Patent ID: 6805622
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: A63C,B24B

Abstract:
A side edge ski sharpening arrangement for sharpening a ski having a top surface, a base, a pair of side edges and a bottom edge coplanar with the base, comprising:a portable, powered grinder adapted to be manipulated by one hand of the user and including a motor assembly for driving an endless belt having an abrasive surface defining a substantially flat plane of abrasion, the endless belt being entrained about a mounting framework extending from the motor assembly and rotatable about an axis generally perpendicular to the base of the ski, wherein the abrasive surface is engageable against the side edge of the ski to provide sharpening thereof; and a support structure suspended from the powered grinder and alignably positioned with the plane of abrasion to continuously contact the base of the ski along an entire length thereof to guide the abrasive surface relative to the side edge of the ski, wherein the support structure is adjustable to control the angle of the plane of abrasion relative to the base of the ski.