Compact storage and transport container for appliance blades

Abstract

A storage and transport container for blades of the type used in an electric food processor has a series of platforms adapted to horizontally accommodate a stack of a plurality of blade discs in a positively locked manner within the platforms. A door is provided to enclosed the inside of the container.

1 . A container for cutting blades of appliances comprising: 
 a housing;    a plurality of generally horizontally aligned platforms within said housing and being adapted to hold one or more of said blades; and    a lock associated with each platform for securing a respective one of said blades.    
   
   
       2 . A container according to  claim 1 , further comprising 
 a door for selectively opening and closing said housing to insert or remove said blades.    
   
   
       3 . A container according to  claim 1 , further comprising 
 a plurality of struts positioned between and supporting said plurality of platforms.    
   
   
       4 . A container according to  claim 1 , wherein 
 said lock is a flat spring-tab unitarily formed with each of said platforms.    
   
   
       5 . A container according to  claim 4 , wherein 
 said lock further comprises a wedge tip extending downwardly beneath each of said platforms.    
   
   
       6 . A container according to  claim 1 , wherein 
 said housing is generally cylindrically shaped.    
   
   
       7 . A container according to  claim 1 , wherein 
 said door is a sliding door adapted to nest within a recess of said housing.    
   
   
       8 . A container according to  claim 1 , wherein 
 said plurality of platforms are staggered laterally.