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US 5,307,595 AGranted
Method of sharpening tweezers
OwnerKenneth J. Colemaninventor
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Abstract
Tweezers have two arms mounted on a spacer with a barbed tip at the other end of the arms. The tweezers are sharpened to the barbed tip with a belt sanding apparatus, which includes a holding device for positioning the tweezers on the belt sanding apparatus. A magnifying lens may be mounted on the spacer and positioned over the barbed tip to assist in sighting the foreign object to be removed.
Claims1
A method of sharpening tweezers to have a barbed tip, wherein said method comprises:
- a) securing a rounded end of a first arm and a second arm to a spacer means to form said tweezers;
- b) abutting an opposing end of said first arm to an opposing end of said second arm to form abutted ends;
- c) inserting said abutted ends into a rotatable sleeve mounted in a sleeve housing;
- d) applying said abutted ends to an endless moving belt;
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- e) rotating said abutted ends on said endless moving belt to sharpen said abutted ends of said tweezers and form said barbed tip.
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