Importance

Loading Importance Indicators...

Abstract

A vise assembly and a method of manufacture therefor includes a threaded feed screw rod having a clamp member at one end thereof and a manually graspable handle at the other end thereof. The feed screw rod is rotatably mounted in a vise mount. The vise mount includes a frame mount that includes a pair of laterally extending wing portions and a concave portion between the wing portions in which the feed screw rod is received. On the frame mount are included a pair of stepped frame members, each including a first portion fixed to a respective wing portion of the frame mount, and a second portion bent substantially orthogonal to the first portion thereof to define side portions on either side of the concave portion of the frame mount, the feed screw rod being further disposed therebetween. A vise lock handle is pivotably mounted between the second portions of the pair of stepped frame portions. The vise lock handle includes a concave threaded portion engageable with the threads of the feed screw rod when the vise lock handle is suitably positioned. The frame mount, the stepped frame portions and the vise lock handle are each made from single pieces of material, such as steel, and are bent into shape. This avoids the need for complex, time-consuming, and expensive manufacturing steps, such as die-casting or molding, when the vise assembly is manufactured.

Loading the Abstract Image...

First Claim