Patent ID: 7967666

Claim:
Apparatus for use in sharpening elongated cutting edges of blades of cutting tools, said apparatus comprising: a blade support adapted to support a cutting tool having a blade including an elongated cutting edge, said blade support including a receiving surface defining a blade axis arranged parallel to the cutting edge of the cutting tool mounted thereon and a beam extending substantially perpendicular to said receiving surface; a sharpener guide mounted to said blade support, said sharpener guide including an elongated guide member defining a sharpening axis extending substantially parallel to said blade axis; and a sharpener mount including a pivot connector coupled to and complementally configured with said elongated guide member for enabling linear movement of said sharpener mount along said elongated guide member and thus along said sharpening axis parallel to said blade axis and simultaneous pivotal movement of said sharpener mount about said sharpening axis, wherein said sharpener guide is mounted to said beam, said beam including a tongue spaced from said receiving surface for defining a blade-receiving gap between said tongue and said receiving surface.