Patent ID: 6948251
Filing Date: 2005-09-27
Classification: B43L

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for sharpening an elongated object so as to obtain a selected profile on one end of the elongated object, said elongated object having a uniform cross section along an object axis, said apparatus comprising: a housing defining a recess having an opening and having a pair of opposed walls, a guide member pivotably mounted in said housing recess about a pivoting axis, said guide member defining a passage therethrough, said passage being shaped and dimensioned to receive the elongated object and to guide the object for longitudinal motion along the object axis between said opposed walls when manually actuated by a user, at least one blade having a cutting edge and disposed on at least one of said opposed walls with the cutting edge extending into the recess at an angle to said object axis, whereby the elongated object can be slid through the passage of the guide member toward the cutting edge of the blade while the elongated object is also being used to pivot said guide member so as to move the end of the elongated object past the cutting edge of the blade, whereby material is removed from the elongated object to obtain said selected profile.