Patents Assigned to American Machine & Tool Co.
  • Patent number: 5083759
    Abstract: An apparatus for inhibiting movement of a workpiece comprises a bed, a pair of opposed vise jaws associated with and extending from the bed, each of the jaws having a gripping surface and at least one of the jaws being movable for gripping and releasing the workpiece positioned between the jaws, and a movable projection member rotatably disposed in a recess in the gripping surface of one of the jaws, where the projection member is extendable outwardly in a direction generally transverse to the gripping surface between the pair of jaws for being positioned above the workpiece when the workpiece is positioned between the jaws without exerting a substantial force on the workpiece to inhibit fly-away movement of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1992
    Assignee: American Machine & Tool Co.
    Inventors: Henry Pollak, Gordon V. Wells