US2515533A - Vise having jaw recesses for mounting auxiliary jaw elements - Google Patents

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July 18, 1950 ca. SUTER 2,515,533 VISE HAVING J'AW RECESSES FOR MOUNTING AUXILIARY JAW ELEMENTS Filed July 6, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 in: JrUe/ZZOW czazzaeg 6242191 July 18, 1950 G. SUTER VISE HAVING JAW RECESSES FOR MOUNTING AUXILIARY JAW ELEMENTS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July 6, 1946 I .2508; GOZZ M 646w Patented July 18, 1950 VISE HAVING JAW RECESSES FOR MOUNT- ING AUXILIARY J AW ELEMENTS Gottlieb Suter, Zurich, Switzerland Application July 6, 1946, Serial No. 681,649 In Switzerland July 6, 1945 6 Claims. 1

The invention refers to vises and more particularly to vises having sleeve-like housings for use as jaws or for mounting auxiliary jaw elements. The purpose of the invention is to provide a highly adaptable tool which need not be permanently fixed in position, but can be fastened to any table or bar. In addition, the device may be employed independently as a jack or the like. Further, the vise replaces the jciners bench and vise and also can be used as an assembly tool to support large and small objects of any material, size or shape. Moreover, the vise is adapted for supporting ring-shaped bodies, such as ball bearings and tubes, from the inner side or bore in order to have the outer surface available for working. Small tools such as punches, stamps or thelike can be placed therein and objects operated on thereby, and small machines such as grinding or boring machines can be applied thereto for working on objects secured in the device. This device can also be used for pressing and drawing and in the same way as a normal press, and of which the jawsoffer the possibility of being used on six different sides or in six different directions and securely mounted or freely disposed. The ram may secure the object only with the operating jaw or only with the free jaw or the object may be clamped between the operated and free jaws.

The novel features that are considered characteristic of the invention are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, both as to its organization and its method of operation, together with additional objects and advantages thereof, will best be understood from the following description of a specific embodiment when read in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate like parts through out and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective viewof a complete vise in accordance with the present invention and shows the vise applied to a bench in the normal position of operation, 1, v

Fig. 2 is a View in cross-section taken longitudinally through the ramandthe, operating jaw along the line II--II of Fig. 3 and on a horizontal plane with respect to Fig. 1, but, showing the operating crank turned to horizontal position,

Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on line III-III of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is a side view of the ram in the direc-' tion of the arrow 4 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 5 is an end view of the ram,

Fig. 6 is a section taken on line VIVI of Fig. 2 through the operating jaw,

Fig. '7 is an end view in the direction of the arrow 1 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 8 is a side view in elevation of the vise mounted in inverted position for clamping thin articles,

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the vise in inverted position and shows supporting auxiliary jaw elements for clamping a special article, and

Fig. 10 is a side view of the vise employed as a jack.

Referring now to the drawings, specifically to Fig. 1, a vise, in accordance with the present invention comprises a screw ram or spindle head A, an operating jaw B and a free jaw C. The ram A comprises a body member 34 of square A-shape with parallel side plates I and 2 which form sides lb and 2b and flanges la and 2a, respectively. The sides lb, 2b are connected together by plates 4 and 4' to form a guide channel 5 of rectangular section (Fig. 3). One end of the passage 5 is closed by a plate 6 (Fig. 2) which has an aperture l for the passage of a threaded spindle l8.

passages Ill-40 and Il-I I, respectively, which. are exactly at right angles one to the other. The

transverse section of said passages is rectangular in the constructive embodiment shown; they can however also be square, round or of any other desired form.

I The flange arms la and 2a are adapted to embrace the edge of, for example, a table .top 3 (Fig. 1) to which the clamping device can be secured, by means of bolts i3 traversing the flange arm 2d. The flange arm la beneath the table top embodies a pin M or like projection which enters the table top 3 from below and opposes movement of the ram A even when highly stressed. A hole I1 is provided in at least one of the side walls of each offthe jaws 8-8, 9-9. preferably directly beneath the outer wall thereof, said holes I! serving for securing jaw members 39 around the jaws 8-8, 99', respectively. The end edge 15 of the side plate I can also be used as a clamping jaw for thin objects like plates, sheets or the like.

The threaded spindle [8 extends longitudinally in the guide passage 5 and comprises a threaded part 22 and a non-threaded part l9 traversing the aperture I in the plate 8. Two collars 2|], 2|, are secured on the spindle part I9 on opposite sides of the plate 6 to prevent axial movement of the spindle l8 but permit its rotation. A crank I9 is pivotally mounted on the end of the spindle part IQ for rotating the spindle 18.

The spindle [8 forms the connection between the ram A and the shank 24 of the operating jaw B. The shank 24 comprises a U-shaped channel member that is slidably mounted in the guide passage 5 and carries a nut-like element 23 that is threaded on the spindle l8. By rotation of the spindle I8, by means of the crank 19', the shank 24 is moved longitudinally along the guide passage 5. At its free end the shank 24 carries hollow jaws 25, 25 which define passages 21, 28 that extend perpendicularly one to the other. The jaws 25, 26 are substantially identical to the jaws 8-8, 9-9 of the ram A and are adapted to cooperate therewith. A plate 39 is fixed to the side flange 29 of the shank 24 to correspond to the flange la of the ram A, an inner edge 3! of said plate 39 being adapted to cooperate with the edge of the ram A in clamping thin articles. Also the jaws 25, 28 embody apertures l'la. by which a protecting jaw 39 may be fastened thereto. The free end of the slide 24 is closed by a plate 32 which embodies an aperture 33 that serves as a socket for supporting operating tools such as embossing punches, stamps or the like.

The free jaw C comprises, like the ram A, a square A-shaped body member 34 having side plates l', 2' forming sides lb, 2b and flanges la, 2a, the sides lb, 2b being connected by cross plates 4a, 4a. Channel-shaped jaw elements 35, 3B are secured to the body member 3:1 at right angles one to the other and define passages 31, 38, respectively opening at their ends. Holes H are provided in the sides of the jaws 35, 36 and serve for securing a protecting jaw 39, and clamp screws 13 secure the whole to the table top 3, one ormore pins l4 giving additional security. In one of the side plates I or 2', for example in the flange lb, apertures 40 (of which one is shown in Fig. '7) can be provided for securing operating tools such as for example drilling, boring orgrinding tools. An edge 31a. of the side plate I may cooperate with an outer edge 3| of the side plate 30 of the jaw B.

Fig. 1 shows the normal operating position of the vise and Fig. 8 shows the device in inverted position on the bench for use in clamping thin sheets or plates. Fig. 9 shows the clamping of an object ofcomplicated form by means of auxiliary jaw elements l2, 12' mounted in the hollow jaws 2'6 and 35. Fig. 10 finally shows the use of the portions A and B of the vise as a jack.

Although a certain specific embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, it is obvious that many modifications thereof are possible. The invention, therefore, is not to be restricted except inso far as is necessitated by the prior art and by the spirit of the appended claims.

What I claim is: v

l. A vise comprising'a body portion of square A-frame cross section to provide a closed passage and an open channel portion, clamp means on said channel portion for securing said body portion to a support, a jaw shank slidably supported in said closed passage, means for moving said jaw shank relative to said body portion, and sleeve housings extending at right angles to each other and mounted on both said jaw shank and said body portion, said sleeve housings extending perpendicularly from said jaw shank and said body portion to form confronting jaws and to removably receive auxiliary jaw elements.

2. A vise comprising a body portion of square A-frame cross section to provide a closed passage and an open channel portion, clamp means on said channel portion for securing said body portion to a support, a jaw shank slidably supported in said closed passage, means for moving said jaw shank relative to said body portion, and sleeve housings extending at right angles to each other and mounted on both said jaw shank and said body portion, said sleeve housings extending perpendicularly from said jaw shank and said body portion to form confronting jaw supports, and jaw elements removably supported by said sleeve housings.

3. A vise as defined in claim 2 wherein said jaw elements are fitted around said housings. and means for securing said jaw elements to said housings.

4. A vise as defined in claim 2 wherein said jaw elements are inserted in said sleeve housings.

5. A vise as defined in claim 1 wherein said sleeve housings are fixed on both ends of said body portion.

6. A vise comprising, in combination, a body portion of square A-frame cross section to provide a closed passage and an open channel portion, clamp means on said channel portion for securing said body portion to a support, a jaw shank slidably supported in said closed passage, means for moving said jaw shank relative to said body portion, a separate jaw member for fixed support in spaced relation to said jaw shank and body portion, and sleeve housings extending at right angles to each other and mounted on each said jaw member and said jaw shank and said body portion, said sleeve housings extending perpendicularly from said jaw member and said jaw shank and said body portion to form confronting jaws and to receive auxiliary jaw elements.

GOTTLIEB SUTER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 405,982 Brandes June 25, 1889 1,574,528 Youngman ct al. Feb. 23, 1926 1,596,169 Follmer Aug. 1'7, 1926 2,231,646 Wahlstrom Feb. 11, 1941 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 80,680 Austria May 25, 1920 291,678 Great Britain June 7, 1928 400,332 Great Britain Oct. 26, 1933 509,674 Great Britain July 19, 1939

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