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US 7,018,281 B2Granted
Sharpening apparatus
AssigneeGotit Ltd.
InventorShimon Yahav
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Abstract
The sharpening apparatus of the present invention preferably comprises a hand sharpener that may be assembled or mounted on the knife (e.g., sold mounted on the knife by the knife manufacturer or purchased separately and mounted on the knife by the end-user), and which may remain on the knife after sharpening.
Claims13
Sharpening apparatus comprising:
- a hand sharpener mountable and slidable on a knife blade, said hand sharpener comprising a plurality of flexible sharpening elements adapted to rub against a knife blade and spaced from one another so as to define a space for passing the knife blade therethrough, said sharpening elements comprising elongate tongues extending from a glider portion, said glider portion being adapted for sliding along the knife blade,
- wherein said sharpening elements are modularly connectable to one another, and said glider portion comprises multi-part glider portions having individual connector portions modularly connectable to one another, wherein said sharpening elements and said glider portions are connectable together to form different lengths of said hand sharpener.
Sharpening apparatus comprising:
- a knife comprising a knife blade;
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- a hand sharpener slidably mounted on said knife blade, said hand sharpener comprising a plurality of flexible sharpening elements adapted to rub against a knife blade and spaced from one another so as to define a space for passing the knife blade therethrough, said sharpening elements comprising elongate tongues extending from a glider portion, said glider portion being adapted for sliding along the knife blade,
- wherein said sharpening elements are modularly connectable to one another, and said glider portion comprises multi-part glider portions having individual connector portions modularly connectable to one another, wherein said sharpening elements and said glider portions are connectable together to form different lengths of said hand sharpener.
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