Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Sept., 1886.
Complete Left, 31st May, 188.
Complete Accepted, 8th July, 1887.
I RICHARD GAY of No. 8 Helena Street Smethwick in the County of Stafford
Fitter do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
In operating on a tube rod or other like article one end of which is fixed in a vice it
is necessary or desirable to prop or support the other end. This is commonly done by
means of a wooden support forked at top.
My invention consists of a new or improved vice prop or rest constructed as
hereinafter described by the use of which the tube rod or article fixed in the vice can
be supported at the required height and at the required distance from the vice my
new or improved prop or rest being capable of adjustment both vertically and
horizontally as well a being capable of moving in a curvilinear path about the leg of
the vice.
My new or improved vice prop or rest is constructed as follows. A vertical tube
fixed on a foot has a close fitting rod sliding in it the said rod is forked at top and is
capable of being fixed at a greater or less height by means of a fixing or thumb screw.
On the vertical tube is a ring or clip capable of being fixed at different heights by
means of a thumb screw. To this ring or clip one end of a rod is jointed the other
end of the said rod having a loop or ring which when the rest is in use clips the leg of
the vice. By sliding the said ring or clip to a greater or less height on the vertical
tube the distance of the prop or rest from the vice may be made greater or less and
the circular curve which the prop or rest is capable of describing about the leg of the
vice thereby made of greater or less radius.
Dated this Seventh day of September 1886.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: RICHARD GAY, 8 Helena Street Smethwick, Fitter, 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:
:-
This invention consists in an improved adjustable prop or rost used in connection
with an ordinary vice for supporting the overhanging end of any work being operated
upon. This invention will be clearly understood by referring to the figures &
letters on the accompanying sheet of Drawings, which represent my improvements
attached to an ordinary vice. On the bottom of the leg of the vice I place a clip, A,
capable of swivelling in a horizontal direction and to the clip I pivot a radial arm or
rod B capable of swivelling in a vertical direction and to the outer end of the arm B
is pivotted a socket C, sliding in a vertical tube or column D having at the bottom the
base E resting on the floor, the socket C being held on the tube in
any desired
position by the wing screw F. Inside the tube or column is placed a rod G, having
at its top end A Vee or hollow swivel H forming a support for the work, the rod C and
swivel being held at any desired height in the tube by the wing scrow I. When it is
desired to use the apparatus, the hollow swivel H and rod G are set to the required
height and held by the wing screw I, the required horizontal distance being regulated
by the position of the socket C on the tube or column D. It will be seen that the
prop or rest may be placed in any desired position in regard to the vice and when not
required may be folded and placed out of the way.
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 combination and arrangement of the parts as herein described and illustrated
on the accompanying sheet of Drawings.
Dated this 97th day of May 1807