Spade bit holder

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.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
This invention relates to a container for the storage of drills and more 
particularly to a container for holding and storing various size wood 
drills. 
The present invention affords a drill container which can be made 
inexpensively and which allows not only easy access to the drills but in 
open so that one can readily see the drills contained therein. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
A container for drills comprises spaced side members interconnected by 
means of a base member, top and bottom rack having a plurality of holes 
for supporting said drills each hole in said top rack being aligned over a 
hole in said bottom rack, said top and bottom racks extending between and 
fastened to said members, swing-away cover pivotably secured to the top of 
one side member by means of a pivot screw and extending to the top of the 
other side member, and removable cover locking means at said other side 
member for locking or unlocking said swing-away cover.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
Referring to FIG. 1 and 2 there is shown a drill container 10. The 
container 10 is essentially rectangular, though other shapes can be 
employed, if desired. The container 10 is capable of holding drills 12 in 
closely spaced relationship yet provides ready access and observation of 
the drills contained therein. The container 10 includes two spaced 
rectangular end (or side) support members 14 and 16 and a rectangular base 
member 18 extending between and fastened to the side support members 14 
and 16. Extending between support members 14 and 16 are drill holding 
means consisting of a top rack 20 and a bottom rack 22. The ends of the 
racks 20 and 22 are fastened to the support members 14 and 16. The racks 
20 and 22 are provided with a plurality of apertures 24 and 26 
respectively, the apertures 24 of the top rack 20 being aligned over 
corresponding apertures 26 of the bottom rack 22. The apertures 24 and 26 
are of a size sufficient to contain the shaft of the drills to be stored 
in the container 10. It should be understood that the base member 18 can 
be formed with apertures such that it acts as the bottom rack 22. The top 
rack 20 can be parallel to the bottom rack 22 as shown, or alternatively 
it can be mounted on an angle to the bottom rack 22. The distance between 
corresponding apertures 24 and 26 must be such that the drill stems to fit 
therethrough is at least as long as said distance. 
Side support members 14 and 16 extend upwardly beyond the top rack 20 a 
distance greater than the distance which the longest drill extends above 
the rack 20. A top member or cover 28 is pivotally secured to the top edge 
of support member 16 by means of a pivot screw 30 such that the cover can 
swing-away in a horizontal plane so as to uncover the drills in the 
container 10. The cover 28 extends across the top of the container to the 
top edge of support member 14. Means are provided for locking the cover 28 
in its closed position for storing the drills. 
The locking means shown in FIG. 1 consists of a slot 31 extending from the 
front edge 32 of cover 28 rearwardly to about the center of cover 28 and 
aligned with the center of the top edge 34 of side support 14, and a 
threaded bolt 36 extending from the center of the top edge 34 of side 
support 14 such that the bolt 36 fits within the slot 31 when the cover 28 
is swung into a closed position. A wing nut 38 is provided on bolt 36 for 
locking the cover 28 in place. 
An alternative locking device is shown in FIG. 3. In this embodiment, a 
vertical slot 40 extends downwardly from the top center portion of side 
support member 14. A pin 42 is fastened to the support member 14 across 
slot 40. An eye bolt 44 is provided with the pin 42 going through the eye 
of the bolt 44 so as to allow rotation of the eye bolt 44 about the pin 
42. A corresponding slot 46 is provided cover 28 and a wing nut 38 is 
provided for locking the cover 28 in position. In operation of this 
embodiment, the wing nut 38 is loosened and the eye bolt rotated away from 
the slots 40 and 46 and the cover is then free to swing open. 
Another alternative locking means is shown with reference to FIG. 4. Here a 
spring clip 50 is mounted on the outside surface of support member 14 by a 
hinge or rotatable mounting means 52. The spring clip 50 clamps the cover 
28 in position and when the clip 50 is rotated so as to remove it from the 
cover 28, the cover can be swung away. The clip can be formed of spring 
steel or high impact plastic. 
It should be noted that like or similar parts are represented by the same 
numerals in each of the FIGS. 
The novel container can be made inexpensively from plastic materials or, if 
desired, from wood or metal.