Gang fixture

Claim 1

A WORK HOLDING FIXTURE COMPRISING A FRAMEWORK INCLUDING PARALLEL SIDE MEMBERS WITH END MEMBERS RIGIDLY CONNECTING THE SIDE MEMBERS, ONE OF SAID END MEMBERS INCLUDING A STATIONARY JAW, THE OTHER OF SAID END MEMBERS INCLUDING A SCREW THREADED BORE EXTENDING THERETHROUGH, AN ELONGATED THREADED ROD RECEIVED IN THE BORE FOR LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT IN RELATION TO THE FRAME UPON ROTATION THEREOF, A MOVABLE JAW ASSEMBLY DISPOSED WITHIN THE OPEN FRAME AND INCLUDING SPACED PARALLEL UPPER AND LOWER PLATE MEMBERS, THE ENDS OF THE PLATE MEMBERS OVERLYING AND SANDWICHING THE SIDE MEMBERS FOR MOVEMENT TOWARDS AND AWAY FROM THE STATIONARY JAW, AND MEANS INTERCONNECTING THE MOVABLE JAW ASSEMBLY AND THE THREADED ROD FOR MOVEMENT OF THE MOVABLE JAW ASSEMBLY UPON ROTATION OF THE THREADED ROD, SAID MOVABLE JAW ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A LAYER OF WORK GRIPPING JAW ELEMENTS AND PLURAL LAYERS OF FORCE TRANSMITTING ELEMENTS ARRANGED PYRAMIDALLY UPON THE LAYER OF JAW ELEMENTS, SAID LAYER OF WORK GRIPPING JAW ELEMENTS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF COMPENSATING WORK JAWS SLIDABLY DISPOSED BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER PLATE MEMBERS AND SLIDABLY ENGAGED WITH EACH OTHER, SAID LAYERS OF FORCE TRANSMITTING ELEMENTS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF PARTIAL CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS DISPOSED IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATION BETWEEN THE PLATE MEMBERS, SAID PARTIAL CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS BEING GREATER THAN ONE-HALF OF A CYLINDER WITH THE FLAT SURFACE THEREOF ENGAGING THE INNER ENDS OF THE WORK JAWS, AND A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF SUBSTANTIALLY SEMI-CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS ENGAGED IN SEQUENTIAL RELATION TO EACH OTHER AND ENGAGED WITH EACH OTHER, THE PARTIAL CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS AND SUBSTANTIALLY SEMI-CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS TRANSMITTING COMPRESSIVE FORCE TO THE WORK JAWS AND ENABLING THE WORK JAWS TO MOVE IN RELATION TO EACH OTHER FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH A PLURALITY OF WORKPIECES FOR RETAINING THE WORKPIECES CLAMPED BETWEEN THE MOVABLE JAW ASSEMBLY AND THE STATIONARY JAW, A PAIR OF BRIDGING MEMBERS ENGAGING THE TWO PAIR OF SEMI-CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS DISPOSED NEAREST THE THREADED ROD, AND A TRANSVERSE BLOCK ENGAGING THE BRIDGING MEMBERS AND BEING CONNECTED TO SAID THREADED ROD.