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Class 269/271 - Attachment(s) and/or insert(s)


Subclass of Class 269 - Work holders
Definition: Device including (A) a separate work-engaging element fastened
No. of patents: 40
Last issue date: 07/10/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7240707Portable work bench station
A portable work bench station having a base with a flat plate having four holes for securing to the work bench. The base has a longitudinal hollow receiver opening to the outside edge of the work bench. The portable work bench station has a receiver arm having outsi...
07/10/2007
7210510Work bench
A work bench includes an elongated main body including a track portion having first and second spaced apart rail members. A tool mount assembly includes a tool mount having a support structure that supports a tool and a releasable fastener mounted to the support str...
05/01/2007
7174619Methods of making microstructured lamina and apparatus
The present invention relates to methods of making microstructured laminae for replication and apparatus. In a preferred embodiment, the invention relates to machining V-shaped grooves on individual lamina forming cube-corner microstructures. ...
02/13/2007
7169346Rotating inertial pin blank stops for pressware die sets
In an apparatus for manufacturing pressware containers from container blanks there is provided a plurality of inertial blank stop pins disposed so as to position a container blank prior to press forming. The stop pins are rotatable in order to absorb the kinetic ene...
01/30/2007
6705602Vise affording multiple set-up operations
A reversible jaw for a table vise including plurality of rows of apertures and cut-outs, all of predetermined size and location to allow manual and computerized machine operations to follow easily and precisely with reduced set-up procedure. ...
03/16/2004
6641126Integral U-shape clamping block structure
An integral U-shape clamping block structure comprised of a clamping block and a fixation arm respectively extending rearward, and multiple fixation holes and screws being provided sideways on each fixation arm to be incorporated to both sides of a neck o...
11/04/2003
6637738Vise mountable tool holder bracket
A vice holdable mounting bracket for a bicycle stand is described, the bracket being adapted so as to be able to be held in a vise when in use, and removed when not. The bracket holds the bicycle stand away from the work surface on which the vice is mount...
10/28/2003
6595030Device for generating an optically homogeneous, streak-free quartz glass body having a large diameter
A device for producing optically homogeneous, streak-free quartz glass bodies having a large diameter including a furnace or melting device having an inner chamber with a pair of openings opposite one another. One or more movable burners are displaceable ...
07/22/2003
6446952Clip system for holding vise parallels
An improved clip system is disclosed for holding parallels in place against the respective jaws of a vise head. The clip system comprises a pair of specially configured clip members adapted to releasably engage a notched slot formed along the side edges o...
09/10/2002
6409161Double station hydraulically operated machining vise
The housing of a two station machining device has thereon a stationary jaw and two movable jaws reciprocable between open and closed positions relative to the stationary jaw by a pair of spaced slides that are reciprocable in a recess in the housing benea...
06/25/2002
6250620Maching vise
A machining vise which includes a main body having a recess for guiding movable vise jaws therein is disclosed. The vise also includes a stationary jaw removably mounted at a mid-point on the main body, a first movable slide and a second movable slide. Th...
06/26/2001
6244580Machining vise
A machining vise is disclosed. The machining vise includes a main body having a recess, a stationary vise jaw removably mounted at a mid-point on the main body, a first movable slide and a second movable slide mounted in the recess. A first vise jaw is mo...
06/12/2001
6206354Vise having automatic locating mechanism
A vise is composed of a base, a first transmission block, a second transmission block, a first movable jaw mounted on the first transmission block, a second movable jaw mounted on tee second transmission block, a control rod located in a slot of the base ...
03/27/2001
6155550Clip system for holding vise parallels
An improved clip system is disclosed for holding parallels in place against the respective jaws of a vise. The clip system comprises a pair of specially configured clip members adapted to releasably engage a retaining plate mounted flush between the jaw a...
12/05/2000
6017026Machining vise
A machining vise which includes a main body having a recess for guiding movable vise jaws therein is disclosed. The vise also includes a stationary jaw removably mounted at a mid-point on the main body, a first movable slide and a second movable slide. Th...
01/25/2000
5767416Strain gauge installation tool
A tool and a method for attaching a strain gauge to a test specimen by maaining alignment of, and applying pressure to, the strain gauge during the bonding of the gauge to the specimen. The tool comprises rigid and compliant pads attached to a spring-loa...
06/16/1998
5599007Clamp
A clamp which can be held in a vise, and the clamp has a plurality of clamping portions which will allow it to be held in the vise in a plurality of positions....
02/04/1997
5564681Work station for use in conjunction with a vise
Apparatus for use in conjunction with a vise to provide a secured work station in which the vise grips the vise engaging device connected to the work station with a first locking force in a first direction and a locking assembly is provided to secure the ...
10/15/1996
5382313Sublimation transfer apparatus
Sublimation transfer apparatus of the type using a heated solid head which is adaptable to print on cylindrical objects of varying diameters and, yet, providing sufficient and uniform distribution of pressure is described. A solid head in which metal inse...
01/17/1995
5244194Work holder for vice
A pair of slide plates are vertically displaceably fixed to the opposed front surfaces of a fixed jaw and a movable jaw constituting a vice. An arbitrary number of presser members for pressing a work are fixed on the upper surfaces of the fixed jaw and th...
09/14/1993
5193792Soft jaw attachment system for a vise
A soft jaw attachment to machine vises having precision ways and flat vise jaw faces with widely spaced fastener openings through said vice jaw faces, the soft jaw being an elongated bar of resilient material having a flat face to interface with the vice ...
03/16/1993
5163664Alignment tool for machine vise and the like
A tool which is adapted to orient a work piece for machining. A first embodiment of the tool is adapted to be removably mounted on the fixed jaw of a pair of relatively shiftable jaws of a machine vise. The tool has an arm pivotally mounted thereon, and t...
11/17/1992
5150888Clamping mechanism in a vise jaw accessory system for attaching and releasing vise accessories while maintaining positional accuracy of the accessories
A vise jaw system for a vise having a horizontal datum surface at least one removable jaw for selective attachment to the vise, the removable jaw having a bottom surface held in fixed relation to the horizontal datum surface and a front surface perpendicu...
09/29/1992
5149071Double-jaw vice for holding workpieces
A vice has a pair of parallel, work-piece clamping jaw-members, which jaw-members are spaced laterally apart. The first jaw-member is a semi-rigid one, while the second jaw-member is completely slidable as an integral unit, and also allows for the two jaw...
09/22/1992
5065990Vise jaw accessory system for attaching and releasing vise accessories while maintaining positional accuracy of the accessories
A vise jaw system for a vise having a keyway that defines a horizontal datum surface and a vertical datum surface includes at least one removable jaw for selective attachment to the vise, the removable jaw having a bottom surface held in fixed relation to...
11/19/1991
5037075Quick lock in parallel and angle plate system for machining vise
A holding device or lock in a machining vise for positioning plates including parallels and angles wherein the positioning plate is provided with a cleat extending from the rear surface along the bottom edge thereof. The plates are held in place by spring...
08/06/1991
4969637Work holder for vice
The present invention relates to a work holder for a vice in a machine tool, in which by means of a holder body attached removably to a fixed jaw of the vice and a clamp block and a clamp screw both attached to the holder body, a work whose side faces hav...
11/13/1990
4927126Precision vise
An apparatus for holding small articles comprises an elongated post, a rail member selectively slidably mounted at one end of the post at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the post, and a workpiece holding assembly mounted on the upper surface...
05/22/1990
4923186Quick lock in parallel and angle plate system for machining vise
A holding device or lock in a machining vise for positioning plates including parallels and angles wherein the positioning plate is provided with a cleat extending from the rear surface along the bottom edge thereof. The plates are held in place by spring...
05/08/1990
4830350Universal clamping device with multi-purpose clamping surfaces
The present invention relates to an universal clamping device with multi-purpose clamping surfaces, it is composed of a jaw and one or more jaw seats. Wherein the jaw comprises a plurality of vertical jaw seats and each of said jaw seat comprises a vertic...
05/16/1989
4750722Supplemental machine vise
In precision machining, a workpiece can be rapidly located with respect to three mutually perpendicular datum planes by positioning it within both a main machine vise and a supplemental machine vise held within the main machine vise, with the supplemental...
06/14/1988
4714513Apparatus for fushion welding plastic pipe joints
Apparatus for use in fushion welding joints in a plastic pipe system comprising a heating device including a housing providing a rearwardly disposed pistol grip handle, a heating member secured in heat insulating relation to the housing in a forwardly ext...
12/22/1987
4685661Method and mechanism for fixturing objects
A programmably controllable vise has mechanisms for automatic adjustment of orkpiece position relative to three orthogonal axes. The positions of the vise jaws (during clamping) establish workpiece position along a first axis, and stop members (e.g., pisto...
08/11/1987
4573669Jaw plate
A machine vise having a first jaw with a flat, inwardly disposed inner face, a second jaw with a flat, inwardly disposed inner face, opposing the inner face of the first jaw, a jaw plate carried by each jaw and including a block-like body with a flat face...
03/04/1986
4221391Multiple segmented chuck jaw
A multiple segmented chuck jaw, operable for holding a workpiece while a work operation is being performed thereon, consisting of a first portion comprising a master and a second portion comprising an insert shaped to meet the requirements of a given appl...
09/09/1980
4216950Steady rest
A machine vise having a first jaw with a flat, inwardly disposed inner face, a second jaw with a flat, inwardly disposed inner face opposing the inner face of the first jaw, a jaw plate carried by each jaw and including a block-like body with a flat face ...
08/12/1980
4183571Screw-type lifting clamp
A screw-type lifting clamp comprising a generally U-shaped clamp body having a pair of spaced, opposed projections defining a generally vertically downwardly facing material receiving slot, a lifting shackle attached to said clamp body, a screw threadedly...
01/15/1980
4179105Magnetic press for vises
A magnetic press for metal and woodworking vises in the form of a projection extending from but unattached to a flat plate to which magnetic tape is attached enabling the flat plate to adhere removably to a vise jaw. The flat plate contains magnets that r...
12/18/1979
4114482Multiple use adapters for pliers
A pair of elongated jaw adapter members are provided for use in conjunction with a pair of jaw members relatively supported for movement toward and away from each other and including opposing serrated clamping surfaces and remote oppositely facing surface...
09/19/1978
3982739Portable vise
A horizontal base formed by intersecting plates rigidly connected to a vertical base of generally V-shaped cross-section; clamping flanges extended from the respective plates outwardly; a clamp member slidable over the respective flanges to act as backing...
09/28/1976
 
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