Tool containment and dispensing apparatus
AssigneePrecision Carbide Tool Co., Inc.
InventorJohn J. Stribiak
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Abstract
A tool containment and dispensing apparatus for facilitated insertion and removal of a rotary cutting tool into and out of conventional drilling equipment, without user handling, as well as for safe storing and transporting of such tools. A tool carriage element reciprocates the tool within an apparatus housing, between a partially exposed extended position and a fully enclosed retracted position. The tool carriage is configured with a tool retainment channel and a tool tip seating element to protect the tool from contact with the internal area of the housing and to effectively secure and align the rotary cutting tool with the housing's release aperture. A resealable end cap is provided to completely seal the tool containment and dispensing apparatus from liquid and foreign objects.
Claims16
A tool containment and dispensing apparatus for enclosing and protecting a rotary cutting tool, as well as for safely handling, storing and transporting such a rotary cutting tool, said tool containment and dispensing apparatus comprising:
- housing means having an internal chamber described by a front portion and a back portion opposite said front portion, a top end and a bottom end opposite said top end, and a first side and a second side opposite said first side for accepting and enclosing said rotary cutting tool therewithin;
- aperture means positioned at said top end of said housing means, said aperture means being of a size greater than the diameter of said rotary cutting tool so as to enable the insertion and removal of said rotary cutting tool through and past said aperture means, and, in turn, into and out of said internal chamber of said housing means;
- tool carriage means for operable, releasable receipt and maintenance of said rotary cutting tool,
- said tool carriage means including a top end and a bottom end opposite said top end, and a pair of sides, and slidably positioned for operable reciprocation within said internal chamber of said housing means from an extended position proximate to said top end of said housing means to a retracted position proximate to said bottom end of said housing means, to, in turn, reorient the position of said rotary cutting tool maintained therewithin from a partially exposed extended position to a fully enclosed retracted position contained within said internal chamber of said housing means,
- said tool carriage means further being reciprocated substantially along the longitudinal axis of said housing means;
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- tool retention means operably positioned within said tool carriage means for telescopically and releasably accepting, maintaining and releasing said rotary cutting tool towards releasable maintenance of said rotary cutting tool within said tool carriage means,
- said tool retention means positioning said rotary cutting tool in operable alignment with said aperture means to facilitate passage of said rotary cutting tool into and out of said aperture means, and, in turn, said internal chamber, without obstruction.
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