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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7523557 | Carpenter's pencil sharpener A carpenter's pencil sharpener is designed for cutting a point on a carpenter's pencil that defines a longitudinal axis and has a maximum width or dimension (MD) perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The sharpener has a contouring portion defining a rotational axi... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7363714 | Pencil sharpener A pencil sharpener has at least two sharpener units, each with a sharpener body and a shaving blade. The sharpener bodies of adjacent sharpener units being connected integrally via film strips acting as a predetermined bending point and/or predetermined separating p... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7225547 | Pencil sharpener A compact sharpener (1) for a pencil (S), the sharpener being cost-effective to realize and being particularly suitable for sharpening a cosmetic pencil in particular, comprises a sharpener body (2) and a shaving blade (3) fastened thereon. The ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7143516 | Pencil sharpener cap The present invention involves a pencil sharpener that is housed in a pencil cap, having a variable-sized shavings reservoir. The shavings reservoir can be expanded by moving at least one of an internal wall, an external wall, and the sharpener. Contemplated caps co... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7107692 | Cleaning device for a shaving apparatus A cleaning device for a shaving apparatus includes a chassis supporting a cleaning container for receiving the shaving head region of the shaving apparatus. A detent device is movably suspended on the chassis and is biased by means of a resilient element toward a fi... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7036231 | Sharpener for an oval pencil A sharpener includes a sharpener body, a guide collar and a shaving blade. The guide collar has an oval bore defining a pencil-guiding channel and is mounted on the sharpener body such that it can be rotated essentially about the axis of the pencil-guiding channel. ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7013772 | Method and apparatus for arrow shaft truing A method and an apparatus for truing the interface between an arrow shaft or insert and the arrow tip is provided. A squaring tool having a frame with at least one V-shaped channel supports an arrow shaft in parallel with the frame longitudinal axis. A cutting tool ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7002091 | Shaving head cleaner A shaving head cleaner includes a housing defining a receptacle adapted to receive a shaving head of the dry shaving apparatus. A contact member extends from the housing, and is adapted to accommodate an end of the dry shaving apparatus remote from the shaving head.... | 02/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6966117 | Carpenters pencil sharpener A carpenters pencil sharpener having a body member having a T-shaped opening in its front wall. The body member has an interior pencil sharpening chamber having respective left and right upper support platforms and respective left and right lower support platforms. ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6948251 | Pivoting sharpening device for pencil with non-circular cross section A sharpening device for a carpenter's pencil. A housing has a pivotable guide with a cruciform passage to receive the pencil in either of two positions. A pair of oppositely directed blades are mounted on opposed walls within the housing. The pencil is pivoted while... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6942410 | Mechanical pencil A mechanical carpenter's pencil having an integral sharpening guide providing a reference surface to which the lead may be trimmed for sharpening. The pencil user may use a knife to trim the lead flush with the sharpening guide surface or may abrade the lead on a co... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6938345 | Combination utility knife A retractable blade utility knife includes a knife housing, a blade, a pencil housing, a pencil sharpening slot, and a rear cover. The knife may further include a rope-cutting recess and a cutting surface in a lower end and a sawing surface in an upper end of the bl... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6883697 | Office tool assembly An office tool assembly has a tool and a hanging cap. The tool is selectively inserted into and held in the hanging cap. A protrusion is moveably mounted on the tool to engage with a through hole defined in the cap to keep the tool from falling out of the hanging ca... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6732437 | Soft lead sharpener with pivotable profile knife A sharpener for pencils with a soft lead with a sharpener housing has a conical sharpener channel, a sharpening knife which is fastened at the fastener housing and which is set tangentially to the sharpener channel. A shape-cutting knife, which can be swiveled into ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6676500 | Drill bit sharpener A drill bit sharpener includes a motor assembly and a drill bit grinding assembly. The motor assembly has a motor with a drive shaft to drive the drill bit grinding assembly, which includes a driven assembly, a sharpener housing, a grinding wheel assembly... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6634108 | Sharpener for sharpening a soft-core pencil A sharpener, in particular for a soft-core pencil, has a sharpener housing with a sharpener channel that opens out into a free space via a channel opening. The sharpener has a sharpener blade that is positioned tangentially against the channel opening. Th... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6571480 | Pencil sharpener for carpenter's pencil A hand-operable and portable pencil sharpener which is comprised of a housing having a conical cavity therein. The cavity is of circular cross-section and defines an open inlet end tapering to a narrow inner end. A collar is provided about the open inlet ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6568090 | Cosmetic pencil sharpener A cosmetic pencil and sharpener comprises a cap and pencil portion having a sharpened head on a first end portion of the pencil, an elongated body and a second end portion. The cap includes a recess at one end to engage and cover the pencil head, an inter... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6494638 | Power drive adapter device There is provided herein a power drive adapter for a pencil sharpener or other manually rotatable tool which affixes a shank to the tool. In one embodiment this affixation includes a peripheral edge positioned on the tool and a shank attached to that edge... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6427343 | Pencil sharpener having a pencil limiting device A pencil sharpener includes a casing secured in a housing and having a groove for receiving a pencil to be sharpened and having a cutter blade for sharpening the pencil. A device has a slide slidably received in the housing and has an extension extended f... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6397479 | Sharpener, in particular for soft-core pencils A sharpener, in particular for soft-core pencils, includes a sharpener housing which carries a sharpener blade positioned tangentially in relation to a sharpener channel. The housing also has a free space that is open on a lower side of the housing. A cor... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397480 | Mechanism for sharpening a writing instrument A pencil sharpener (10) is disclosed as including a body (12) with a hole (22) for receiving an end of a pencil, a cutting blade (24) secured to the body (12) for sharpening the pencil, and a stopper (30) movable relative to the body (12) to vary the leng... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6393705 | Cosmetic pencil sharpener A cosmetic pencil and sharpener comprises a cap and pencil portion having a sharpened head on a first end portion, an elongated body and a second end portion. The cap includes a recess at one end to engage and cover the pencil head, an intermediate portio... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6381856 | Hand-held sharpener as a container-type sharpener A container-type sharpener is provided with a generator that can be manually operated or set off and provides an acoustic or visual effect. For this purpose, a shavings-collecting container is configured to be compressible against a flexible restoring pre... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6309088 | Combined pencil sharpener and ink stamp with illumination device The invention discloses a combined pencil sharpener and an ink stamp being able to give off light. The invention includes a pencil sharpener and a stamp which are slidably engaged together. When a pencil is inserted into an opening of the pencil sharpener... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6279237 | Sharpener A sharpener (1) contains a housing (5) with a blade (13) which is screwed on said housing and forms a tangent to a hollow-conical region (6b) of a guide channel (6) for the pencil (2), said hollow-conical region adjoining a hollow-cylindrical region (6a),... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6249981 | Structure of a pencil sharpener An improved structure of a sharpener comprising an ornamental seat, a light-emitting body, a fixing seat module, a spring, a conductive cap, a push rod, a main body containing a sharpening means, and a bottom cap, wherein the fixing seat module can be rep... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6237656 | Pencil sharpener bit A pencil sharpener bit for use in sharpening pencils utilizing a portable electric drill, any motorized hand tool supporting the use of a chuck assembly or any hand held tool accepting tips with hexagonal ends is disclosed. The sharpener assembly rotates ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6092293 | Pencil sharpener There is described herein a sharpener for a carpenter's pencil having a centering collar mounted to an enclosure for relative rotation to generate the sharpening effect. Within the base enclosure there is a symmetrical pencil point contour surface and a b... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5894669 | Sharpener for soft core pencils A pencil sharpener for a soft core pencil includes a sharpener housing defining a guide channel adapted to receive a front region of the pencil therein and conically tapering in an insertion direction of the pencil, and a free space adjoining the guide ch... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5875555 | Crayon sharpener assembly A crayon sharpening assembly is disclosed comprising an axially rotating cartridge block (106) having an axial bore (178) for axial receipt of a crayon with a forward end of the crayon positioned within a cutting station (152). A pair of convergent sharpe... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5774995 | Candle sharpening system A new Candle Sharpening System for shaping a new or a used candle into various selective shapes thereby extending the useful and aesthetically pleasing life of the candle. The inventive device includes a base having a passage, a conical member secured to ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5647138 | Cap sharpener for clutch-type pencil The present invention provides a cap sharpener for clutch-type pencil, in which a blind end divides a cylinder from the cap, and the blind end has a through-hole at the center portion interconnecting the cylinder. The cylinder has a blade mounted on the t... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5379817 | Sharpener for a soft element pencil A sharpener for a soft element pencil has a housing with a pencil hole. A rotor rotatably mounted in the housing has: (a) a base portion, (b) an annular portion spaced from said base portion, and (c) a blade supported at but not between the base and the a... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5205664 | Lead-auto-sharpened propelling pencil and the making process thereof The present invention provides a lead-auto-sharpened propelling pencil and a process of making it. The propelling pencil comprises a pencil body and a pencil cap. The pencil cap consists of a sharpener, a screwing insert and a powder remover. The process ... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5167071 | Cosmetic pencil sharpener A sharpener for lead pencils, colored pencils, cosmetic pencils and the like with an essentially cuboid shaped sharpener housing, in which the longitudinal lateral sides of the sharpener housing are provided with complementary protrusions or recesses that... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5161587 | Pencil sharpener with acoustical and lamplight indicating effect The present invention is directed to a pencil sharpener that incorporates a conductive sharpening blade element for sharpening the pencil wherein the blade element is positioned along an inner wall surface of a bore hole so as to contact an outer surface ... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5046876 | Safety tipped pencil and sharpener therefor A pencil and a shrapener for forming the pencil with a safety tip comprising a curved, circular surface. In cross-section, the curved surface appears as two intersecting circles. The tip is thus a curved, circular surface of revolution with a sufficient r... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4934057 | Multi-blade pencil-core sharpener A sharpener, specially for the pencils, is made of a shell and a metal blade. At the upper end of the shell there is a funnel or alternatively two funnels placed side by side. The metal blade is V-notched or U-notched with the opening upward and is placed... | 06/19/1990 |
