US 12,251,793 B2
Centering vice
Chang-Yi Lin, Taichung (TW); and Chang-Chih Lin, Taichung (TW)
Filed by Chang-Yi Lin, Taichung (TW); and Chang-Chih Lin, Taichung (TW)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/891,743.
Claims priority of application No. 110137380 (TW), filed on Oct. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0114338 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B25B 1/10 (2006.01); B25B 1/24 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 1/103 (2013.01) [B25B 1/24 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A centering vice, including:
a base, including a sliding groove extending in a first direction and a first abutting portion;
a clamp assembly, including a first jaw portion and a second jaw portion which are movable relative to each other in the first direction; and
an adjusting assembly, disposed within the sliding groove, including a threaded rod, a positioning member and two adjusting members, the threaded rod including a first threaded segment, a second threaded segment and a positioning portion, the first jaw portion and the second jaw portion being connected respectively to the first threaded segment and the second threaded segment, the positioning member being immovably connected to the positioning portion and disposed between the two adjusting members, the two adjusting members respectively having a second abutting portion abutted against the first abutting portion;
wherein the two adjusting members are at least partially movable relative to the base in a second direction lateral to the first direction to urge the positioning member to move in the first direction;
wherein the base further includes a concave portion disposed on a bottom wall of the sliding groove, and the positioning member and the two adjusting members are received within the concave portion.