Elevator holder for perm rods

Claim 1

In combination with a plurality of elongated perm rods, a holder for said perm rods, said holder including body means defining a plurality of upwardly opening cavities downwardly into which said perm rods are lengthwise received, support and elevator structure mounted from said body means below said openings for vertical shifting relative to said body means between upper and lower limit positions, said support and elevator structure including portions thereof defining vertically shiftable floor portions for said cavities against which the lower ends of said perm rods are abutted for support within said cavities, said perm rods including upper ends projecting upwardly outwardly from the upper ends of said cavities when said support and elevator structure is in said upper position and which are at least substantially recessed downwardly within said cavities when said elevator structure is in said lower position, said body means comprising a hollow housing including a top wall and a plurality of open bottom upwardly opening receivers supported from said top wall and opening upwardly therethrough, said receivers including lower end transverse slots disposed within said housing below said top wall, said support and elevator structure comprising a grid including parallel grip bars upwardly slidably receivable within said slots and abuttable against those portions of said receivers defining the upper limits of said slots to define said upper limit position, said top wall including a central opening, said grid including a central upstanding shank portion aligned with said opening, the upper end portion of said shank portion including an upward extension supported therefrom for angular displacement about an upstanding axis, said extension being slidably received through said central opening, said extension including a lower end crossbar, said central opening comprising an elongated slot through which said crossbar is receivable when said crossbar extends lengthwise of said slot and said support and elevator structure is in said upper limit position, said extension being rotatable to a position with said crossbar disposed transverse to said slot when said crossbar is spaced above said top wall.