It is developed from the three-jaw self-centering chuck shown at
http://youtu.be/0ERIZeZhckw
A jaw lever (in pink) is pivoted on each green slider. Thus, the orange work (a stepped shaft) can be well centered and firmly clamped through six points.
See real chucks:
https://youtu.be/Gic4pCI9GuU
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