(under subclass 104) Device including at least three jaw* couples, each one of the three couples being angularly related to each of the other two couples; and, no more than two of the three couples acting in a common plane.
(1) Note. One jaw couple may grip and fix the work to oppose an angularly related jaw that would move the work, rather than grip the work, in the absence of the first mentioned
couple.
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37+, and 152+, where three couples do not engage the same work, and see notes thereunder.