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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7278214 | Electric pencil sharpener An electric pencil sharpener includes a power source, such as a plurality of batteries, disposed within a base portion. The electrical pencil sharpener further includes a housing portion connected to the base portion and a motor disposed within the housing portion, ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6709266 | Candle holder and a method of securing a candle A candle holder 1 comprises an annular collar 2 and a bottom disc 3 interconnected by ribs 4 having sharp edges 5 for trimming a candle end inserted in the cavity defined by the ribs 4, the collar 1 and disc 3 ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6705793 | Binder with hole punch A binder for receiving and retaining loose leaf papers comprising a cover, a binding mechanism coupled to the cover, and a hole punch coupled to the cover. The hole punch is configured to punch a set of holes in a sheet of paper such that the binding mechanism can b... | 03/16/2004 |
| 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 |
| 5987759 | Pencil sharpener A pencil sharpener with structure for covering the pencil receiving inlet of the sharpener, to prevent the back flow of the pencil shavings and accidental contact between the user and the cutting blades of the sharpener when the device is not in use. The ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5524386 | Method and apparatus for uniting a scion to a stock A grafting method for uniting a scion to a stock includes forming conical projection on either a lower portion of a scion or an upper portion of a stock, forming a conical recess on either a lower portion of a scion or an upper portion of a stock, and joi... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5367777 | Wood pencil sharpener and pocket holder A Wood Pencil Sharpener and Pocket Holder which allows a pencil to be stored in a shirt pocket such that the pencil and pencil point are contained within a tube and covered sharpener, thus eliminating lead pencil marks on the shirt and inside the shirt po... | 11/29/1994 |
