip and the:
effect of these two washers round the bolt on opposite sides of the shank will be to.
retain this bolt in what position it is placed in the slot but they will not prevent.
rather facilitate its travel along the same when desired. One end of the separate
piece is normally so maintained as aforesaid close to the shank and to retain it.
so facing the shank it is convenient to form on this end a short tongue which will
enter the slot and on the face of the shank it is preferable to form series of ratchet.
teeth or a rack or corrugations or otherwise to roughen the same in such wise.
that the end of this separate strip may engage thereupon and therefore will
not slip.
When therefore the base of the L shaped piece which forms one of the jaws of
this clamp or vice is placed on one side of the article or articles to be clasped the
separate strip on its bolt can be slid along the shank of the L until its outer end
or that is to say that end thereof that is not maintained as aforesaid close to the:
shank touches the other side of the article or articles and then the thumb screw
is turned when very speedily the inner end of the separate strip engages the shank
or the rack or other device thereupon and as the thumb screw is still being turned
will move radially upon this end as upon a centre until the article or articles is or
are very tightly clasped between the two jaws of this clamp or vice as is desired.
According to this method of construction one of the jaws of this clamp or vice
namely that formed by the base of the L is or may be for a certain distance flat or
plane while the other jaw namely that formed by the outer end of the separate
strip is preferably rounded off now to make this jaw also or a certain distance.
thereof similarly flat or plane I can make such a flat or plane similar and separate
jaw and mount the same on a suitable saddle that can slide loosely along the shank
of the shaped piece being maintained parallel with the base of the Land the
outer end of the separate strip bears against the back of this separate jaw and
acts as aforesaid. This arrangement of my clamp is also suitable for use as a
spanner.

page_text: When this apparatus is to be used as an hand vice or a spanner or on other
occasions as may be desired the shank of the L shaped piece can if necessary be
lengthened and the end thereof can be formed as an handle.
When this apparatus is to be used as bench vice or on other occasions as may
be desired the thumb screw or other appliance is preferably mounted on the bolt
on the outer side of the separate strip instead of at the back of the shank.
Dated this 1st day of October 1892.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Clamps, Vices, Spanners, and the like.
I ALBERT HARLEY STOREY of 39 Lavender Gardens Wandsworth in the
County of Surrey Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention 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 this my invention is to provide for all manner of uses and
purposes clamps vices spanners and the like that shall be very simple and cheap
in construction and extremely sure and efficient and rapid in action while at the
same time they can very easily and quickly be altered and adapted and arranged
properly to clasp and tightly and securely to hold articles or things of all sizes
and shapes and styles as may be desiderated.
In order the more clearly to explain this my invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed I refer to the accompanying drawing wherein I have
shewn a most convenient and efficient method. and style of construction and.
arrangement and fitment of my invention as adapted for use in and with and as a
clamp and a bench vice.
Figure 1 is a side elevation and Figure 2 is a plan and Figure 3 is an end
elevation of a clamp as constructed and arranged and fitted after and in accordance
with this my invention.
A bracket A of an L shape or thereabouts is made of any suitable metal or
other material and of any desired size and proportions the base A¹ of which
Lshaped bracket A. forms one of the jaws of the clamp which may be shaped and
treated. as may be desired while preferably along the whole length of the shank A'
thereof is formed in line with such base A¹ a slot B of the desired dimensions
right through such shank A. The other jaw of the clamp which likewise may be
shaped and treated as may be desired is preferably formed by an angled block D
also made of any suitable metal or other material and of any desired size and
proportions one of the arms. D₁ of which angled block D forms the jaw corre-
sponding with and properly facing the jaw A' while the other arm D thereof
forms a saddle on and by means of which this block D can slide along.the
shank A of the bracket A which saddle D preferably also enters a certain
distance into and can slide along in the slot B through such shank A' as is shewn
at:D. Behind the block D is arranged and fitted a strip E also made of any
suitable metal or other material and of any desired size and proportions and
preferably of a somewhat curved or bowed shape which is intended to act and
serve as a tumbler and one end of this tumbler E bears against the back of the
jaw D of such block D having preferably a tongue E' which enters a shallow
longitudinal recess made therefor in such back of the jaw D₁ for the purpose of
ensuring that these parts shall always be and remain in their proper relative
positions while the other end of this tumbler E bears against the shank A2 of the
bracket A in the rear of the saddle D' of such block D having also preferably a
tongue E which enters the slot B through such shank A' for the aforesaid purpose...
On the surface of the shank A³ of the bracket A a rack F is preferably formed:
and arranged on each side of the slot B therein into which rack or racks F the:
end of the tumbler E or the shoulders thereof on both sides of the tongue E* on

page_text: such tumbler E which is or are properly formed in accordance therewith can
engage and in and by one or more of the teeth or parts whereof this end of such
tumbler E can be securely held and retained or instead of the rack a series of
ratchet teeth or corrugations or any other similar and suitable or convenient
devices may be formed and arranged for the same purpose. A bolt H passes it
may be loosely through the tumbler E at the proper bevel and in the proper
position near the tongue E' thereof and therefore also near the back of the jaw D¹
of the block D the enlarged head H' of which bolt H is properly fitted and
arranged outside such tumbler E and this bolt H likewise also loosely passes
through the saddle D' of such block D and issues through the slot B in the shank A'
of the bracket A at the back of which shank A' it is provided and fitted with a
thumb screw K preferably perhaps winged or with any other similar and suitable
or convenient appliance or appliances any appropriate washer or washers L being
if desired interposed. The tumbler E is normally to be maintained at an angle
say of forty five degrees or thereabouts with the shank A2 of the bracket A or
that is to say while the one end thereof is always in close juxtaposition with such
shank A in the rear of the saddle D² of the block D the other end thereof is
normally to be at or near to the extremity of the jaw D' of such block D as is
shewn in Figure 1 and for the purpose of ensuring the normal maintenance of this
tumbler E in such position it is perhaps most expedient to coil a spring M round
the bolt H one end of which spring M bears against the end of the tumbler E
close to such jaw D' while the other end of the spring M bears against such
saddle D' or against a washer placed round the bolt H in this position or any
other suitable spring or similar and convenient appliance or appliances may be
used for the same purpose.
The action of this apparatus hereinbefore described and the method of using
the same are as follows.
When the one jaw A¹ of this clamp is placed as is customary at and on the one
side of the article or articles to be clasped the other jaw DI of this clamp is on
and by means of its saddle D' slid along the shank A of the bracket A until it
touches or is close to the other side of the article or articles to be clasped and then
the thumb screw K or other appliance can be turned or actuated when very
speedily the end of the tumbler E will engage such shank A' in the rear of such
saddle D' or the rack For other devices thereupon and as the thumb screw K or
other appliance is still being turned or actuated the tumbler E will und must
move radially upon its end so and thus engaged as aforesaid as upon a centre or
pivot and therefore the other end of such tumbler E being drawn down and sliding
along the back thereof forces the jaw D' forwards until the article or articles is
or are properly clasped and if desired very tightly and securely held between and
by the two jaws A and D' of this clamp as may in each particular case be
required.
This method of construction and arrangement and fitment hereinbefore described
is similarly adaptable for use in and with vices and spanners and the like and it is
obvious that whensoever in any particular case it may be expedient or desirable so
to do the shank A' of the bracket A may be lengthened so much and so far as
may be necessary or convenient and the end of such shank A² whether lengthened
or not may be formed like and used as and for an handle.
It may sometimes be found convenient and perhaps even preferable to dispense
with the block D with its jaw D' and saddle D' herein before described especially
perhaps when the clamp or vice or spanner or the like is to be used with metal
articles or things in which case the other parts of the apparatus hereinbefore
described would or could be constructed and arranged and fitted in exactly the
the same manner except that the tongue E' on the end of the tumbler E would
obviously not be needed and this end of such tumbler E would preferably be
rounded off and it may be somewhat enlarged and might itself form the other jaw
of the clamp or vice or spanner or the like or a small plate or block might be
pivotted or otherwise mounted thereupon to form such other jaw.

page_text: Figure 4 is a side elevation of a bench vice as constructed and arranged and
fitted after and in accordance with this my invention.
The bracket A the jaw A¹ thereof and the shank A thereof with its slot B and
rack F or other devices are constructed and arranged and fitted in manner as is
herein before described as also are the block D the jaw D¹ thereof and the
saddle D' thereof. That part D³ of such saddle D' however that enters into the
slot B as is herein before described is extended through such slot B to the back of
the shank A of the bracket A where it is enlarged both in length and breadth so
much as may be desired to form a convenient and appropriate platform N whereon
the whole bracket A can move and slide which platform N can be secured if desired
by the screws P on and to the bench R. In this case it is obvious that the
thumb screw K or other appliance cannot be at the back of the shank A as is
herein before described and therefore these, parts can be re-arranged in the
following manner. The bolt H loosely passes up through the platform N and the
saddle D' of the block D at the proper bevel and in the proper position a suitable
recess T being formed in such platform N to receive and retain the head H¹ of such
bolt H and this bolt H likewise also loosely passes through the tumbler E near the
tongue E thereof which tumbler E in this case is perhaps preferably not s0
curved or bowed as is hereinbefore described the spring M or other appliance
being fitted and used to maintain this tumbler E in its required normal position
aforesaid and on the outside of such tumbler E is provided and fitted on the
bolt H the required thumb screw or other appliance preferably perhaps in this care
a flat screw wheel V.
The action of this apparatus hereinbefore described and the method of using
the same are precisely the same as what has been herein before explained except-
that instead of the block D being slid along in the bracket A to clasp the article
or articles the bracket A is slid along on the block-D for the same purpose.
In this case also it may sometimes be found convenient and perhaps even
preferable to dispense with the block D with its jaw D' and saddle D in the
manner and for the purpose herein before described all the other parts of the
apparatus being constructed and arranged and fitted as aforesaid but obviously a
portion if not the whole of the part D³ of such saddle D' hereinbefore described
would preferably be retained with the platform N to cause the bracket A to slide
truly and properly along on such platform N as is required.
Although I consider that for many and various reasons it is most convenient and
perhaps even far preferable to make the slot B through and along the shank A' of
the bracket A as is hereinbefore described and as is shewn in the accompanying
drawing so that the saddle D' of the block D can slide along and in the same and
also that the bolt H can pass therethrough yet it is very evident that I can
dispense with such slot B whensoever I may choose so to do and I can so form
and construct in any appropriate and usual or other manner such saddle D' that it
can slide along and on and it may be round such shank A' in which case the
bolt H also could in any ordinary or other manner pass round and outside of such
shank A and also it may be such saddle D' on one or on both of the sides thereof
being fitted in the same manner as may be convenient or customary to put pressure in
any ordinary or other manner on the tumbler E for the purpose hereinbefore
described and set forth whereby the action of this apparatus so constructed and
arranged and fitted as aforesaid and the method of using the same would be
precisely the same as what has been hereinbefore explained.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. In a clamp vice spanner or the like the combination with a bracket A having
a jaw A and a shank A whereon is a rack or other device F of a sliding
tumbler E whereof one end can engage the rack or device F while the other end
forms a jaw which tumbler E is provided with means such as a bolt H with

page_text: thumb screw K for causing this tumbler E to move radially upon the end engaged
in the rack or device F substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described
and declared.
2. In a clamp vice spanner or the like the combination with a bracket A. having
a jaw A¹ and a shank A' whereon is a rack or other device F of a sliding block D
having a jaw D' and a saddle D' and a tumbler E whereof one end can engage
the rack or device F while the other end bears against the back of the jaw D₁
which tumbler E is provided with means such as a bolt H with thumb screw K
for causing this tumbler E to move radially upon the end engaged in the rack or
device F substantially as and for the purpose herein before described and declared.
3. The improvements in clamps vices spanners and the like substantially as
hereinbefore described and set forth and shewn in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 30th day of June 1893.
HART & Co.,
186, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agents.
HART & Co.,
186, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agents.