Wax pencil holding device and sharpener

A wax pencil holding device comprising:

• a main body including a first tubular portion and a second tubular portion, the first tubular portion having an outer surface with a circular cross-section, an inner surface with a hexagonal cross-section, a first end with a tapered frustoconical configuration defining a circular aperture, and a second end with a plurality of spaced resilient tabs extending rearwardly from the second end in coaxial relationship with the first tubular portion, the second tubular portion having an outer surface and an inner surface both with a circular cross-section, a first open end with a pair of diametrically opposed locking tabs integrally coupled adjacent thereto to the inner surface of the second tubular portion and a second end with an annular detent formed adjacent thereto in the inner surface of the second tubular portion of the main body for releasably receiving the tabs of the second end of the first tubular portion such that the first and second tubular portions are rotatable with respect to each other in coaxial alignment, the second tubular portion further having a divider integrally coupled to the inner surface thereof with a threaded aperture formed therein in concentric relationship with the second tubular portion;
• a thin wax pencil removably received within the first tubular portion of the main body via the first end thereof;
• a plunger having an outer surface with a hexagonal cross section, a first face having a peripheral lip integrally formed thereon with an outer surface having a hexagonal cross-section and an inner surface having a circular cross-section for defining a cup to releasably receive an end of the wax pencil, the plunger slidably mounted within the first tubular portion of the wax pencil with a screw having an end fixedly coupled to a second face of the plunger and threadably engaging the threaded aperture of the divider of the second tubular portion of the main body, whereby the rotation of the first tubular portion with respect to the second tubular portion effects rotation of the screw relative to the threaded aperture of the second tubular portion thereby sliding the plunger within the first tubular portion which in turn dispenses and retracts the wax pencil;
• a pencil sharpener including a central portion with an outer surface having circular cross-section and a diameter equal to that of the main body and first and second end portions with a reduced diameter and a pair of semi-circular detents formed at a central extent of an outer surface thereof thereby defining a pair of diametrically opposed spaces, the pencil sharpener having a frusto-conical inset portion with a section thereof cut out to define a sharpening edge, the cut out of the inset portion communicating with an opening formed in the second end portion of the pencil sharpener, whereby the first end portion may be removably coupled to the first end of the second tubular portion of the main body by aligning the locking tabs of the second tubular portion with the spaces of the first end portion of the pencil sharpener whereby when the pencil sharpener is removed, a tip of the wax pencil may be inserted within the frusto-conical inset portion and rotated to sharpen the tip and expel shavings from the second end portion of the pencil sharpener;
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• a shaving container for storing the shavings of the wax pencil, the shaving container having a hollow cylindrical configuration with a diameter equal to that of the main body, the container further having a first hemispherical closed end and a second open end with a pair of diametrically opposed locking tabs integrally coupled to an inner surface thereof, whereby the shaving container may be removably coupled to the second end portion of the pencil sharpener by aligning the tabs of the shaving container with the spaces of the second end portion of the pencil sharpener.