Drill dispensing container

Claim 1

A drill dispensing container comprising a. a circular base plate having a radius r5 having a shaft receiving hole of radius r0 extending along the central axis therewithin, and further having 1. an axially oriented alignment mark on the circumferential surface of said base plate; 2. a first spring-loaded ball bearing disposed a fixed distance r1 from said central axis, said base plate having a first axial cylindrical pocket for receiving a first spring and said first ball bearing, said base plate further having a first lip partially covering the entrance to said first cylindrical pocket for limiting the extent of travel of said first ball bearing; 3. a second spring-loaded ball bearing disposed a fixed distance r2 from said central axis, said base plate having a second axial cylindrical pocket for receiving a second spring and said second ball bearing, said base plate further having a second lip partially covering the entrance to said second cylindrical pocket for limiting the extent of travel of said second ball bearing; 4. a third spring-loaded ball bearing disposed a fixed distance r3 from said central axis, said base plate having a third axial cylindrical pocket for receiving a third spring and said third ball bearing, said base plate further having a third lip partially covering the entrance to said third cylindrical pocket for limiting the extent of travel of said third ball bearing; said first ball bearing, said second ball bearing, said third ball bearing, and said alignment mark being coaligned along an imaginary radial line from said central axis; and wherein said base plate is 5. formed with a concentric recess extending between the distances r0 to r4, wherein 0 r0< r1< r2< r3< r4< r5, so as to form an external concentric rim from r4 to r5, said recess having a sufficient depth so that the ball bearings which extend above the top surface of the recess do not extend past the upper plane of said rim; b. a circular drill holder having said radius r5 and having 1. a first plurality of through drill receiving apertures, axially disposed within said holder, oriented in a circle having a radius r1 and being concentric with respect to the central axis of said drill holder, 2. a second plurality of through drill receiving apertures, axially disposed within said holder, oriented in a circle having a radius r2 and being concentric with respect to the central axis of said drill holder, and 3. a third plurality of through drill receiving apertures, axially disposed within said holder, oriented in a circle having a radius r3 and being concentric with respect to the central axis of said drill holder, the apertures in each concentric circle being staggered relative to the apertures in all the other concentric circles in such a manner that the axes of no two apertures are aligned along a common radius of said drill holder; 4. external circumferential indicia indentifying means for indicating the sizes of the drills to be carried in said drill receiving apertures, each indicium being radially co-aligned with its corresponding aperture; c. a depending shaft affixed in alignment with the central axis of said drill holder for rotary motion within said shaft receiving hole; d. means for restricting axial motion of said shaft with respect to said base plate; and e. indexing means associated with said base plate and said holder for positively co-aligning desired indicia identifying means with respect to said alignment mark.