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US 6,371,286 B1Granted
Device for holding a plurality of toothed blades of flanked keys that may be selected and pulled out one by one
OwnerPierluigi Montanariinventor
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Abstract
A device for holding a plurality of toothed blades of flanked keys that may be selected and pulled out one by one. Each key has a groove with a preferably triangular section along the whole length of the edge resting against the bottom of the device for sliding along ribs of equal sections on the bottom of the device.
Claims9
A container holding a plurality of toothed key blades,
- each of said plurality of key blades comprising a lateral side with a first groove of generally trapezoidal section and a longitudinal side with a second groove of generally triangular section extending an entire length of said longitudinal side, and
- said container comprising a wall receiving said lateral sides of said plurality of key blades and a bottom receiving said longitudinal sides of said plurality of key blades,
- said wall having on an entire width thereof a shelf that is generally parallel to said bottom and that engages said first grooves of said plurality of key blades, and
- said bottom having plural parallel, longitudinally extended ribs that each engages a respective one of said second grooves of said plurality of key blades.
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A container holding a plurality of toothed key blades,
- each of said plurality of key blades comprising a lateral side with a first groove of generally trapezoidal section and a longitudinal side with opposite edges that are tapered along an entire length of said longitudinal side, and
- said container comprising a wall receiving said lateral sides of said plurality of key blades and a bottom receiving said longitudinal sides of said plurality of key blades,
- said wall having on an entire width thereof a shelf generally parallel to said bottom that engages said first grooves of said plurality of key blades, and
- said bottom having plural parallel, longitudinally extended, generally triangular ribs, wherein each of two opposing sides of each of said ribs engages a respective one of said tapered edges of said plurality of key blades.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.