US PATENT SUBCLASS 269 / 86
RELATIVELY MOVABLE JAWS

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86RELATIVELY MOVABLE JAWS {25}
87  DF  .~> With tool couple element {1}
88  DF  .~> Convertible to other type or form of holder
89  DF  .~> Jaw actuation locks holder position relative to base
90  DF  .~> With separate means to lock jaw(s) after actuation
91  DF  .~> Clamp couple element with fastening means {3}
95  DF  .~> With means to fasten holder to support (e.g., portable) {5}
103  DF  .~> For cable about thimble (e.g., rigger's vise)
104  DF  .~> Plural jaw pairs, angularly oriented, for common work {4}
126  DF  .~> Including pivoted yoke frame jaw carrier {2}
130  DF  .~> Including constrictable loop (strand or articulated) jaw {2}
133  DF  .~> Weight of a vertically disposed panel actuates jaws
134  DF  .~> With means for "hold-down" component of force {4}
139  DF  .~> With means to align coacting jaw faces
140  DF  .~> With separate positioning means for each of jaw pair {5}
151  DF  .~> With means to orient actuating force on jaws
152  DF  .~> Plural jaw pairs {3}
156  DF  .~> Three coacting work grippers
157  DF  .~> With means to bias jaw(s) toward nonholding position {5}
164  DF  .~> With means for lateral adjustment of jaw portions
165  DF  .~> Means for direct manual adjustment of jaw(s) {5}
216  DF  .~> Means to actuate jaw(s) (i.e., apply holding force) {10}
256  DF  .~> With paralleling mechanism for jaws
257  DF  .~> Jaw features {3}
285  DF  .~> Specific means for wear, strain, protection, assembly
286  DF  .~> Specific material(s) used for holder

DEFINITION

Classification: 269/86

(under the class definition) Device including two or more jaws* movable with respect to each other to engage and hold work.

(1) Note. A patent for a holding device claiming only one jaw and the means to position (adjust* and/or actuate*) said jaw relative to a disclosed, but not claimed, coacting jaw (i.e., a clamp couple element *) will be placed in this and indented subclasses as though said coacting jaw were claimed.

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2, for patents to a hand maneuvered or work supported tool guide with relatively movable jaws.

257+, for patents to a holding device with relatively movable jaws, claiming only jaw features without either means to adjust* or actuate* said jaws.

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24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., appropriate subclasses, particularly 243+, for patents to similar devices disclosed as holding material for other than treatment of said material.

81, Tools,

300+, for patents to tool jaws positioned by relatively movable plural handles (e.g., pliers) and see search notes thereunder and subclass 487 for other hand held tools having article gripping jaws.

100, Presses, appropriate subclasses, particularly

214+, for patents to relatively movable platens which engage and treat the material engaged, and see search notes thereunder. Also see section VIII in the class definition of this class.

164, Metal Founding, appropriate subclasses for patents to a combination of a mold or flask with means to grasp or draw portions of the mold or flask either together or onto a base

or support. The clamp means, per se, even if the mold or flask is named as the article held is classified here (Class 269) as a workholder.