Adjustable angle roller sharpener and method of use
AssigneeApex Smart Products LLC
InventorsAlex J. Posadas, Shannon D. Posadas
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Abstract
A roller sharpener including a blade edge grinding member to sharpen an edge of a blade of a knife comprising a magnetic knife holder configured to hold the blade of the knife at one or more angles; and an adjustable roller sharpener configured to hold the blade edge grinding member at variable heights to sharpen different-sized blades of different knives, the adjustable roller sharpener with grinding member rollable back and forth on a support surface to sharpen the edge of the blade of the knife held to the magnetic knife holder.
Claims14
A roller sharpener including a blade edge grinding member to sharpen an edge of a blade of a knife, comprising:
- a magnetic knife holder configured to hold the blade of the knife at one or more angles;
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- an adjustable roller sharpener configured to hold the blade edge grinding member at variable heights to sharpen different-sized blades of different knives, the adjustable roller sharpener with grinding member rollable back and forth on a support surface to sharpen the edge of the blade of the knife held to the magnetic knife holder, wherein
- the magnetic knife holder is an adjustable magnetic knife holder including an adjustable angle assembly configured to adjust the held blade of the knife at the variable angles, the adjustable angle assembly including a rotatable back sharpening angle knob, an adjustable angle member, a knife holder magnet carried by the adjustable angle member and configured to magnetically hold the blade of the knife, a connecting rod, a slider, a lead screw, wherein the knob is rotatable to cause the lead screw to drive the slider to control the adjustable angle member via the connecting rod to adjust the angle of the adjustable angle member, knife holder magnet, and the blade.
A roller sharpener including a blade edge grinding member to sharpen an edge of a blade of a knife, comprising:
- a magnetic knife holder configured to hold the blade of the knife at one or more angles;
- and
- an adjustable roller sharpener configured to hold the blade edge grinding member at variable heights to sharpen different-sized blades of different knives, the adjustable roller sharpener with grinding member rollable back and forth on a support surface to sharpen the edge of the blade of the knife held to the magnetic knife holder, wherein the adjustable roller sharpener includes an adjustable height assembly configured to hold the blade edge grinding member at variable heights to sharpen different-sized blades of different knives and the adjustable height assembly includes a height adjustment member, a plate holder magnet carried by the height adjustment member and configured to magnetically hold the blade edge grinding member.
A roller sharpener including a blade edge grinding member to sharpen an edge of a blade of a knife, comprising:
- a magnetic knife holder configured to hold the blade of the knife at one or more angles;
- and
- an adjustable roller sharpener configured to hold the blade edge grinding member at variable heights to sharpen different-sized blades of different knives, the adjustable roller sharpener with grinding member rollable back and forth on a support surface to sharpen the edge of the blade of the knife held to the magnetic knife holder, wherein the adjustable roller sharpener includes bottom rollers configured to enable the adjustable roller sharpener back and forth on a support surface to sharpen the edge of the blade of the knife held to the magnetic knife holder.
A method of using a roller sharpener including a blade edge grinding member to sharpen an edge of a blade of a knife, the roller sharpener comprising a magnetic knife holder;
- and an adjustable roller sharpener, wherein the magnetic knife holder is an adjustable magnetic knife holder configured to hold the blade of the knife at variable angles, the adjustable roller sharpener includes an adjustable height assembly configured to hold the blade edge grinding member at variable heights to sharpen different-sized blades of different knives, and the method comprising:
- adjusting a sharpening angle of the adjustable angle assembly appropriate to the blade of the knife;
- magnetically holding the blade of the knife with the adjustable angle assembly;
- adjusting a height of the adjustable height assembly appropriate to the blade of the knife;
- magnetically holding the blade edge grinding member with the adjustable height assembly;
- sharpening the edge of the blade of the knife held to the magnetic knife holder with the blade edge grinding member by rolling the adjustable roller sharpener with grinding member back and forth on a support surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.