Patent ID: 9138849
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: B24B

Abstract:
1. A portable sharpening apparatus comprising: a body portion; a cavity formed in the body portion for receiving an object to be sharpened; a rotatable abrasive drum capable of sharpening and having an axis of rotation, the abrasive drum located in the body portion; a motor arranged to drive the abrasive drum; a mouth communicating with the abrasive drum and arranged in the body portion so as to direct an object to be sharpened towards the abrasive drum; and an access gate located upstream of the abrasive drum and arranged in communication with the motor such that, when in use, the abrasive drum is driven by the motor in response to a displacement of the access gate by the introduction of an object to be sharpened into the mouth, wherein the mouth has a supporting means for locating an object to be sharpened at the abrasive drum, the supporting means being such that, when in use, an object to be sharpened is orientated along an axis substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the abrasive drum.