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US 10,583,347 B2Granted
Blade sharpening system and method of using the same
AssigneeAiguisage Elite Inc.
InventorDenis Proulx
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Abstract
The present document describes a blade sharpening system comprising a blade sharpening device, a blade holding apparatus and a controller operatively coupled to the blade sharpening device and said blade holding apparatus to control sharpening of said blade, and methods of using the same.
Claims20
A blade sharpening system comprising:
- a blade sharpening device configured to contact a blade, comprising:
- a grinding assembly, configured to
- measure a shape of said blade;
- and
- grind said blade according to said measured shape of said blade with a variable grinding pressure which is variable along the length of said blade;
- a blade holding apparatus to slide said blade over said blade sharpening device, comprising
- parallel first and second gripping members for contacting opposite sides of said blade and align an edge of said blade with said grinding assembly;
- and
- a controller operatively coupled to said blade sharpening device and said blade holding apparatus, configured to:
- control the grinding assembly to measure said shape of said blade, or receive and store a shape of said blade, and
- control sharpening of said blade according to said measured or stored shape of said blade by exerting said variable grinding pressure which is variable during sharpening on said blade by said grinding assembly.
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