Container for band saws and the like

Claim 1

A CONTAINER FOR COILED BANDSAW BLADES AND THE LIKE HAVING AN UNTOOTHED PLANAR PORTION AND TEETH ALONG ONE EDGE THEREOF COMPRISING INTERFITTING BASE AND TOP MEMBERS HAVING AT LEAST FIVE EQUILATERAL SIDES, EACH OF SAID MEMBERS HAVING AN INTEGRALLY FORMED TRANSVERSE WALL AND PERIPHERAL WALL, SAID PERIPHERAL WALL BEING IN OVERLAPPING INTERFITTING ENGAGEMENT, THE INNERMOST PERIPHERAL WALL HAVING AT LEAST FIVE EQUALATERAL SIDES AND HAVING ITS INNER SURFACE TAPERING OUTWARDLY FROM ITS TRANSVERSE WALL FOR NON-INTERFERENCE WITH THE TEETH OF A SAW BLADE RECEIVED IN SAID CONTAINER WITH THE TOOTHED EDGE OF THE SAW BLADE BEING DISPOSED IN THE DIRECTION OF DIVERGENCE OF THE TAPER OF THE INNERMOST PERIPHERAL WALL TO LIMIT THE CONTACT THEREBETWEEN SUBSTANTIALLY TO INTERRUPTED LINE CONTACT BETWEEN THE UNTOOTHED EDGE OF THE SAW BLADE AND THE TAPERED SURFACE AND HAVING AN APERTURE FOR WITHDRAWING A SAW BLADE FROM THE CONTAINER, THE TRANSVERSE WALLS OF SAID MEMBERS HAVING ALIGNED APERTURES TO FACILITATE THREADABLY ROTATING A BANDSAW WITHIN SAID CONTAINER OUTWARDLY AND INWARDLY OF THE APERTURE IN SAID PERIPHERAL WALL, THE UNTOOTHED PORTION OF A BANDSAW COIL RECEIVED IN SAID CONTAINER BEARING AGAINST THE MIDPOINTS OF EACH OF THE SEVERAL SIDES OF THE INNERMOST PERIPHERAL WALL OF THE CONTAINER WITH THE TOOTHED PORTION SPACED THEREFROM.