(Wo Model.) J. H. WESTOOTT. LATHE CHUOK. No, 336,982. Patonted Feb. 9, 1886, 4 é 7 {I ee WitNesses \; Bi BENT OR Ce Ban dapersc—_ ia foods Meilaett EOL o rarer a PoSoliacse te an lige15 25 3 35 40 45 Unirep STATES PATENT OFFICE. JOHN H, WESTCOTT, OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK. LATHE- CIFICATION £ To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, Joun H. Wastcorr, of Oneida, in the county of Madison, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Tmprovement’ in Lathe-Chueks, of which the following, taken in connection with the ac- companying drawings, isa full, elear, and ex: fact description. ‘i . ‘Experieneo has proven that the majority of athe chueks whieh have the jaw- guiding grooves extending completely across them are So weakened by said groovesasto render thew Table to spread and lose their requisite firm hold on the jaws when the tool or other ab: ject held by the jaws is subjected to the opera. tion of eniting or abrading. The object of my present invention is to obviate the aforesaid defects and to that end mg invention consists in the application to the clinck-head of extra stays for sustaining the jaws independently of their adjusting de- viees, and also in a novel construction and | combination with the chuck-head of a tie-plate extending across the jaw-guiding grooves of ‘the ehtck head, and provided at oppositesides of said grooves with shoulders engaging cor. responding shoulders on the chuck-head; avd it furthermore consists in a novel combination | of the aforesaid stays and tie-plate with the chuck-head, all ag hereinafter more fally ex- plained, and specifically set forth in the claims. Tn the accompanying drawings, Figure I is 1a side view of my improved chuck. Fig. II isa faco view thereol. Fig. IIL isa (ransverse section on line wa, Fig, Il. Fig. TV is a face view of the chuek-lead without tive tie-plate, and Fig, V is a view of that side of the tie plate by whieh it is seated on the chuek-head. Similar letters of reference indieate eorre- sponding parts. ‘A denotes tho ebuck-head, which is pro: vided with the diametrie groove x, coustitut- Ing two radial grooves, iil cach of whieh is, guided one of the jaws B.A right-and-teft Serem, D, extending through the, chuck head and. engaging with corresponding screw threads on the jaws serves to adjust said jaws 0 a8 to grip te tool or work. ‘The foregoing is the ordinary and well Known construction, and requires no detail description here, especially as I do not limit CHUCK. ming pavt of Letters Patent No. 335,982, dated February 9, 1856. Avision ed Dov § 186, any invention to avy partieular form of jaws oF means for adjusting thesame. ‘The face of the ebuek-head A, 1 provide with straight shoulders @ a, extending across the chuck: head at apposite sides of and parallel with the Jaw-guiding grooves a, P represents a tie-plate, which is mounted on the faee of the ebuck head, movable par- allel with the jaw-gaiding grooves n by means of serews ¢ ¢, passing through slots dd in the plate P, and entering serew threaded sockets in the ebuck-head, the slots @ d being parallel with the groove n, fo allow the plate P to move inthe direetion aforesaid. ‘The plate Pisalso provided with a slot, s, coinciding with the | grooves n, and terminatiug with ties tf, which fare parts of the plate extending across the grooves n back of the jaws BB, ‘The side of the plate P adjacent to the chacks-head is pro- vided with parallel shoulders } b, extending across the plate and coinciding with the shout: ders a 4, which they embrace between then, fand thus afford a seeure hold for the plate B ‘on the ehuck-bead, so asto effectually prevent the latter ftom spreading. ‘The parts of the plate B forming the sides of the slot s abut- ting against opposite sides of the jaws serve to brace the latter at right anglés to their gnide-groove, ‘The lateral strain on the jaws, | Instead of being transmitted to ove side of the guide-groove n, is resisted by the engaging. Shoulders « and hack of the opposite side of said groove. “ff represent setserews extending through coriespondingly serew-threaded holes in the ties ¢f, and ‘bearing with their inner ends against the backs of the Jaws BB, as best seen in Fig. IL of the drawings. - These set- Serews serve to snstain the jaws independently of the adjusting serew D ‘or other adjusting device. Since the plate P is arranged mov- ably on the eluek-hend, the set-serevs ean be firmly set up against the jaws without danger of disturbing them from thelr coneentricity ‘with the ehmiek-head, and the chuck-head is entirely relieved from any strain that may be exerted on the jaws in a direction parallel with the guide gtoovesthereof, Tdonct, how ever, limit myself to the use of the aforesaid setsorews, as it is obvious that, keys or gibs or compensating hocks may be interposed 60 65 85 30 95® Detween the ties ¢ ¢and backs of the jaws, to serve as stays for said jaws. Neither do T Limit myself to the use of two of the aforesaid set-serews, inasmuch as one of them may be 5 dispensed wit Having described my invention, what I im is— 1, The combination, with the chuek-head, and jaws adjustably connected therewith, of 10 extra stays applied to the back of the jaws, to sustain the same independently of tiveir ad .justing devices, as set forth, 2. The combination, with the chuek-head having radial grooves, and jaws in. said 15 grooves, of a plate secured to the chuck-hend, movable parallel with the jaw-guiding grooves, and extending across said grooves back of the Jaws, and adjustable stays interposed between the back of the jaws aud adjacent parts of the ok zo plate, substantially as and for the purpose specified. '3, ‘The combination of the chuck-head hay- | ing radial grooves, and jaws in said grooves, and the shoulders w @ at opposite sides of and 25 parallel with the suid grooves, the plate P, mounted movably on the chuck - head, aud 395,982 having parallel shoulders J }, embracing be- tween them the shoulders a a, and provided with the slot s, terminating with ties ¢ f, and abutting with the sides of the slot against the 30 sides of ‘the jaws, and adjustable stays inter: posed between said ties and back of the jaws, ‘substantially as described and shows, 4, ‘The combination of the chuok-head hav. ing radial grooves, and jaws in said grooves, and the shoulders « a at opposite sides of and parallel with the grooves thereof, the plate P, | having the slot s, terminating with ties ¢ f, and provided with slots d d and with shoulders & | 2, the attaching-serews e o, passing through the slots d d, and the set-serews ff, inserted in the ties and bearing against the back of the | jaws, substantially as described and shown. |" In'testimony whereof I have hereuntosigned my name and affixed my seal, in the presence 40 4s of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in'the State of New York, this 28th day of November, 1885. JOHN H. Vi Witnesses: ©. Carseappas, HL SKINNER, ESTOOTT. [r,s]