Sharpening system for ice skate runners
OwnerWally Wayne Tatomirinventor
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Abstract
A skate sharpening system comprises an adjustor assembly and a skate holder assembly. A runner is releasably coupled to a template runner, and then clamped into the skate holder assembly. The template runner defines a pre-defined profile for the blank runner. An operator moves the skate holder assembly such that the template runner moves along a guide bearing of the adjustor assembly. The guide bearing is disposed proximate a grinding wheel. While the template runner remains in contact with the adjustable guide bearing, the runner remains in contact with, and moves along, the grinding wheel such that the grinding wheel simultaneously sharpens and contours the runner.
Claims16
A sharpening machine for skate blades, the sharpening machine comprising:
- a grinder housing comprising a grinding wheel configured to sharpen a skate blade releasably clamped in spaced-relation to a template that defines a predetermined profile for the skate blade;
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- an adjustable guide assembly attached to the grinder housing and comprising:
- a vertically adjustable guide bearing configured to engage and ride along the template while the skate blade is being sharpened;
- an adjustable guide block configured to move the guide bearing horizontally relative to the grinding wheel;
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- a riser block configured to operatively connect the adjustable guide block to a surface of the grinder housing.
A sharpening system for ice skate blades, the system comprising:
- a clamp assembly configured to releasably clamp a skate blade to be profiled and sharpened in spaced-relation to a template, wherein the template defines a predetermined profile to be transferred to the skate blade;
- an adjustable guide bearing configured to engage and ride along the template while the skate blade is being sharpened;
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- a grinding wheel configured to simultaneously sharpen and profile the skate blade in accordance with the predetermined profile of the template;
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- one or more coupling members configured to magnetically attach the skate blade to the template.
A sharpening machine for skate blades, the sharpening machine comprising:
- a grinder housing comprising a grinding wheel configured to sharpen a skate blade releasably clamped in spaced-relation to a template that defines a predetermined profile for the skate blade;
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- an adjustable guide assembly attached to the grinder housing and comprising:
- a vertically adjustable guide bearing configured to engage and ride along the template while the skate blade is being sharpened;
- an adjustable guide block configured to move the guide bearing horizontally relative to the grinding wheel, the adjustable guide block comprising:
- first and second terminal end blocks disposed on opposing sides of the adjustable guide block;
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- one or more adjustment rods extending through the adjustable guide block and connected at terminal ends to the first and second terminal end blocks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.