Patent ID: 11878386
Assignee: PROSHARP INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. The ice skate blade sharpening apparatus of claim 7, wherein the blade holder includes lateral holding parts at least one of which being movable relative to the other, and wherein the processor is further configured for:
causing a motor to move at least one of the lateral holding parts relative to the other to grip the set of one or more ice skate blades placed therebetween;
monitoring torque or force generated by the motor;
upon determining that the torque or force generated by the motor has reached a threshold torque value or threshold force value, determining a gripping gap between the lateral holding parts;
determining a number of ice skate blades in the set based at least in part on the gripping gap; and
outputting the determined number of ice skate blades via a use interface or storing the determined number of ice skate blades in a memory.