Patent ID: 7275659

Claim:
A drill and driver bit, or d—d bit, dispensing system for use with (i) a rotary tool and (ii) a plurality of drills and driver bits, or d—d bits, suitable to engage a workpiece, the system comprising: an elongate d—d bit holder (i) releasibly mounting at its distal end region one of the plurality of d—d bits, and (ii) mounting at its proximal end region to the rotary tool; a d—d bit dispenser having and defining within its body a plurality of substantially cylindrical substantially co-parallel elongate cavities each with a partially relieved side regions of complex contour defining a side entrance and extraction channel, at least some of the plurality of cavities holding at its bottom an associated one of the plurality of drills/driver bits; wherein a d—d bit mounted at the distal end region of the d—d bit holder that is itself mounted at its proximal end region to a rotary tool (1) is first slid downward into an empty cavity of the d—d bit dispenser until, (2) being pushed full downwards, (3) the d—d bit is released, at which time (3) the d—d bit holder is then pulled full upwards, leaving the released d—d bit within the cavity; wherein the d—d bit is released from the d—d bit holder into a selected cavity of the d—d bit dispenser; and where a d—d bit holder affixed at its proximal end region to the rotary tool but mounting no d—d bit at its distal end region (1) is first entered downward into a selected cavity of the d—d bit dispenser in which is already present a d—d bit so that, until (2) being pushed downwards the d—d bit that is within the cavity comes into contact with the d—d bit holder, at which time (3) the d—d bit holder and the d—d bit contacted are both slid laterally sideways out the side entrance and extraction channel of the d—d bit dispenser, (4) leaving the d—d bit mounted to the d—d bit holder for use with the rotary tool.