Portable motorized cosmetic sharpener system

A portable motorized cosmetic sharpener system for trimming a cosmetic pencil and collecting the trimmed debris, the trimming and the collecting being done in a safe, convenient, and economical manner, the system comprising, in combination:

• a housing having a generally rectilinear configuration with a front plate and a parallel rear plate, an upper section and a parallel lower section, and a left section and a parallel right section, the housing being hollow with a front internal chamber and a rear internal chamber, a cylindrical opening in the front plate extending into the front internal chamber, the cylindrical opening and the front internal chamber having a central axis;
• a shaping cone assembly formed of a front cylindrical plate and a rear cylindrical plate and three blades supported by the front and rear cylindrical plates, the three blades being circumferentially spaced around the central axis, the shaping cone having a blade axis coincident with the central axis, the blade forming an acute angle with respect to the blade axis, the shaping cone being positioned in the front internal chamber, the shaping cone having a rotary gear extending into the rear internal chamber;
• a motor located in the rear internal chamber, the motor having a drive shaft coupled to the rotary gear for rotating the shaping cone assembly;
• a cosmetic pencil removably positioned into the front plate and the shaping cone assembly whereby powering the motor will rotate the shaping cone assembly and trim debres from the cosmetic pencil;
• a receptacle tray partially surrounding the shaping cone assembly for collecting debris from the sharpened cosmetic pencil;
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• a control assembly including a sensor coupled with respect to the cylindrical opening whereby inserting a cosmetic pencil into the front opening will energize the motor and rotate the shaping cone assembly, the control assembly including a rechargeable battery for powering the shaping cone assembly, the control assembly also including a control knob on the upper section of the housing to vary the speed of rotation of the shaping cone assembly.

A portable cosmetic pencil sharpener system (200) for shaping a conventional cosmetic material pencil comprising, in combination:

• a manual system having a lower manual shaping cone (204) and a transparent upper shaping container (206), the manual shaping cone having a lower base (208) with radius grips (210), the lower base having an upper ledge (212) with recessed grooves (214) for container lid tabs (216) to snap into, a domed shaped to section (220), upper lid shaping collection area (224) with securing tabs and lower base hole (222) to insert the pencil;
• the pencil having a pencil end tip, the pencil being positionable through a front section cylindrical opening utilizing an internal rotating shaping cone assembly to increase the cosmetic pencil material shaping effectiveness of the system;
• the pencil having an outer cylindrical casing (104) of a hard material with a first diameter, the first diameter being 5/16 inch in diameter, plus or minus 10 percent, the pencil having an inner core (106) of soft wax-like colored material having a second diameter, the second diameter being 1/8 inch, plus or minus 10 percent;
• the cosmetic pencil sharpener system having a single sharp edge blade, the blade being positioned at a fixed angle to shape the desired cosmetic pencil tip material radius;
• means to rotate the pencil at the approximate angle against the sharp edge blade to progressively remove material simultaneously from the hard outer casing and inner wax-like core to form a shaped radius of cosmetic material on the pencil end tip for desired material application;
• the portable sharpener system including an outer plastic housing assembly having a front region and a rear region formed with horizontal upper, lower, and side parallel sections, the front region having a configured front plate (14), the front plate having an outer cylindrical opening (16) that reduces to an inner radius (18) of 5/16 inch, plus or minus 10 percent, to allow insertion of the pencil end tip into the sharpening system, the housing assembly having an upper section (20) extending parallel to the housing assembly lower section (22), the housing assembly having a left section (24) extending parallel to the housing assembly right section (26), the front region having a lower shaped material receptacle tray (32) to collect shaped cosmetic pencil material waste, the lower shaped material receptacle tray having opposing left and right tray release levers (34) to remove the lower shaped receptacle tray from the housing assembly to empty shaped cosmetic pencil material waste;
• the shaping cone system (46) having the front cylindrical plate (48) and the rear cylindrical plate (50), the shaping cone system encompassing multiple supports (88) that secure shaping system blades (90), the shaping blades having a sharp edge (92) to the shape cosmetic pencil material, the shaping blades (90) being aligned by upper and lower support tabs (94) and secured to the supports (88) with mounting hardware (96) at an 18 degree angle, plus or minus 10 percent, for efficient cosmetic pencil sharpening, the supports having a rear vertical side (98) with a curved upper section (100) to guide the shaped material away from the shaping blades;
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• each support (88) having a securing hole (108) to insert the mounting hardware (96), the shaping blades sharp edge (92) being positioned at an 18 degree angle, plus or minus 10 percent, to shape the outer hard casing and the wax-like inner core.

A portable motorized cosmetic pencil sharpener system (10) for shaping a conventional cosmetic material pencil comprising, in combination:

• the pencil having a pencil end tip, the pencil being positionable through a front section cylindrical opening utilizing an internal rotating shaping cone assembly to increase the cosmetic pencil material shaping effectiveness of the system;
• the pencil having an outer cylindrical casing of a hard material with a first diameter, the first diameter being 5/16 inch in diameter, plus or minus 10 percent, the pencil having an inner core of soft wax-like colored material having a second diameter, the second diameter being 1/8 inch, plus or minus 10 percent;
• the cosmetic pencil sharpener system having a single sharp edge blade, the blade being positioned at a fixed angle to shape the desired cosmetic pencil tip material radius;
• means to rotate the pencil at the approximate angle against the sharp edge blade to progressively remove material simultaneously from the hard outer casing and inner wax-like core to form a shaped radius of cosmetic material on the pencil end tip for desired material application;
• the portable sharpener system including an outer plastic housing assembly having a front region and a rear region formed with horizontal upper, lower, and side parallel sections, the front region having a configured front plate (14), the front plate having an outer cylindrical opening (16) that reduces to an inner radius (18) of 5/16 inch, plus or minus 10 percent, to allow insertion of the pencil end tip into the rotating sharpening system, the housing assembly having an upper section (20) extending parallel to the housing assembly lower section (22), the housing assembly having a left section (24) extending parallel to the housing assembly right section (26), the upper section (20) having a control knob (28) and forward section (30) extending to the front plate (14) to turn on and off rotating electrical system components, the front region having a lower shaped material receptacle tray (32) to collect shaped cosmetic pencil material waste, the lower shaped material receptacle tray having opposing left and right tray release levers (34) to remove the lower shaped receptacle tray from the housing assembly to empty shaped cosmetic pencil material waste;
• the housing assembly lower section having a rear cover (36) with securing hardware holes (38), the housing assembly rear region having a configured rear plate (12) and a battery charging connector (40) to recharge an internal chamber system battery (62);
• the interior housing assembly encompassing a front internal chamber (42) for shaping the pencil, a rear internal chamber (44) for securing the system rotating electrical components, the front internal chamber encompassing a shaping cone system (46), the shaping cone system having a front cylindrical plate (48), a rear cylindrical plate (50) and a rear plate rotating gear (52);
• the front forward section (30) having an internal chamber (54) that encompasses an alternate automatic on and off sensor (56) to control the rotating electrical system components, the front chamber and the rear chamber being separated by a chamber wall section (58), the rear chamber encompassing a rotating assembly drive motor (60), a rechargeable electric system battery (62), a power circuit board (64), a battery recharging connector (40), and electronic component system wiring (66), the rotating drive motor (60) having a drive shaft (68) and a drive shaft gear (70);
• the lower receptacle tray (32) having a front region and a front chamber having a receptacle insertion area (72), the receptacle insertion area having a front vertical section (74) and a rear vertical section (76), the lower receptacle tray having a front section (78) and a rear section (80) that inserts parallel to the front vertical section (74) and rear vertical section (76), the front tray section (78) having a radius (82) that inserts around the front cylindrical plate (48), the rear tray section (80) having a radius (84) that inserts around the rear cylindrical plate (52), the shaped cosmetic materials being collected in the lower receptacle tray chamber (86);
• the shaping cone system (46) having the front cylindrical plate (48) and the rear cylindrical plate (50), the shaping cone system encompassing multiple supports (88) that secure shaping system blades (90), the shaping blades having a sharp edge (92) to the shape cosmetic pencil material, the shaping blades (90) being aligned by upper and lower support tabs (94) and secured to the supports (88) with mounting hardware (96) at an 18 degree angle, plus or minus 10 percent, for efficient cosmetic pencil sharpening, the supports having a rear vertical side (98) with a curved upper section (100) to guide the shaped material away from the shaping blades;
• the cosmetic pencil having an outer hard casing (104) and a soft wax-like inner core (106), each support (88) having a securing hole (108) to insert the mounting hardware (96), the shaping blades sharp edge (92) being positioned at an 18 degree angle, plus or minus 10 percent, to shape the outer hard casing and the wax-like inner core;,
• the shaping supports (88) having an inner angled radius (110), the inner radius adapted to guide the pencil outer casing (104) as the shaping cone system (46) rotates around the cosmetic pencil.