Patent ID: 7240703
Filing Date: 2007-07-10
Classification: B43L

Abstract:
1. An automatic pencil sharpener comprising: a motor; a transmission device operatively coupled to the motor; a cutter assembly operatively coupled to the transmission device and being adapted to shave a front portion of a pencil; a feeding device operatively coupled to the transmission device and defining a gap the front portion of the pencil being fed along a feeding path and into the gap so as to be shaved by the cutter assembly; a start switch disposed near the gap of the feeding device and being triggered by insertion of the pencil to start the motor; and a stop switch disposed adjacent to the start switch and along the feeding path, the stop switch stopping the motor in response to a rear portion of the pencil passing by the start switch so as to inhibit the pencil from being jammed in the cutter assembly.