Belt pipe vise

Claim 1

A flexible belt vise for securing a workpiece firmly but without detriment to the surface thereof comprising: a frame member having supporting wall means for receiving the workpiece, belt means having first and second ends and a looped portion intermediate thereof which is adapted to receive and engage the workpiece, the ends of said belt means being connected to axles fixedly supported by the frame, and an adjustment assembly operatively associated with the frame and belt means for varying the size of the looped portion, said adjustment assembly including a pair of spaced parallel outwardly extending legs, each of said legs having an aligned aperture therein for receiving an axle which supports collar walls, said legs being connected to one another at their outward ends by a faceplate to thereby form a frame arm section, a collar baseplate disposed wiThin said frame arm section having extending collar walls integral thereto and disposed parallel to said outwardly extending legs, a pulley axle carrying said belt means and carried by said extending collar walls in perpendicular relation thereto, said pulley axle movably engaging the apertures in each said leg so as to thereby provide for movement of the collar walls and collar baseplate therealong, and an operating shaft affixed to said collar base for selectively moving the base in either of two opposing directions so as to thereby expand or diminish the diameter of the looped portion of the belt means.