Patent Application
20150137441
1. Fields of the Invention
The present invention relates to a quick bench vise, and more particularly, to a quick bench vise for quickly clamping a workpiece.
2. Descriptions of Related Art
The conventional vise 1 as shown in
The present invention intends to provide a quick bench vise to improve the shortcomings mentioned above.
The present invention relates to a quick bench vise and comprises a base having a chamber defined therein, and a guide member and two stops are located on the inside of the chamber. A passage is defined through the front wall and the rear wall of the base, and communicates with the chamber. A fixed jaw is connected to the base. At least two through holes are defined through the front and rear walls of the base.
A movable jaw has a hole and at least two rods extend from the movable jaw. The at least two rods extend through the at least two through holes of the base. A threaded rod extends through the hole of the movable jaw, the passage of the base and the chamber. The threaded rod has outer threads, and a bar is connected to the first end of the threaded rod and a positioning end extends from the second end of the threaded rod.
A collar is mounted to the threaded rod and is located between the movable jaw and the base. The collar has a threaded hole defined through the wall thereof and a first bolt extends through the threaded hole of the collar to position the collar to the threaded rod. A spring is mounted to the threaded rod and located between the collar and the base.
A sleeve is located in the chamber and mounted to the threaded rod. The sleeve has a passage defined axially therethrough. A recess is defined in the outside of the sleeve and two slots are respectively defined in two end faces of the sleeve. A weight is connected to the outside of the sleeve. An adjustment member is engaged with the recess of the sleeve and has inner threads defined therein. Two extensions respective extend from two ends of the adjustment member and are engaged with the slots of the sleeve. The extensions are stopped by the stops of the base. The adjustment member has a curved portion on the outside thereof and the curved portion is located beside the guide member of the base. A board has a positioning hole through which the positioning end of the threaded rod extends. The board is connected to two distal ends of the two rods.
Preferably, the base has notches defined in two ends and the rear side thereof.
Preferably, two protrusions extend from the front side of the base.
Preferably, the base has threaded holes defined in the top thereof. A cover is mounted to the rear side of the base and the board. The cover has holes and third bolts extend through the holes of the cover and are connected with the threaded holes of the base.
Preferably, each of the at least two rods of the movable jaw has a threaded hole defined in the distal end thereof. The board has at least two holes, and two second bolts extend through the at least two holes of the board and are connected to the threaded holes of the at least two rods to fix the board to the distal ends of the at least two rods.
The primary object of the present invention is to provide a quick bench vise wherein the movable jaw is quickly moved to clamp the workpiece between the movable and fixed jaws. The workpiece is firmly positioned and the user's fingers are protected from being injured by the movable and fixed jaws.
The present invention will become more obvious from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which show, for purposes of illustration only, a preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention.
Referring to
A movable jaw 3 has a hole 30 and two rods 31 extend from the movable jaw 3. The two rods 31 extend through the two through holes 25 of the base 2. Each of the two rods 31 of the movable jaw 3 has a threaded hole 32 defined in the distal end thereof.
A threaded rod 4 extends through the hole 30 of the movable jaw 3, the passage 23 of the base 2 and the chamber 20. The threaded rod 4 has outer threads 40. A bar 41 is connected to the first end of the threaded rod 4 and a positioning end 42 extends axially from the second end of the threaded rod 4. A collar 43 is mounted to the threaded rod 4 and located between the movable jaw 3 and the base 2. The collar 43 has a threaded hole 430 defined through the wall thereof and a first bolt 44 extends through the threaded hole 430 of the collar 43 to position the collar 43 to the threaded rod 4. A spring 45 is mounted to the threaded rod 4 and located between the collar 43 and the base 2.
A sleeve 5 is located in the chamber 20 and mounted to the threaded rod 4. The sleeve 5 has a passage 50 defined axially therethrough, and a recess 51 is defined in the outside of the sleeve 5. Two slots 52 are respectively defined in two end faces of the sleeve 5. A weight 53 is connected to the outside of the sleeve 5.
An adjustment member 6 is engaged with the recess 51 of the sleeve 5 and has inner threads 60 defined therein which are located corresponding to the outer threads 40 of the threaded rod 4. Two extensions 61 respective extend from two ends of the adjustment member 6 and are engaged with the slots 52 of the sleeve 5. The extensions 61 are stopped by the stops 22 of the base 2. The adjustment member 6 has a curved portion 62 on the outside thereof and the curved portion 62 is located beside the guide member 21 of the base 2.
A board 7 has a positioning hole 70 through which the positioning end 42 of the threaded rod 4 extends. The board 7 has two holes 71 and two second bolts 72 extend through the two holes 71 and are connected to the threaded holes 32 in the two distal ends of the two rods 31 of the movable jaw 3. A cover 8 is mounted to the rear side of the base 2 and the board 7. The cover 8 has holes 80 and the third bolts 81 extend through the holes 80 of the cover 8 and are connected with the threaded holes 28 of the base 2.
When in assembling, further referring to
As shown in
The inner threads 60 of the adjustment member 6 are engaged with the outer threads 40 of the threaded rod 4. The curved portion 62 of the adjustment member 6 is stopped by the guide member 21 in the chamber 20. The adjustment member 6 does not pivoted outward. The threaded rod 4 is then rotated clockwise as shown in
Therefore, the threaded rod 4 is needed to be rotated slightly to disengage the inner threads 60 of the adjustment member 6 from the outer threads 40 of the threaded rod 4. The movable jaw 3 and the threaded rod 4 can be quickly moved. The user does not need to rotate the threaded rod 4 slowly as the conventional vise does. When the movable jaw 3 is moved to a proper position relative to the fixed jaw 24, the threaded rod 4 is then rotated clockwise to engage the inner threads 60 of the adjustment member 6 with the outer threads 40 of the threaded rod 4. The threaded rod 4 is rotatably moved relative to the adjustment member 6 and the sleeve 5. The movable jaw 3 is moved toward the fixed jaw 24 to firmly clamp the workpiece. The movable jaw 3 is stably moved by the guidance of the two rods 31 so that the workpiece can be firmly clamped.
The threaded rod 4 is cooperated with the spring 45 which keeps the movable jaw 3 located at a proper distance from the fixed jaw 24 so that the user's fingers do not clamped and injured when the fingers are unintentionally inserted between the movable jaw 3 and the fixed jaw 24. The board 7 is connected to the threaded rod 4 and the two rods 31 to prevent the movable jaw 3 and the threaded rod 4 from being pulled out from the vise. The cover 8 prevent the users' finger from being pinched by the board 7.
While we have shown and described the embodiment in accordance with the present invention, it should be clear to those skilled in the art that further embodiments may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
