Patent ID: 8282448
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: B24B

Abstract:
1. A sharpening device for knife blades, the device comprising: a base plate having a guiding slot structured as an incision in the base plate for a knife blade to be sharpened, wherein the base plate has a first wall and a second wall disposed opposite to said first wall, said first and said second walls defining said guiding slot, at least one of said first and said second walls defining a knife abutment surface; means for generating an elastically resilient restoring force; sharpening rods cooperating with and pivoting against said means for generating an elastically resilient restoring force, said guiding rods crossing at a point of intersection in an area of said guiding slot; and at least one magnet, said at least one magnet mounted to said base plate in an area of said knife abutment surface, wherein several magnets are disposed next to each other along said guiding slot, at least in an area of said first wall.