US 7,546,691 B2
Adjustable workpiece positioning apparatus
Chester M Mackey, 1804 Niles Ave., Brunswick, Ga. 26505 (US)
Filed on Nov. 27, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/563,439.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/597350, filed on Nov. 27, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2007/0119067 A1, May 31, 2007
Int. Cl. G01D 21/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 33—613  [33/790; 33/810; 269/166; 269/3; 269/6] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A workpiece positioning apparatus, comprising:
a horizontal elongate rigid bar having an elongate axis, an upper edge, a lower edge, a front side, a back side, a first end, and a second end;
four jaws depending from and below the bar, the jaws having a jaw length measured from the lower edge of the bar to the farthest point on the jaw from the lower edge of the bar;
the first jaw fixed to the first end and extending below the bar;
the first jaw further comprising a first jaw face;
the first jaw face lying in a plane perpendicular to the axis and facing the rear end;
the second jaw extending below the bar, and slidably mounted on the bar between the first jaw and the rear end by a means for releasable positioning of the second jaw;
the second jaw further comprising a second jaw face;
the second jaw face lying in a plane perpendicular to the axis and facing the first jaw face;
the first jaw face and second jaw face being separated by a variable first spacing depending on the position of the second jaw on the bar; and
a double jaw assembly comprising the third jaw, the fourth jaw, and a slide having a top edge, a first end and a second end;
the slide comprising a rigid elongate member slidably mounted on the bar between the second jaw and the second end by a means for releasable positioning of the slide on the bar;
the third jaw mounted on the first end of the slide and further comprising a third jaw face;
the third jaw face lying in a plane perpendicular to the axis and facing the rear end;
the fourth jaw mounted on the second end of the slide between the third jaw and the rear end and further comprising a fourth jaw face;
the fourth jaw face lying in a plane perpendicular to the axis and facing the third jaw face;
the third jaw face and the fourth jaw face being separated by a second spacing.