Patent ID: 6932683
Filing Date: 2005-08-23
Classification: B24B

Abstract:
1. A knife sharpener comprising: a housing including at least one access slot formed therein for receiving a knife blade to be sharpened, said at least one access slot of said housing including an intermediate portion and two end portions, at least one grinding wheel rotatably received in said housing, and disposed close to said at least one access slot of said housing, for grinding and sharpening a cutting edge of the knife blade, and means for driving said at least one grinding wheel to sharpen the knife blade, and said housing including at least one opening formed therein, and formed in either of said, end portions of said at least one access slot of said housing, and communicating with said at least one access slot of said housing, and including a width greater than that of said end portions of said at least one access slot of said housing, for receiving the cutting edge of the knife blade, and for preventing the cutting edge of the knife blade from being engaged with said housing after the cutting edge of the knife blade has been sharpened by said at least one grinding wheel.