Abstract: My copending application Ser. No. 41,421 filed Apr. 23, 1987, now abandoned disclosed a (throw-away) packaging construction for Sterilized Dental Bits. These drill bits are so constructed and arranged that it is unnecessary for the Dentist or his assistant to touch the drill bits prior to the time that the bits are used with respect to each particular patient. The necessity for this construction came about to overcome the fear that many dental patients have of being contaminated by a communicable disease such as "Aids", where the Dentist or his assistant touches the drill bits used to drill out decayed portions of teeth that need "filling", or where a drill bit is used that has been previously used on another patient. My copending application discloses individual drill bits packaged in individual containers and closed by individualized closure members after the drill bits have been sterilized.

Abstract: A protective deployment apparatus for guarding the cutting regions of a rotary cutting tool against damage, wear and injury to users, which could be caused by such a cutting tool during packaging, transporting, handling, storing, and installation into conventional tool holding and processing implements. An apparatus housing includes a gripping region for securing the conventional gripping collar which is affixed around a rotary cutting tool, so as to facilitate insertion and retraction of the tool between tool holding implements and the apparatus itself. The gripping region maintains the rotary cutting tool in a centered aligned position with respect to the longitudinal axis of the apparatus, while at the same time, keeping the entire cutting portion of the tool isolated within the confines of the apparatus housing itself, while in the retracted position.

Abstract: A holding device that attaches directly to the motor or handle of an electric drill, allowing the user to store the drill paraphernalia needed for a particular job on the tool.

Abstract: A tool housing includes first and second coaxial openings on opposite sides of the housing. Wall structure is provided for guiding the key head into the interior of the housing, where the key head is engaged by retaining structure. The second opening has an ejector member mounted therein for movement toward and away from the first opening. When the user of the tool wishes to eject the key from the housing, he pushes on the outer portion of the ejector member, causing the portion of the member innermost to the housing to contact the key head and to disengage and displace it outwardly through the first opening, thereby releasing the key from the housing.

Abstract: The case for storing objects, particularly a plurality of tools such as spiral drills, tap drills and the like, comprises a base piece, a cover piece connected pivotally with it and a receptacle portion for the objects. The base piece and the cover piece are each provided with an opening forming a handle portion adjacent an egde of the case opposite a common pivot joint connecting the base piece and the cover piece. The handle portion includes a handle frame member on the base piece which is provided with a substantially U-shape transverse cross sectioned receiving groove open toward the cover piece and a handle strip in the cover piece covering the receiving groove when the case is closed.

Abstract: An assembling tool holder set includes a plurality of tool holder units having differently sized holes formed thereon for inserting differently sized tools and having different heights with respect to the different holes, each tool holder unit formed with extensions and grooves on its side faces so that each holder unit can be engageably combined with any adjacent tool holder units for optionally or selectively assembling several tool units as popularly used for their convenient handling and unconfused uses.

Abstract: The invention relates to a case for displaying and storing electric tools such as a mini-drill and the case also contains a shelf (38) for displaying and supporting accessories (14) usable with the mini-drill (12), together with a compartment on the back of the case for receiving a source of electric energy such as rechargeable or non-rechargeable batteries suitable for feeding electric power to the mini-drill.

Abstract: A high speed drilling system is disclosed for high speed drilling of very small holes in workpieces such as printed circuit boards. The X-Y positioning system includes air bearings to provide lift between the stationary guide beams, the crossbeam and the top table, and further includes a vacuum preloading apparatus for providing a preloading force between the table and the guide beam. The preload force dampens Z axis oscillations which can result in drill bit breakage. The top table is a lightweight honeycomb structure, whose effective rigidity is virtually that of the guide beam due to the vacuum preloading. The system includes pairs of spindles, one a conventional spindle for drilling holes larger than about 0.125 inches, and the other a high speed spindle for drilling holes in the range of about 0.003 to 0.125 inches. The high speed spindle includes a stationary spindle body carrying the stator of the rotary drive motor.

Abstract: A universal shipping container comprises two separable and telescoping components. The shipping container includes a base plate supporting an upstanding tubular body to be received within a tubular body extending downwardly from a top ring plate. The ring plate includes a central opening for receiving the shanks of a drill bit therethrough. The telescoping components include cooperating fasteners for securely holding the drill bit within the shipping container.

Abstract: An accessory box comprises a front and two sides. Each side is provided with a resilient lug which comprises a main portion which extends rearwardly to a vertical abutment and a clip which extends rearwardly from the main portion. When the accessory box is slid into a recess the vertical abutment engages the side wall of the recess and the clip maintains the accessory box in the retracted position. The accessory box can be withdrawn when the resilient lugs are pressed towards one another.

Abstract: A drill holding case consisting of a housing, an insert member disposed in said housing, drill holding member carried by the insert, a wall of the housing having a pair of spaced open topped slides formed thereon, the member having a pair of extensions disposed into said slides, the cover having a pair of inward turned flanges from the sides thereof, the sides of said insert member being retained by said flanges.

Abstract: A connecting clip has a clip arm and two clip legs extending from the clip arm. Pivot eyes are formed at the free ends of the clip legs with the pivot eye axes substantially parallel to the clip arm. In order that the combining clip be held with several others in a heap-like arrangement and be mounted automatically, the clip arm is bent with its free end on the same side of both of the clip legs and the clip legs are formed with enlargements lying approximately opposite each other in the plane of the clip legs. These enlargements are formed by a pair of bent portions, preferably opposing indentations directed toward each other. The indentations are conformed for engagement by a gripper with which the combining clip can be automatically mounted.

Abstract: A package for a set of twist drill bits or like tools consists of a one-piece, integrally thermoformed case, having a pedestal portion on its base component in which a series of tool-receiving recesses is defined. The closure component of the case has a cavity in which the pedestal portion is seated in the closed position, and in which may also be received a card insert for advertising and identification of the contained parts. The insert has at least one opening through which portions of the parts are visible, the material of fabrication of the case being transparent. Means is generally provided to increase the security of interengagement between the base and closure components.

Abstract: A carrying case for drill bits has concave rectangular top and bottom panels pivotably mounted at their rear long edges to a narrow, rectangular hinge strip and fastenable at the front edges of the panel to form a closed box. A drill bit holding block extending inward from the inner surface of the hinge strip contains a plurality of parallel bores disposed perpendicularly downward from the flat upper surface of the block. A longitudinally disposed slot cut through the rear surface of the block communicates with each bore. An elastic band looped around the block and lying in the slot is deformable by a longitudinally disposed, grooved compression strip extending inward from the top panel of the case to apply compressive holding forces on the shanks of drills contained within the bores in the holding block, thereby securing the drills in position with the box closed.

Abstract: A case for holding and displaying objects such as drill bits has an elongated and upwardly open box, an insert adapted to hold a plurality of the objects and pivotal in the box about an insert axis between a down position wholly contained therein and an up position projecting upward therefrom, a U-shaped link having a pair of legs pivoted on the insert and a straight bight portion extending substantially parallel to the axis, interconnecting the legs, and of a predetermined bight length between the legs, and a lid pivotal on the box between a closed position engaging over and closing the box and an open position projecting upward therefrom. The lid is formed with a pivot loop through which the bight portion passes and which has a pair of outer edges spaced axially apart substantially by the bight length. Thus the bight portion engaged through this loop cannot move axially relative to the lid.

Abstract: A tool caddy for holding a variety of small tools of varying sizes, such as drill bits, saw blades, or the like. The tool caddy is intended to be adhesively attached to an electric drill or saber saw or the like to keep the interchangeable tool elements readily at hand. The device comprises a flat sheet of flexible material having a plurality of parallel spaced apart longitudinal corrugated tool-receiving pockets on the upper surface of the base sheet. A layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive covers the bottom surface of the base sheet for attachment to a tool housing. A removable peelable cover sheet overlies the adhesive pending application to the tool housing. An elastic strap or band extends transversely over the top surface of the tool-receiving pockets to retain a chuck key, or the like.

Abstract: A package structure supports and protects a plurality of microdrills, the microdrills being resiliently mounted such that the delicate drill bodies are located spaced from one another and spaced from their support in a contact-free manner in order to eliminate or minimize breakage during transport and handling.

Abstract: A magnetic drill holder is comprised of a nonmagnetic housing and a magnetic back plate. The housing is fabricated as a series of adjoining longitudinal channels, each having one closed end. A common magnetic back plate encloses the channels longitudinally, thus forming longitudinal receptacles. The channels may be of varying lengths and areas, making them suitable for holding a series of tools, such as drill bits. Magnetic tools placed in the receptacles are retained in them by magnetic attraction. The tool holder further includes a pocket that utilizes the magnetic back plate and a housing rib to hold a selected tool, such as a drill chuck key, in the tool holder.

Abstract: A container for securing carrying therein a plurality of substantially cylindrical objects includes a housing having cooperating base and cover portions. A first hinge connects the base and cover, the housing being openable and closable by pivotal movement of the portions about the first hinge. A first object support member is connected by a second hinge to the interior of the base portion, and a second object support member is connected by a third hinge to the interior of the cover portion, both second and third hinges being substantially parallel to the first hinge. The first and second support members are further connected together along a portion of the each of the members, and object securing means is carried on at least one of the support members for removably securing a plurality of objects along the member.

Abstract: A package for articles is particularly suitable for small dental tools and fittings.The package includes a base member and a rotary member mounted for rotation relative to the base member.A circular space for the articles is defined between the base member and the rotary member and the space is divided into radial compartments arranged to receive the articles.The base member also defines a chute leading to a pocket, the chute communicating with the compartments for dispensing the articles upon rotation of the rotary member.The rotary member is transparent for viewing the articles in the compartments and the rotary member is indexable to ensure retention and release of articles from the compartments.

Abstract: A portable dispenser and container apparatus for dental supplies and tools is disclosed. The apparatus includes an elongated multicompartmented container having spaced transverse partitions which define a plurality of frontally open compartments for dental supplies and instruments. A horizontal top wall for the interior group of compartments is provided with a multiplicity of openings of various diameters for receiving the shanks of dental burs or other rod-like dental instruments. The end compartments are open at the top to provide easy access to various longer instruments and supplies as well as jars of dental treatment liquids. A hinged door is mounted over the opening to one of the compartments, the door serving to house a dental supply dispenser such as a cotton pellet dispenser. The apparatus may be semipermanently mounted on a dental office tray if desired. The present apparatus provides quick and convenient access to a wide variety of dental instruments and equipment.

Abstract: A package is provided for the marketing and distribution of dental drills, and the like, in which each drill is supported in an upright position in a base, within a rigid casing, and spaced from the walls and top of the casing. The base and casing may be formed of appropriate plastic materials, and the casing may be transparent. A number of like packages may be detachably attached to one another at the edge of their bases in side-by-side relationship, and contained in an open-ended carton. To remove a drill, the package containing the drill is pushed out one end of the carton, and it is detached from the other packages within the carton. The casing is then pulled off the base to expose the drill, and to permit it to be removed.

Abstract: This invention provides a packaging arrangement for cutting tools such as drill bits in which a collar is placed on the shank of the tool, and the shank of the tool is fitted into opposed slots in parallel walls in a receptacle with the collar received between and frictionally gripped by the walls so as to suspend the tool in the receptacle spaced from the receptacle walls. A lid member fits over the receptacle and has an element extending over the tool to prevent the tool from being dislodged from the slots.

Abstract: A system of packaging sets of thread cutting dies which are used in pipe and bolt threaders or the like, the system including a display cabinet holding a plurality of die packages without the necessity of having to provide a compartment in the cabinet for each of the die packages. The die packages comprise a one piece box and a top removably fitted on the box. In order to package a wide range of sizes of die sets in the minimum number of boxes, the outside dimensions of the box remain fixed so that the packages can be utilized in the display case and various supports for the die sets are provided internally within the boxes so as to hold various sizes of die sets in position within the box without substantial vertical, lateral or longitudinal movement of the die set relative to the box. The box and the lids are so structured that when the boxes are stacked on one another in the display cabinet, horizontal movement of the stacked boxes relative to one another is prevented.

Abstract: A magazine for a protected storage of a set of drills and for enabling a selective withdrawal of drills arranged in individual pockets in the magazine. The magazine includes a flat magazine body having narrow end faces with at least two straight rows of parallel pockets being provided in the magazine body into which drills are inserted and are accommodated over their full length. The pockets have an open end which opens in a direction of one of the narrow end faces. The narrow end faces of the magazine body are interconnected by curved transistion faces and form a sliding face for a covering strip which is slidably guided along a narrow surface area of the magazine body, which surface area is formed by the narrow end faces and the curved transistion faces. The covering strip includes a number of selector openings corresponding to the number of rows of pockets in the magazine body.

Abstract: A container for receiving and displaying elongated articles of different diameters such as drill bits and the like is disclosed including a generally rectangular dish-shaped receptacle having a horizontal bottom wall and opposed pairs of upwardly extending side and end walls, and a generally rectangular dish-shaped cover member having a horizontal top wall and opposed pairs of downwardly extending side and end walls, the cover member including pockets for retaining the elongated articles and the lower surface of the receptacle bottom wall containing a plurality of recesses having different diameters corresponding with the diameters of the articles.

Abstract: An autoclavable dental bur block or portable holder for dental burs and the like having elastomeric insert receptacles adapted to releasably hold burs of different shank diameters, with the receptacles color coded and arrangeable and rearrangeable in organized manner as a convenient means to identify and organize the different kinds of burs in the holder. The tubular insert receptacles have a downwardly tapered central bore, including an upper portion of relatively large average diameter extending above the support panel to accommodate large-shank burs, and a lower portion extending below the support panel to accommodate small-shank burs. Dovetail fitting elements on the sides of the bur blocks adapt them to interengage complemental fittings on other blocks so as to hold a plurality of the bur blocks in substantially coplanar relationship permitting them to be handled as a composite unit.

Abstract: A combination hand-tool, namely a pocket tool comprising a set of screwdriver blades contained in compartments in a handle forming a magazine therefor, having a cover-forming plate rotatably mounted about the axis of said handle and provided with an aperture capable of registering with anyone of the compartments and having a means for restraining its rotation and a means for locking in translation any tool extracted from its compartment, each tool having a shank of the same shape as each compartment and a notch for cooperating with the edge of said aperture, the cross-section of said aperture being smaller than that of any tool-element shank, whereby a tool element is selected, partially extracted from its compartment and locked with respect to said handle, the loss of any tool element being prevented.

Abstract: A vertical cylindrically shaped container has a top surface defining a flat horizontal spiral which has an inner and substantially coincident with the longitudinal axis of said container and has an outer end at the outer periphery of said surface. The spiral has a plurality of spaced holes disposed along the path defined by the spiral, whereby a separate drill bit can be removably disposed in a corresponding hole and extends in a direction parallel to said axis. An elongated slider element having an opening therein slidably engages said spiral whereby said element can be moved back and forth therealong, said opening overlying said spiral. A circular cover overlying said top end is manually rotatable thereabout, said cover having a radial slot therein extending from the center to the periphery, the element extending upwardly through said slot and being slidable therein whereby said opening can be selectively aligned with any one of said holes and access to all other holes is blocked simultaneously.

Abstract: A lock installation kit for use in installing, into a door, a dead bolt lock, a lock set with a latch, or other similar types of locks. The kit includes a hole cutter which can drill a hole entirely through a side face of the door, the hole being of a size sufficient to receive therethrough either a doorknob mechanism in the case of a lock set, or a lock cylinder in the case of a dead bolt lock. A template is also included which can be positioned over an edge of the door for locating the hole on the door side face at a predetermined distance from the door edge. In the case of a lock set with a latch, the template also locates the center of the end face of the door, and the kit then includes a wood drill for drilling a hole in the end face of the door of the size sufficient to receive therethrough the latch of the lock set. The hole cutter and template, and also the wood drill in the case of the lock set, together with appropriate instructions, are all combined with a single package.

Abstract: A hollow dental tool holder block formed of a thermoplastic base including small diameter holes at spaced positions to receive inserted ends of rod-like dental burs, endodontic files or the like. The block bears a rectangular recess to one side holding a removable, partitioned, open-top tray nested to the block recess. The tray holds paper, cotton products and may be removed from the block when the metal tools borne by the block are submerged within a cleaning solution and treated to ultrasonic vibration, and then reinserted in order to sterilize the entire set of instruments and cotton-paper products.

Abstract: A screw strip for holding a row of parallel screws is formed of a flexible plastic material with sleeves which either only partially surround the screws, or have different wall thicknesses on different sides of the screws. The ribs interconnecting the sleeves have wall thicknesses less than the outer diameters of the screw threads. In a method for forming the screw strip, a plastic material is extruded only on one side of the threads of a row of screws, and it is then pressed by means of grooved rollers to be formed into the sleeves which only partially surround the screws.

Abstract: A box for artist brushes is integrally molded of plastic and includes two elongated panels hingedly interconnected for movement between open and closed conditions, each panel having one end wall, one side wall and one latch flange arranged complementary with those members on the other panel for cooperation therewith to form a closed container in the closed configuration of the panels, while facilitating insertion of brushes when opened. Each panel includes a transverse support bridge and two transverse rails longitudinally spaced apart adjacent to one end of the panel. Each bridge includes two inclined upwardly converging walls interconnected by a top wall which slopes downwardly from one side of the panel to the other, each inclined wall being provided with a row of holes therethrough decreasing in size from the high end to the low end of the bridge.

Abstract: Tool holder having a row of spaced tool supporting sockets each adapted to receive and support in an upright position therein the shank portion of one of a series of drill bits of increasing diametrical size from one end to the other end of the row. The tool holder includes a second row of tool supporting sockets spaced from the first row and adapted to receive and support in an upright position therein the shank portion of one of a series of thread cutting taps of increasing diametrical size from one end to the other end of said second row. Indicia are provided which extend from each tap socket toward a predetermined correlative pair of spaced drill sockets. Each such pair of drill sockets is adapted to retain therein the proper tap drill and clearance drill for each corresponding tap.

Abstract: A container for drills comprises spaced side members interconnected by means of a base and a top and bottom rack, each rack having a plurality of holes, the holes in the top rack being aligned over the holes in the bottom rack, the racks extending between the side members, a swing-away cover is connected to the top of one side piece by means of a pivot screw and extends across the container to the top of the other side piece where it is fastened by means of a removable fastener such that when unfastened the cover can be swung-away and the drills removed from the container.

Abstract: A container is disclosed for storing a plurality of elongated objects such as drill bits, screw taps and the like, including a body member, and a plurality of object-storing trays pivotally connected at one end with said body member for pivotal movement about a common pivot axis. The trays are automatically displaced from stacked retracted positions within the body member toward extended positions in which the other ends of the trays extend outwardly from the body member in accordance with the movement of a lid member that is pivotally connected with the body member.

Abstract: A unitary holder for a set of masonry drills, or twist drills generally, provides a main vertical plastic back plate upon the front of which are mounted in parallel open ended cylindrical loops of selected sizes for holding drills or other articles in parallel assembly with their shanks disposed in pockets in line with the loops. The pockets receive the shank ends of the drills and hold the drills with their cutting ends on a common level. The loops hold the intermediate parts of the drills. A transverse horizontal cover flange integral with the back plate extends across the plate at right angles thereto a short distance above the loops. An extension of the back plate above the horizontal flange holds all the drills separately--endwise and sidewise--with minimal play. The main sheet which forms the plastic back is flexible in the region between the flange and the upper edge of the row of loops.

Abstract: A tray of thermoplastic material having means releasably latching a power tool in storage position thereon with the tool handle oriented to serve as the carry handle for the tool and attached tray, the tray providing storage for the power cord and accessories. An opening through a wall of the tray is defined by shearing the material during the blow mold cycle.