Universal joint mounting for vice - has ball on base of vice body carried in socket provided with slots to permit tilting

摘要

The work support is in the form of a vice, for rigidly supporting a work piece and enabling adjustment of the position of the workpiece to any desired angular position. The vice includes a pair of conventional vice jaws or a jig for holding the workpiece. The jaws or jig are mounted for rotational movement about a first axis when released from a locked position and also for tilting movement through 90 deg. with respect to the first axis. This movement is achieved by mounting the jaws or jig on a ball of a ball and socket arrangement. The socket is slotted to enable the tilting movement. The socket arrangement is mounted for rotation when released from a locked position, in a plane normal to the plane of rotation of the jaws or jig.