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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360566 | Structure of automatic pencil sharpener An automatic pencil sharpener has a plurality of different sizes of pencil selector openings in a front side of a pencil selector panel, and an annulus groove at the back side of the pencil selector panel for mounting the trigger. Accordingly, the pencil inserted in... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7266516 | System and method for creating a customized electronic catalog A system and method for creating a customized product catalog. The customized catalog is created in response to a request to search an electronic catalog that has data representative of a plurality of products each having one or more attributes. The search request i... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7153200 | Blade grinding tool A blade grinding tool includes a main base, a sucker mounted on the main base and attached to a surface, and a grinding unit mounted on the main base for grinding a blade of a cutting tool. Thus, the blade grinding tool is attached to a surface, so that a user needs... | 12/26/2006 |
| 6976314 | Sharpener for soft-core pencils A sharpener for sharpening soft-core pencils, especially those used in the medical or pharmaceutical field, includes a housing; and a shaping componentry, received by the housing, for shaping and sharpening a medical or pharmaceutical pencil. The shaping componentry... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6799374 | Belt wearable pencil sharpener A portable pencil sharpener, for use upon a belt, in sharpening pencils, having a housing having a top having a top opening, a rear, and defining an internal cavity. A belt clip is located on the rear to facilitate attachment to the belt. A motorized sharpener assem... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6457498 | Cosmetic eye and lip pencil sharpener A cosmetic eye and lip pencil sharpener that includes an electrically powered sharpener for a number of different diameters of cosmetic pencils and which further includes a number of storage cavities for storing cosmetic pencils when they are not being us... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6334475 | Pencil sharpener The invention relates to a pencil sharpener, comprising a clamping chuck (1) that feeds a pencil rotationally fixed therein to a rotating milling device. The clamping chuck (1) comprises a plurality of locating tongues (8) pointing almost radially towards... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6065514 | Compact handheld battery-operated cosmetic pencil sharpener A portable, handheld, sharpening device for sharpening a cosmetic pencil having an outer casing of hard material and an inner casing of soft wax-like cosmetic material. The device includes a plastic housing, a steel blade for removing the outer casing of ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5077903 | Carpenter's pencil sharpener A carpenter's pencil sharpener for use in sharpening rectangularly shaped carpenter's pencils is disclosed wherein at the top of the housing the pencil sharpener is situated two rectangularly shaped openings juxtaposed to each other, the first a longitudi... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5002182 | Crayon holder and container Resilient fingers extend from one end of the crayon holder whereby a crayon may be pushed forward by a push rod to project beyond the fingers. A sleeve is slidable on the fingers to clamp the crayon in adjusted position, the sleeve being movable between o... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4961451 | Sharpener for rectangular pencils Power operated sharpener for nonconic rectangular pencils has single, orbital, weight-balanced cylindrical milling cutter which follows orbital path set by the track of an eliptical internal gear. The cylindrical milling cutter is carried loosely upstandi... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4918816 | Pencil sharpener The present invention relates to a pencil sharpener designed to be used in sharpening pencils having an elongated cross section such as, for example, elliptical or rectangular. The sharpener includes four cutters which are disposed in the casing thereof i... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4815507 | Socket mounted pencil sharpener for cosmetic facial pencil A portable, light-weight pencil sharpener specifically designed to sharpen cosmetic pencils of the type commonly known as "eye brow" pencils and including a housing enclosing a blade structure and an electrically powered drive motor wherein the housing an... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4513798 | Sharpener, specifically for cosmetic sticks A sharpener for sharpening an end of a writing stick by inserting the writing stick into the sharpener in a retentive or friction locking manner and rotating the sharpener and writing stick relative to each other, the sharpening of the writing stick gener... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4431038 | Actuating holder for combined electric eraser-pencil sharpeners A holder for a combined electric eraser-pencil sharpener which causes the sharpener to be actuated upon insertion of the pencil. A using draftsperson thus obtains the benefits of a separate fixed sharpener and avoids picking up and using the hand-held com... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4054164 | Pencil sharpener A pencil sharpener of a rotary type including a rotary blade having spiral cutting edges and a blade holder, wherein the rotary blades makes a rotation around its own axis while making a revolution around a rotational axis of the assembly of the rotary bl... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4050487 | Electric sharpener An electric sharpener is disclosed, wherein its sharpener section is driven by a motor powered from a self-contained battery in an arrangement that said motor and a reduction means for transmitting the revolving force of said motor to said sharpener secti... | 09/27/1977 |
| 3998253 | Lead-pencil sharpener A lead-pencil sharpener having a generally horizontally disposed shaving mechanism and a housing thereabout formed with an opening through which a lead-pencil may be inserted into said mechanism. A ledge member formed integrally with such housing or attac... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3991798 | Disposable device for sharpening leads or the like A device is provided for sharpening leads of pencils or the like. The sharpening device is disposable and is designed to be thrown away when filled, without the necessity for cleaning out the device which inherently results in a dirty mess and in a waste ... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3952784 | Pencil pointer A pencil pointer which comprises a base, a cylindrical cutter mounted on the base, a rotatable pencil holder coaxial with the cutter and having a first guide means on said holder to guide the lead to a position adjacent the cutter, and a second guide mean... | 04/27/1976 |
