ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,034, issued on Nov. 11.
"Multi-station vise adapter" was invented by Geordan Roberts (Bixby, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved vise adapter for use with existing industrial single stage vises. A rear fixed jaw adapter block is mounted on the rear fixed jaw of the vise, a front floating jaw adapter block is mounted on the front floating jaw of the vise, and a middle floating jaw is slidingly mounted therebetween on two pairs of guide shafts extending out from the rear fixed jaw adapter block. The front floating jaw adapter block also is slidingly mounted on the guide shafts. As a linear clamping force is applied in the ...