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US 12,427,616 B2Granted
Handheld blade steel
AssigneeHantover, Inc.
InventorsRonald J. Curnett, Craig E. Feeler
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Abstract
A tool for steeling a knife includes a frame and first and second steeling components. Each of the components is shiftably mounted relative to the frame for movement between a first position and a second position. The steeling components cooperatively define a knife interface configured to engage and thereby steel the knife. The steeling components are resiliently biased into the first position, with the knife interface moving as the steeling components shift between the first and second positions.
Claims31
A tool for steeling a knife, the tool comprising:
- a frame;
- a first steeling component and a second steeling component, each being shiftably mounted relative to the frame for movement between a first position and a second position,
- said steeling components cooperatively defining a knife interface configured to engage and thereby steel the knife,
- said steeling components being resiliently biased into the first position, with the knife interface moving as the steeling components shift between the first and second positions;
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- a stop stationary relative to the frame,
- said stop engaging the first steeling component when in the first position and engaging the second steeling component when in the second position.
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A tool for steeling a knife, the tool comprising:
- a frame,
- said frame including first and second support members,
- said support members defining an elongated knife-receiving slot;
- a first steeling component and a second steeling component supported on the first and second support members, respectively,
- said first and second steeling components being resiliently biased toward one another to define a knife interface configured to engage and thereby steel the knife,
- said knife interface moving inwardly along a length of the knife-receiving slot to a terminal interface position, as the knife engages the interface and is shifted inwardly through the knife-receiving slot,
- said knife-receiving slot having a maximum slot cross-sectional dimension defined between the support members,
- at least one of said support members presenting an outer member portion extending along the knife-receiving slot outwardly relative to the terminal interface position,
- said outer member portion having a maximum member cross-sectional dimension defined generally perpendicular to the length of the knife-receiving slot,
- said maximum member cross-sectional dimension being less than about two times the maximum slot cross-sectional dimension,
- said knife interface being located at a disengaged interface position spaced outwardly relative to the terminal interface position, prior to the knife engaging the interface,
- each of said steeling components being shiftable between a first position, corresponding with the disengaged interface position, and a second position, corresponding with the terminal interface position, and
- a stop stationary relative to the frame,
- said stop engaging the first steeling component when in the first position and engaging the second steeling component when in the second position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.