摘要 |
A drill dispensing container with base plate having a central shaft receiving hole and holder with depending shaft for rotary motion therewithin. The plate has an axial alignment mark and three spring-loaded ball bearings radially disposed to the mark. The plate has axial cylindrical ball receiving pockets with partially covering lips for limiting bearing travel, and has a concentric recess forming an external rim of sufficient depth that extended bearings do not pass the plane thereof. The holder has through drill-receiving apertures axially disposed therewithin about three concentric circles which are staggered so that no two apertures are aligned along a common holder radius. The holder includes indicia for values of drills carried therewithin, each being radially co-aligned with its corresponding aperture. Indexing means positively co-align the indicia to the mark. Axial shaft motion with respect to the plate is restricted via a circumferential shaft groove restrained by a spring-biased bearing directed thereagainst, the bearing being housed within a radial aperture engaging with the hole. A set screw directs the bearing against the groove, permitting rotation, and restricting axial shaft motion with respect to the plate. The container is indexed via a separate spring loaded bearing disposed on the rim engaging within one of several indentations on the holder surface which faces the plate. The indentations are circularly located having its center at the holder axis, and are at least equal to the total through apertures.
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