Ski edge tuning tool
OwnerStephen J. Yurick, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
An improved ski edge sharpening device is shown which features a body portion having first and second recesses. The first recess is adapted to retain a file at a predetermined angle to a bottom surface of the tool adapted to slide against the bottom surface of the ski, and the second recess holds a magnet of substantially the same length as the file for attracting and retaining ferrous filings generated during sharpening the ski, such that the fillings do not interfere with the filing operation and do not abrade the delicate bottom surface of the ski.
Claims8
A tool for sharpening the edges of skis comprising:
- a body portion having a handle portion and a flat bottom surface portion designed to slide over the bottom surface of a ski;
- means for retaining a file in fixed relation and at substantially right angles to said bottom surface portion of said body portion;
- and
- a magnet retained in a recess in said bottom surface and juxtaposed to said file such that ferrous filings from filing edges of skis are attracted to and retained by said magnet,
- wherein said recess is sufficiently deeper than the thickness of the magnet that clearance is provided between the surface of the magnet and a ski juxtaposed to the bottom surface of said tool when in use, and said recess further includes a cleaning recess formed in the bottom surface of the tool away from the file.
A tool for sharpening the edges of skis such that the vertical edges of said skis form a predetermined angle with the bottom surfaces of the skis comprising:
- a body including a handle portion and a flat bottom surface and at least two recesses, a first one of said recesses being formed with at least one wall substantially at said predetermined angle to said bottom surface and the second of said recesses being juxtaposed thereto;
- a file fitting into said first recess;
- means retaining said file within said first recess;
- and
- a magnet retained within said second recess and juxtaposed to said file in said first recess, whereby filings generated by filing edges of skis are attracted to and retained by said magnet,
- wherein the second recess into which said magnet fits it sufficiently deep that clearance is provided between the surface of said magnet and a ski to which said bottom surface is juxtaposed in use, and wherein said second recess includes a cleaning recess formed in the bottom surface away from the file.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.