The jaws are drawn back into a beveled sleeve type socket or are thrust forward into a conical sleeve type cap by a axially-moving nut or screw.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
279, Chucks or Sockets,
60+, for socket type chucks or sockets having obliquely guided reciprocating jaws, and particularly subclass 63 where the operating member is a threaded cone and the jaws have mating threads.