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Class
269
WORK HOLDERS


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Subclass Title
ClassTitle ===> WORK HOLDERS
1[Patents]HAND MANEUVERED OR WORK SUPPORTED TOOL GUIDES
2[Patents] . Relatively movable jaws
3[Patents]OPERATOR SUPPORTED
4[Patents] . Convertible to bench supported
5[Patents] . With opening through handle for work supply
6[Patents] . Handle manipulation for jaw actuation
7[Patents]SOLIDIFICATION OF WORK CONTACTING MEDIUM
8[Patents]MAGNETIC HOLDER
9[Patents]PLURAL SELECTIVELY USED HOLDERS
10[Patents] . Work stop abutment
11[Patents]WITH HOLDER ILLUMINATING MEANS
12[Patents]WITH DRY RUN WORK DRIVING MEANS
13[Patents]WITH PRODUCT DISCHARGE FACILITATOR
14[Patents] . Product mover
15[Patents]WITH CATCH PAN
16[Patents]WITH PART OR TOOL HOLDING RECEPTACLE
17[Patents]WITH GROUND TRAVERSING MEANS
19[Patents]WITH PLUMB INDICATOR
20[Patents]WITH FLUID MEANS
21[Patents] . Vacuum-type holding means
22[Patents] . With movable diaphragm
23[Patents] . With safety means
24[Patents] . Plural positioning means sequentially operated
25[Patents] . Cylinder-piston means directly moves jaw(s)
26[Patents] . . With equalized pressure on plural (nonopposed) jaws
27[Patents] . Cylinder-piston means in series with additional positioning means
28[Patents] . . With separate air means in series with liquid means
29[Patents] . . Including self-contained manual pump means
30[Patents] . . With common fluid means for holding and releasing
31[Patents] . . . Cylinder-piston unit rotatably and/or pivotally mounted
32[Patents] . . Mechanical means between fluid means and jaw
33[Patents] . . . Including opposed cylinder-piston means
34[Patents] . . . Single fluid unit moves plural spaced jaws
35[Patents] . With guide means
36[Patents]FENCE BOARD HOLDER AND GAUGE
37[Patents]PLURAL HOLDERS TO HOLD WORKPIECES RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER
38[Patents] . Fletching jig (i.e., arrow feathering holder)
40[Patents] . Fixed work-contacting portions for each holder
41[Patents] . Workpieces normal to each other (e.g., miter clamps)
42[Patents] . . Means for simultaneous actuation of holders
43[Patents] . Workpieces parallel to each other (e.g., box-shook clamp)
44[Patents] . . Three holders
45[Patents] . With means to relatively array or arrange holders
46[Patents]SUSPENDED HOLDER
47[Patents]HOLDER INSERTED WITHIN WORK APERTURE
48[Patents] . With tool couple element
48.1[Patents] . Expandable mandrel
48.2[Patents] . . Plural pin mandrel
48.3[Patents] . . . Having intermediate expanding means
48.4[Patents] . . . . And coil spring
49[Patents] . Inserted holder movable relative to work backup
50[Patents] . Holder mounted for movement
51[Patents] . . Compound or plural movement
52[Patents] . Within concentric opening
53[Patents]PIN-TYPE HOLDER
54[Patents] . With work-overlying clamp
54.1[Patents] . With means to drive pin into work
54.2[Patents] . . Including opposed coacting pins
54.3[Patents] . . . Three or more pins
54.4[Patents] . With work-underlying support
54.5[Patents] . . Pin perpendicularly extended
55[Patents]HOLDER MOUNTED FOR MOVEMENT
56[Patents] . Relative to a station
57[Patents] . . Rotary (e.g., dial type)
58[Patents] . Including means to shift holder position
59[Patents] . . With means to lock shift means
60[Patents] . . Screw means
61[Patents] . . Gear means
62[Patents] . . Treadle means
63[Patents] . With indexing steps
64[Patents] . . Corrugated
65[Patents] . . Threaded
66[Patents] . . Cam or eccentric means
67[Patents] . . Pin-rack
68[Patents] . . Pawl-rack
69[Patents] . . Peg-hole
70[Patents] . . . With bias means
71[Patents] . With plural means for changing holder positions
72[Patents] . . Single lock for plural means
73[Patents] . . Means for dual position only
74[Patents] . Means for position lock
75[Patents] . . For universal joint
76[Patents] . . Set screw type
77[Patents] . . Periphery clamp type
78[Patents] . . . Split ring type
79[Patents] . . Effective on a movable brace
80[Patents] . . For yoke type
81[Patents] . . Of holder to table (i.e., reference base or wall)
82[Patents] . . Plane bearing surfaces clamped together
83[Patents] . . . Radial bearing surface type
84[Patents] . . . . Central clamp
85[Patents] . . . . Plural clamps
86[Patents]RELATIVELY MOVABLE JAWS
87[Patents] . With tool couple element
87.1[Patents] . . With guide means
87.2[Patents] . . . Slot type
87.3[Patents] . . . Hole type
88[Patents] . Convertible to other type or form of holder
89[Patents] . Jaw actuation locks holder position relative to base
90[Patents] . With separate means to lock jaw(s) after actuation
91[Patents] . Clamp couple element with fastening means
92[Patents] . . With plural actuating means
93[Patents] . . Responsive to element actuating means
94[Patents] . . Rocking-element type
95[Patents] . With means to fasten holder to support (e.g., portable)
96[Patents] . . Wrench or plier type of work holder
97[Patents] . . Clamp type fastening means
98[Patents] . . . Unitary fastener-jaw and holder-jaw
99[Patents] . . Socket type fastening means
100[Patents] . . . Aperture in support
101[Patents] . . Threaded fastening means
102[Patents] . . Nail or spur fastening means
103[Patents] . For cable about thimble (e.g., rigger's vise)
104[Patents] . Plural jaw pairs, angularly oriented, for common work
105[Patents] . . Three jaw couples in three nonparallel planes
106[Patents] . . . With actuating means for each couple
107[Patents] . . Interrelated actuating means
108[Patents] . . . Constricting loop common to plural jaw pairs
109[Patents] . . . Four relatively movable corner-angled jaws
110[Patents] . . One actuated jaw carries a second actuated jaw
111[Patents] . . Quadrilateral frame type
112[Patents] . . . Diagonally moved jaw
113[Patents] . . . Plural actuating means for one side
114[Patents] . . . . Plural actuators on each of two sides
115[Patents] . . . Actuator located at corner
116[Patents] . . . . Actuators at diagonal corners
117[Patents] . . . . . Actuator at each corner
118[Patents] . . . Actuated jaw couples perpendicularly related
119[Patents] . . . . Actuator for each side
120[Patents] . . . One couple adjusted and one couple actuated
121[Patents] . . . Adjustment means intermediate ends of side
122[Patents] . . . Adjustment means including attached wedge means
123[Patents] . . . . Wedge means attached by chain
124[Patents] . . . Adjustment means at diagonal corners
125[Patents] . . . . Adjustment means at four corners
126[Patents] . Including pivoted yoke frame jaw carrier
127[Patents] . . With specific latch means
128[Patents] . . . Latch means includes jaw actuating element(s)
129[Patents] . . With jaw actuating means intermediate yoke legs
130[Patents] . Including constrictable loop (strand or articulated) jaw
131[Patents] . . Flaccid loop
132[Patents] . . With means to actuate a coacting jaw
133[Patents] . Weight of a vertically disposed panel actuates jaws
134[Patents] . With means for "hold-down" component of force
135[Patents] . . With rockable work contacting member
136[Patents] . . Moved by linearly acting jaw
137[Patents] . . Inclined actuator and/or jaw travel
138[Patents] . . With wedge or cam means
139[Patents] . With means to align coacting jaw faces
140[Patents] . With separate positioning means for each of jaw pair
141[Patents] . . Adjustable positioning only
142[Patents] . . Separate means to actuate each of a jaw pair
143[Patents] . . . Portable C-clamp type
145[Patents] . . . Same actuator type for each jaw
146[Patents] . . Means to both actuate and adjust the same jaw
147[Patents] . . Portable straight beam type
148[Patents] . . . Plural parallel beams
149[Patents] . . . Extensible beam
150[Patents] . . Pivoted jaw actuator means
151[Patents] . With means to orient actuating force on jaws
152[Patents] . Plural jaw pairs
153[Patents] . . With common actuating means
154[Patents] . . One jaw common to plural coacting jaws
155[Patents] . . Acting in intersecting planes
156[Patents] . Three coacting work grippers
157[Patents] . With means to bias jaw(s) toward nonholding position
158[Patents] . . Pedal lever actuator
159[Patents] . . . Including position latch or lock
160[Patents] . . Spring coil around actuating screw
161[Patents] . . Leaf spring between pivoted jaws
162[Patents] . . Spring coil around or abutting cam or cam follower
163[Patents] . . With articulated attachment or insert for jaws
164[Patents] . With means for lateral adjustment of jaw portions
165[Patents] . Means for direct manual adjustment of jaw(s)
166[Patents] . . With cant type adjustment lock
167[Patents] . . . Including separate cant member
168[Patents] . . . . Means for skewing plural members to actuate jaw(s)
169[Patents] . . . . Plus additional means to release cant lock
170[Patents] . . . . . With means to bias member into locked position
171[Patents] . . . Including interlocking abutting surfaces
171.5[Patents] . . . With tooth-like surface engaging a planar surface
172[Patents] . . With relative axial shift of screw-nut actuating means
173[Patents] . . . Split nut type
174[Patents] . . . . With separate means for lateral motion of segments
175[Patents] . . . . . Including weight biased lever
176[Patents] . . . . . Common to spaced parallel screw means
177[Patents] . . . . . Control travels with screw
178[Patents] . . . . With screw mounted means for lateral segment motion
179[Patents] . . . With longitudinally rockable actuating screw
180[Patents] . . . . Direct hand tilt
181[Patents] . . . Half nut type
182[Patents] . . . . With separate means for lateral nut-screw motion
183[Patents] . . . . . With pedal means
184[Patents] . . . Interrupted thread type
185[Patents] . . . . Antipodal screw thread sectors
186[Patents] . . . . Rack-like nut thread sector
187[Patents] . . . . With continuous screw thread
188[Patents] . . With common means to both lock and actuate jaw(s)
189[Patents] . . . Screw-nut type
190[Patents] . . . . With wedge means in the lock mechanism
191[Patents] . . . . . Roll or ball gripping element
192[Patents] . . . . . With pawl-rack immobilization means
193[Patents] . . . . . . Pivotal or rockable pawl
194[Patents] . . . . Pawl-rack adjustment lock
195[Patents] . . . . . To immobilize nut
196[Patents] . . . Cam or eccentric type
197[Patents] . . . . Plural cams in series
198[Patents] . . . . Cam in series with diverse actuator
199[Patents] . . . . Plural cam surfaces
200[Patents] . . . . Including radial face and/or axial follower feature(s)
201[Patents] . . . Toggle type
202[Patents] . . . Rack-pinion sector
203[Patents] . . With clamp (or friction) type adjustment-lock
204[Patents] . . . Pivoted eccentric for applying lock
205[Patents] . . . Plus additional means to release lock
206[Patents] . . . Deformable elastic plug gripping element
207[Patents] . . With detent type adjustment-lock
208[Patents] . . . Peg-hole
209[Patents] . . . . For pivoted jaw
210[Patents] . . . Movable rack
211[Patents] . . . Pin-rack
212[Patents] . . . Pawl-rack
213[Patents] . . . . Detent positionable by rocking of screw actuator
214[Patents] . . . . With lever type actuator acting through pawl
215[Patents] . . . . Spring urged pawl
216[Patents] . Means to actuate jaw(s) (i.e., apply holding force)
217[Patents] . . Work camming or wedging action type
218[Patents] . . With common means for each of coacting jaws
219[Patents] . . . Spaced parallel screw means
220[Patents] . . . . With specific means for angular positioning of jaws
221[Patents] . . Plural means for one jaw
222[Patents] . . . Plural intergeared screw-nut actuating means
223[Patents] . . . Including means to move nut
224[Patents] . . With yieldable means in actuation train
225[Patents] . . Gear type
226[Patents] . . . Worm
227[Patents] . . . Rack and pinion
228[Patents] . . Toggle type
229[Patents] . . Cam, eccentric or wedge type
230[Patents] . . . With position latch
231[Patents] . . . Cam surface is jaw face
232[Patents] . . . Including radial face and/or axial follower feature
233[Patents] . . . Including cam slot or groove
234[Patents] . . . Slidable wedge
235[Patents] . . . Eccentric cylinder or disc
236[Patents] . . . Cam on end pivoted hand lever
237[Patents] . . For pivoted jaw(s)
238[Patents] . . . First class lever action type
239[Patents] . . . Third class lever action type
240[Patents] . . Screw-nut type
241[Patents] . . . Differentially threaded
242[Patents] . . . Right and left threaded
243[Patents] . . . Rotating nut means
244[Patents] . . . Screw held at ends for rotation only
245[Patents] . . . With means for relative rotation of elements
246[Patents] . . . Screw travels with jaw
247[Patents] . . . . Screw within traveling box-beam guide
248[Patents] . . . . With separable or replaceable nut means
249[Patents] . . . . C-clamp type
250[Patents] . . . . Means to keep faces parallel and/or translate jaw
251[Patents] . . . . . Flange and/or slot
252[Patents] . . . . . Traveling means parallel to screw
253[Patents] . . . . . . Plural traveling elements coplanar with screw
254R[Patents] . . Bias type (e.g., weight, spring, resilience)
254DF[Patents] . . . Dental flask
254D[Patents] . . . Drawing board
254CS[Patents] . . . Coil spring
254MW[Patents] . . . Movable weighted member
256[Patents] . With paralleling mechanism for jaws
257[Patents] . Jaw features
258[Patents] . . Angularly alignable
259[Patents] . . . Attachments and/or inserts
260[Patents] . . . . With hook type fastener means
261[Patents] . . . . With socket type fastener means
262[Patents] . . . . With threaded type fastener means
263[Patents] . . . . With yieldable type fastener means
264[Patents] . . . . Loosely positioned between coacting jaws
265[Patents] . . Plural spaced work contacting portions
266[Patents] . . . Settable elements conformable to work contour
267[Patents] . . . With pressure equalizing means
268[Patents] . . . Angular and/or curved jaw face
269[Patents] . . . . Opposed jaw faces diversely shaped
270[Patents] . . . . Complementary to work configuration
271[Patents] . . Attachment(s) and/or insert(s)
272[Patents] . . . Interdigitated
273[Patents] . . . Named material
274[Patents] . . . . Nonmetallic
275[Patents] . . . Yieldable element
276[Patents] . . . With magnetic fastening means
277[Patents] . . . Coacting elements loosely positioned between jaws
278[Patents] . . . . Elements jointed by a pivot or link
279[Patents] . . . Selective
280[Patents] . . . . By substitution
281[Patents] . . . . . With yieldable type fastener means
282[Patents] . . . . . With threaded type fastener means
283[Patents] . . . . . With socket type fastener means
284[Patents] . . . . . With detent type fastener means
285[Patents] . Specific means for wear, strain, protection, assembly
286[Patents] . Specific material(s) used for holder
287[Patents]HOLDER ENCLOSES WORK
288[Patents] . With tool couple element
289R[Patents]WORK-UNDERLYING SUPPORT
290[Patents] . With tool couple element
291[Patents] . . With work-stop abutment
292[Patents] . . Element projectable through support
293[Patents] . . In support surface
294[Patents] . . . Cylindrical element
295[Patents] . . . Guiding slot for horizontally moving tool
296[Patents] . Gapped support
297[Patents] . . With movable work-stop abutment
298[Patents] . . . Abutment movable in gap
299[Patents] . . . . Plural separately mounted slidable abutments
300[Patents] . . . . With abutment position indicator
301[Patents] . . . . With abutment lock
302[Patents] . . Enclosed gap
302.1[Patents] . Mixing or kneading board
303[Patents] . With work-stop abutment
304[Patents] . . Attached to movable support portion
305[Patents] . . Multiple direction restrainer
306[Patents] . . Suspended abutment
307[Patents] . With sight gage
308[Patents] . With work supply supporting means
309[Patents] . Support mounting means
310[Patents] . . Support resiliently urged upwardly
311[Patents] . . Means to hold plural support blocks
312[Patents] . . . By through rod
313[Patents] . . . . Blocks enclosed by holder
314[Patents] . . . Blocks enclosed by holder
289MR[Patents] . Movable roller
315[Patents]WORK-STOP ABUTMENT
316[Patents] . Vertically compressible abutment
317[Patents] . Resiliently urged abutment
318[Patents] . Abutment mounted between spaced parallel arms
319[Patents] . Plural spaced abutment surfaces
320[Patents] . With motor drive abutment moving means
329[Patents]MISCELLANEOUS
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CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
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900[Patents]SUPPORTING STRUCTURE HAVING WORK HOLDER RECEIVING APERTURES OR PROJECTIONS
901[Patents]COLLAPSIBLE OR FOLDABLE WORK HOLDER SUPPORTING STRUCTURE
902[Patents]WORK HOLDER MEMBER WITH V-SHAPED NOTCH OR GROOVE
903[Patents]WORK HOLDER FOR ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT ASSEMBLAGES OR WIRING SYSTEMS
904[Patents]WORK HOLDER FOR POSITIONING ELEMENTS OF BUILDING IN INSTALLED LOCATION
905[Patents]WORK HOLDER FOR DOORS AND DOOR FRAMES
906[Patents]WORK HOLDER FOR SKIS
907[Patents]WORK HOLDER FOR FISHING FLIES
908[Patents]WORK HOLDER FOR CATHODE-RAY TUBES
909[Patents]WORK HOLDER FOR SPECIFIC WORK
910[Patents]WORK HOLDER FOR PREFABRICATED ROOF TRUSS OR WALL FRAME


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