Patent ID: 7581573

Claim:
An electric pencil sharpener, comprising: a base, two brackets mounted on the base, the two brackets defining a feeding space therebetween, each of the brackets defining two guideways therein; a powering device, attached to the base; a cutter subassembly, mounted in the base, driven by the powering device, adapted for sharpening a pencil; a feeding subassembly mounted in the base, adapted to feed the pencil toward the cutter subassembly, driven by the powering device, comprising a feeding gear module and a pair of feeding rollers supported on the opposite brackets, the pair of feeding rollers located in the feeding space, the feeding gear module driven by the powering device turning at least one feeding roller to rotate therein thereby the pair of feeding rollers sandwiching the pencil and feeding the pencil by friction; and an adjusting subassembly encompassing the pair of feeding rollers on the bracket, wherein the adjusting subassembly pushes the pair of feeding rollers to move along the guideways simultaneously, with restriction of the guideways, the distance between the pair of feeding rollers alters to sharpen different pencil, meanwhile the at least one feeding roller keeps being engaged with the feeding gear module.