Patent ID: 6726543
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: A63C,B24D

Abstract:
A sharpening apparatus for use in sharpening a skate blade having a thickness and radius of hollow, said sharpening apparatus comprising a base having a mounting portion and a longitudinally extending handle which extends longitudinally from said mounting portion of said base, said handle having a longitudinal axis which extends along said mounting portion, and a cartridge connected to said mounting portion of said base, said cartridge includes a case having a first end which faces toward said handle and is spaced from said handle along the longitudinal axis of said handle and a second end which faces away from said handle, said cartridge further includes a sharpening blade having an arcuate cutting edge with a radius of curvature which corresponds to a desired radius of hollow of the skate blade, said case at least partially defining a slot which extends between said first and second ends of said case and has a width which corresponds to the thickness of the skate blade, said arcuate cutting edge extends across a bottom of the slot at a location between the first and second ends of said case.