Combined Vice Jaws and Face or Chuck Plate with Method of Operating same.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Apr., 1887
Complete Left, 12th Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 17th Feb., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Combined Vice Jaws and Face or Chuck Plate with Method of
Operating same.
I, RODOLPHE GUSTAVE FIÈGE, of Rousies, France (Nord) Engineer do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is, to construct vice jaws from a divided face or
chuck plate for a drilling or like machine, said face plate being so arranged that it
may be turned in any desired direction, from any part of the support, whether said
support has a swing action upon a pivotted frame or in parallel bars for to and fro
adjustment only, or for a combined swing and reciprocating action.
For the purpose of my invention, I make a face or chuck plate in two halves, each
half has a boss or foot preferably tapered and socketed in a base plate or stock, moveable
on a support by a screw or other nipping device like in an ordinary vice, the two half
face plates serving as jaws when used as a vice. The two half plates are affixable by
pins, studs, or otherwise so as to rigidly, yet temporarily, fix them when used as a face
or chuck plate.
Worm, or other gear can be arranged for effecting the necessary movement of the
face plate.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said R. G. Fiège.

page_text: Combined Vice Jaws and Face or Chuck Plate with Method of
Operating same.
I, RODOLPHE GUSTAVE FIÈGE, of Rousies, France (Nord), Engineer 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 :-
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The object of this invention is to construct vice jaws from a divided face or chuck
plate for a drilling or like machine, said face plate being so arranged that it be
turned in any desired direction, from any part of the support, whether said support
has a swing action upon a pivotted frame, or in parallel bars, for to and fro adjust-
ment only, or for a combined swing and reciprocating action.
For the purpose of my invention, I make a face or chuck plate in two halves, each
half has a boss or foot preferably tapered and socketed in a base plate or stock movable
on a support by a screw or other nipping device like in an ordinary vice the two half
face plates serving as jaws when used as a vice. The two half plates are affixable by
pins, studs, or otherwise so as to rigidly yet temporarilly fix thein when used as a face
plate or as a chuck plate.
Worm or other gear can be arranged for effecting the nceessary movement of the
face plate.
My invention will be understood by the annexed drawings, where at Figures 1 and 2
I show two halves A, B, forming a face plate which when together can be used in the
ordinary way of face plates of drilling or other machines.
Each half plate has a neck C, D, of tapered form so that they set in socket
plates E, F, which are also in two pieces as seen in Figure 3; one of said socket
plates F is fixed, or temporarilly fixed between two parallel bars, one of which G only
is seen in Figure 3; the other socket plate is movable by sliding action on the parallel
bars by a screw H capable of being turned to open or close the socket plate E and the
face plate B to suit the article that may be placed between the half plates A, B, when
said plates A, B, are used as vice jaws.
The two socket plates E, F, have a clear passage I between them to enable a rod or
bar to be placed vertically between the jaws or it may be placed horizontally between
the jaws for nipping the rod or bar as by an ordinary vice.
To ensure the parallelism of the two jaw faces I form apertures J, J, in them through
which bolts can be passed but if a tapered article be under operation by removing the
bolts from the holes J the two plates A, B, will adjust themselves to the angle or taper.
of the article.
The parallel bars G are adjustable in the stock K of the machine (see
Figures 4 and 5) so that the article under operation, if drilling is to be performed can
be moved along to bring any part of the article directly under the drilling tool and
if parallel articles only are to be operated on, the divided face plate as vice jaws need

page_text: not have a turning motion in themselves but one of them A, see Figure 4, may
be fixed at any part of the parallel bars, the half plate B alone being movable by the
screw H.
In Figures 1, 2, and 3 I have shown the tapered necks narrow at the bottom but
they may have the larger diameter as at Figure 6, in which both the socket plates E, F,
are movable in the parallel bars, G, G, by the right and left hand screw H. In this
Figure, the parallel bars G terminate at the inward end as a circular plug L which can
be moved round in the support M by the hand gear N so that holes could be drilled at
any angle, in any article fixed between the jaws A, B, or on said face plate A, B, by
turning the plug L and parallel bars with their accessories in a circular direction where
they can be fixed in any desired position by the pinch or sett screw P.
Figure 7 is a perspective view of the appliances and Figure 8 represents a drilling
machine, in which my divided face plate A, B, are shown open for the reception of an
article, the parallel bars G being shiftable backwards or forwards by the hand wheel Q
with which a clutch can be arranged to enable the parallel bars and their stock K
to be raised or lowered by the worm and pinion gearing into the rack R of the
pedestal S to suit the height at which the parallel bars and face plate A, B, should be
set in order to bring the article up to the drill tool this being of the usual kind set in
a rotating stem T of a head U which can be moved round on to the pedestal to suit the
position that the required hole has to be drilled.
I have shown the drilling gear as workable by a crank handle V but it may, be
driven by steam or other power if desired.
The head U may be provided with the ordinary tool lifting device but I prefer the
front hand gear W for lifting the drill tool out of action, the fly wheel X regulating
the motion of the tool as well as for ensuring the feed by the central screw rod Y.
Figure 9 represents a plan of the base plate with two projecting feet having
slots Z, Z, into which a frame can be slid for supporting any article under the drill or
other tool if the face plate and parallel bars be removed or to support a frame should
the article on the face plate be heavy.
I have described my invention of a divided face plate constituting vice jaws as
applied to a drilling machine but it is applicable to many machines for working metal
and wood and said divided face plate need not be movable horizontally as shown but
may be fitted between vertical parallel bars, or they may be carried by a single bar G
on which both the jaws A, B, may be adjustable either as a face plate or as
vice jaws.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A divided face or chuck plate constituting vice jaws A; B, as a combined article
and capable of movement in a parallel or angular manner as described.
2. The special formation of face plate applicable as vice jaws as shown at
Figures 1, 2, and 3 of the annexed drawings.
3. The special formation of face plate applicable as vice jaws as shown at Figure 4
of the annexed drawings.
4. The special formation of face plate applicable as vice jaws as shown at Figure 6
of the annexed drawings.