US 5,004,103 AGranted

Tool storage box

AssigneeRemcon Plastics, Inc.

InventorsPeter J. Connors, Sean Scully, Frank Bria, John ReFalo, III

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Abstract

A storage and tote box for tools such as, for example, punches and dies for the production of pharmaceutical tablets and caplets which includes a container for accommodating a plurality of tools with a tray being removably accommodated in the container for suspending the respective tools therein. A support is provided on the upper surface of the tray for supporting an upper portion of the respective tools above the upper surface of the tray, with the positional locking arrangement being provided on the tray for locking the respective tools in position relative to the tray. A lid is provided for covering an open end of the container, with the lid being provided with a recess for accommodating a bottom of a further container thereby permitting stacking of a plurality of individual containers.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A storage and tote box for tools, the storage and tote box comprising:

container means for accommodating a plurality of tools,
tray means adapted to be disposed in said container means for suspending the respective tools in the said container means,
a plurality of through hole means provided in said tray means for accommodating at least a body portion of the respective tools,
means provided on an upper surface of the tray means for supporting an upper portion of the respective tools above an upper surface of the tray means,
means provided in said tray means for positionally locking the respective tools relative to said tray means, and
means provided on said tray means for preventing said tools from contacting each other in a suspended position including an extension means provided on a lower surface of the tray means at each of said through hole means for engaging a portion of the body of the respective tools, and wherein said extension means includes mean for positionally locking the respective tools relative to the tray means.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 07/405,025Filed 11 Sep 1989
Granted: 2 Apr 1991
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

B25H 3/06
Storage means or arrangements for workshops facilitating access to, or handling of, work tools or instruments: trays
B25H 3/02
Storage means or arrangements for workshops facilitating access to, or handling of, work tools or instruments: boxes
B30B 11/08
Using a ram exerting pressure on the material in a moulding space: co-operating with moulds carried by a turntable
B30B 15/08
Details of, or accessories for, presses; Auxiliary measures in connection with pressing: accessory tools, e.g. knives; Mountings therefor