Abstract: A work bench has folding U-shaped splayed legs received in sockets in respective spaced blocks. A horizontal work table is mounted on support posts carried by the blocks for vertical adjustment therein. The work table has a plurality of bosses formed integrally therewith and depending from the bottom surface thereof. Preferably, the bosses have through bores and are interconnected by respective ribs.

Abstract: A specialized clamp having a pair of spaced parallel jaw members that slide together on parallel rods orthogonally extended relative to the jaw members, there being a wall or surface mount which optionally engages and mounts the clamp either by a mounting end plate at the shank end of one of the jaws, or by sockets defined in the base into which the ends of the slide rods are inserted.

Abstract: A bench includes a rigid frame and a work board pivotable to and away from the frame. The work board can be brought into a rest position and into a plurality of operating positions and can be in at least two operating positions supported by an arm movably supported on the frame. The arm is pivotable with respect to the frame in a horizontal plane. The arm can carry at its free end a clamping device. The structure of the bench increases a range of clamping a work piece on the bench over the length of the work board.

Abstract: A device for making miter cuts in workpieces includes a saw guide pivoted to either a bottom surface B or a top surface A of a board. The saw guide includes two plates spaced above the board surfaces by a pivot assembly and a swing assembly. Almost any commercially available circular power saw may be accommodated by placing the saw base on the plates, positioning the saw blade within alignment slots in the assemblies, and adjusting rails on the plates against the saw base. A keeper on one of the rails prevents the saw from jumping out of the saw guide. When the rails are properly adjusted, the circular saw blade will travel along a saw line between the plates from alignment slot to alignment slot. The top surface A of the board has a straight edged backup adjacent a planar work area. 90.degree. and 45.degree. stops on the top surface reliably and accurately position the saw line normal to or at a 45.degree. angle to the straight edge and aligned with 90.degree. and 45.degree. slots in the backup.

Abstract: A workbench (1) has a removable vise (3) and a workplate (5) separate from the vise and provided with apertures (6) for clamping elements. A jaw assembly (15) having a fixed vise jaw (16) and likewise a jaw assembly (17) equipped with an adjustable jaw (18) can be screwed onto a vise base (14) so as to resist all twisting forces. The screw fastenings (28 to 30) are such that they can also serve to attach the jaw assemblies to the workplate (5), using the apertures (6) in the latter for that purpose. The vise as a whole can be mounted in a rotary seat (2) where its mandrel (13) can be clamped at different levels and rotary positions, with the further possibility of having the rotary position fixed in the lowest position of the vise in a manner suitable for maintaining parallelism with another rotary vise similarly mounted (not shown in figure).

Abstract: A clamp for clamping parts on cutting machine tools includes a housing containing a rotary disc having a clamp arm and a toothed sector projecting from the disc which meshes with a tangential screw which rotates the disc to apply a clamping force to the clamp arm. The disc is journalled in a pair of cheek members that are fixed within the housing, and cooperate with the disc to present cylindrical radial bearing surfaces and planar annular lateral bearing surfaces. The annular lateral bearing surfaces of the disc are contiguous with the cylindrical outer surface of the disc on which a pair of scraper blades run, and the annular lateral bearing surfaces of the cheeks are substantially flush with the inner wall of the housing so as to protect the housing against ingress of foreign matter. The diameter of the outer cylindrical surface portion of the disc is less than the inner diameter of the toothed sector to enable a fixing screw to be accessible by a tool from the top of the housing.

Abstract: A termination tool for holding cross-connect connectors, as used in telecommunications systems, while inserting conductors into the back edge of the connector, is adapted to be releasably mounted on the support member on to which the connectors are eventually mounted. The tool, of open frame form, having spaced sides, back member and a rotatable front member, has formations at the back ends of the side members which engage with the support member. A connector is inserted in a slot extending along the front member with a back edge facing forward. The conductors can be inserted, a retainer snapped over the back edge of the connector, the rotatable member rotated approximately 90.degree. to bring the back edge of the connector and the retainer facing upwards, and then the connector and retainer removed from the tool and mounted on the support member.

Abstract: A portable workbench including a pair of front legs and a pair of rear legs, with a support extending between the legs. A pair of beams extends laterally across the support and provides a work surface. The pair of beams and the support are adjustable to permit the beams to be positioned at a plurality of predetermined spacings relative to each other. Each of the beams has a plurality of spaced vertical axis apertures extending therethrough. A vise member having a mounting shaft extending therefrom which is proportioned to be received through one of the vertical apertures is also provided, the vise including a stationary jaw and a movable jaw together with a screw which extends between the stationary and the movable jaws for moving the movable jaw toward and away from the stationary jaw.

Abstract: The strut tool has a frame with a pair of clamp faces on the front thereof and a pair of clamp hooks extending therebetween. A screw pulls the clamp hooks towards the clamp faces so that the strut clamp can engage on and clamp on a slotted strut to temporarily support structure with respect to the strut while the structure is being secured to the strut.

Abstract: Clamp for pressing a workpiece to a miter square and advancing the workpiece through a saw or the like. The clamp comprises two spanning arms and two other arms pivotally joined in a four-sided structure such that, if the arms comprise two pairs of equal length arms, the clamp comprises a parallelogram. One of the short arms is upstanding and pivotally mounted to the miter square. An opposite arm has secured thereto a foot for engaging the workpiece and a handle for pressing the foot against the workpiece through lever action while simultaneously pushing the workpiece toward the saw.

Abstract: Apparatus for holding a wet clay sculpture during the drying process which includes a base portion having post receiving apertures equidistantly spaced about its periphery; at least three vertically extending posts rotatably seated in the apertures, the posts having vertically spaced horizontal openings; and a plurality of horizontally extending support members slidingly engaging the openings for contacting and holding the sculpture in place. Pivotal sculpture contact members attachable to the support members may also be provided.

Abstract: A pressure assembly comprises a base plate, a ram and a wedge located between the base plate and the ram, the wedge having an inclined face facing the base plate or ram, the facing surface of the base plate or ram being inclined at the same angle and a screw adapted to move the wedge at right angles to the separation of the ram and base plate to alter the separation of the ram and base plate. Preferably a pair of wedges are provided, and preferably their inclined faces are oppositely-inclined. The pressure assembly may be used in conjunction with a support member adapted to be secured to a firm foundation, for example by bolts passing through bores. The assembly can be used to clamp a workpiece between the ram and a fixed member by engagement of the base plate with the fixed member and by increasing the separation of the ram from the base plate by rotating the screw.

Abstract: A workbench has a pair of rigid wooden work plates bridging and fixed to a pair of transverse support elements from which extend legs constituting a foldable stand. The work plates are each formed with a plurality of throughgoing bores into which pegs of a clamp and holding blocks may fit, these pegs being smaller than the bores so that the blocks and clamp tip when acted upon parallel to the work surface. The faces of the blocks and clamp are inclined to be perpendicular to the work surface when the pegs are thus tipped. The legs of the stand can fold parallel to each other and flat against the work table when the workbench is not in use.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes an improved clamp for use with belted cables in the assembly of electronic equipment. In performing its clamping function, the device is adapted to engage the chassis structure upon which the cables are to be routed and terminated. The clamp design is characterized by its effectiveness with a single flat cable or a bundle of such cables. An increase in the clamping pressure exerted upon the cables results in a proportional increase in the force with which the clamp engages the chassis. This assures that the clamp will remain firmly in place during the assembly operation. Moreover, during such operation, the clamp may be easily removed to permit the addition of another cable and then reapplied. Finally, when the wiring of the cable bundle has been completed, the clamp may optionally be removed for use at another location or permitted to remain permanently in place.

Abstract: An adjustable self-aligning locator for supporting a plurality of parts in their proper relative position for assembly and/or clamping to a machine bed and the like. The locator includes a support member having a base leg with a cam locking device for engagement with a T-slot on the machine bed and an upright leg with a side extension portion having an arcuate groove therein. An angle member having a matching arcuate shaped protuberance at one end in engagement with the arcuate groove in the upright leg extension provides an adjustable angle working face for contact with the workpiece.

Abstract: A horizontally rotatable and elevatable hold down arm that is adapted to engage and securely hold material that is being worked on, such as wood that is being sawed. The hold down arm is simply operated and positioned from the operator's position at the saw.

Abstract: A substantially table-like member transversely defining a T-shape is pivotally connected by its leg portions to the end portion of one jaw of a clamp. An article engaging surface of the adapter is provided with one or more recesses for engaging irregular surfaces to be gripped by the clamp. The T-shape of the adapter secures one jaw of the clamp to a workpiece engaging tool by inverting the adapter and slidably inserting it into a T-shaped slot.

Abstract: A device for use in securing bicycles so that they may be elevated and oriented to any desired position convenient for the repair of said bicycles, the device including means for mounting on suitable support means and means to rigidly hold bicycle frames and for positioning of said frames as desired.

Abstract: A positioning clamp for holding a workpiece properly oriented with respect to a work station adjacent the clamp. The clamp disclosed releasably holds saw chain during an operation such as grinding of a cutter in the chain. The clamp is releasable to permit the saw chain to be advanced in steps along a channel defined between jaw margins in the clamp. These jaw margins include portions which face each other, and that come against opposite sides of the saw chain when clamping it, which are shaped to complement the shape of the rivet ends usually provided in saw chain to hold it together. One jaw member is mounted for pivotal movement toward and away from the other to effect clamping and release positioning through a ball pivot. The jaw members are biased toward each other to exert a clamping pressure, and selectively operable means is provided for swinging the jaw members away from each other to produce release.