Patent ID: 7225547
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: A45D,B43L

Abstract:
1. A sharpener for a pencil, comprising: a sharpener body and a shaving blade fastened thereon; said sharpener body including a guide sleeve and a blade holder integrally formed on said guide sleeve; said guide sleeve having a bore formed therein defining a pencil-guiding channel with a channel axis, an introduction end and an outlet end for the pencil; said blade holder having a bearing surface positioned obliguely in relation to said channel axis of the pencil-guiding channel, projecting axially beyond said outlet end of said guide sleeve, and being configured for positioning said shaving blade; and said pencil-guiding channel being substantially open in a region receiving a tip of the pencil and towards a side of said sharpener body opposite said blade holder; two supporting wings integrally formed substantially opposite one another on an outer periphery of said guide sleeve, projecting approximately radially from said guide sleeve in cross section and projecting axially beyond said outlet end of said guide sleeve, and said two supporting wings having ends directed away from said guide sleeve and connected to one another to form a supporting frame.