Combination can opener/knife sharpener with pivotal mounting
AssigneeJohn Zink Company
InventorRobert W. Nickelson
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Abstract
A combination can opener and knife sharpening appliance having a generally rectangular box-shaped housing with the can opening mechanism on the front wall thereof and the knife sharpening mechanism protruding from the rear wall of the housing and provided with mounting means adapted to secure the housing to the underside of a kitchen cabinet in such a way that it may be rotated 90.degree. between two alternative use positions.
Claims20
A combination can opener and knife sharpener comprising a housing having top and bottom walls interconnected by front, back and a pair of side walls forming an enclosure;
- a motor and reduction gearing contained within said enclosure, a can driving shaft extending through said front wall and being drivingly connected to said motor through said reduction gearing, a knife sharpening wheel mounted outside of said housing adjacent said back wall;
- said grinding wheel being rotated by said motor;
- a support block having means to secure it in a depending position on the bottom of a kitchen wall cabinet of the type which is mounted on a wall and has a front parallel to the wall on which it is mounted, mounting means on said support block and said housing for interconnecting said block and housing to provide movement between a first position in which said front wall of said housing is parallel with the front of said kitchen cabinet and a second position in which said front wall is perpendicular to the front of said kitchen cabinet.
A combination can opener/knife sharpener comprising a box-like housing defined by top and bottom walls interconnected by front, back and side walls enclosing a shaded pole motor and reduction gearing, a can driving shaft which is journaled in said housing and extends through said front wall to support a can driving wheel, said motor driving said can driving shaft through said reduction gearing, said motor having an armature shaft which extends beyond the rear wall of said housing and supports on its rearwardly extending end a grinding wheel for sharpening knives, a support block having means to secure it in a depending position on the bottom of a kitchen wall cabinet of the type which is mounted on a wall and has a front parallel to the wall on which it is mounted, first and second means on said support block and said housing for interconnecting said block and housing to provide movement between a first position in which said front wall of said housing is parallel with the front of said kitchen cabinet and a second position in which said front wall is perpendicular to the front of said kitchen cabinet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.