Apparatus for holding a work piece

Claim 1

Apparatus for holding a workpiece to be submersed in a liquid bath against jostling and shaking movement, said apparatus comprising: a main shaft adapted to be vertically disposed having vertically spaced horizontal holes and having top and bottom extremities and a suspension hanger attached to said top extremity; a pair of U-shaped workpiece holders having legs spread outwardly from the bottom thereof to be adjustably attached to said main shaft, each having a hole near the center of the bottom of the U and at least one hook near the end of each leg of said U formed by making a notch near the end of each leg thereof; and at least one pair of nut and bolt assemblies, each bolt of such assembly being disposed through said hole near the center of the bottom of the U of a corresponding one of said U-shaped workpiece holders and also through a selected one of said vertically spaced horizontal holes in said main shaft, and each bolt being of such smaller cross-sectional dimension than the diameter of either of said holes so as to provide a swivel movement of said U-shaped workpiece holder; whereby said pair of workpiece holders may be so positioned and oriented that the hooks thereof may grasp and retain a workpiece of unique size and configuration.