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US 7,310,881 B2Granted
Pencil shaving device
OwnerCaleb Karepa Ohukainventor
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Abstract
An article for shaving pencils having a body member with a bore in the body member for receiving a pencil. The bore has at least one aperture or opening. The body member further includes a cutting, or shaving, device, so that upon a manual insertion of a pencil into the bore, and subsequent withdrawal of the pencil from the bore, a portion of the pencil is shaved off by the cutting, or shaving, device for providing a suitable surface for labelling of the pencil.
Claims16
An article for shaving pencils, comprising:
- a body member having a tapered bore for receiving a pencil, the tapered bore having a first aperture at a front end of the tapered bore with a second aperture being at a rear end of the tapered bore for enabling a user of said article to choose a length of the pencil to be shaved, the rear end of the tapered bore being an end opposite the front end of the bore;
- means for shaving the pencil upon a manual insertion of the pencil into the tapered bore of said body member, so that upon a subsequent withdrawal of the pencil from the tapered bore, a portion of the pencil is shaved off by said means for shaving;
- and,
- at least one ramp made of a resilient material located along a base of the tapered bore of said body member for guiding the pencil through said body member, said at least one ramp providing a sufficient and even biasing force against the pencil in one direction for ensuring that the pencil remains in contact with said means for shaving.
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An article for shaving pencils, comprising:
- a body member having a tapered bore for receiving a pencil, wherein a rear end of the tapered bore of said body member has an internal width greater than a diameter of the pencil, so that the pencil is passable through the entirety of the tapered bore of said body member;
- means for shaving the pencil upon a manual insertion of the pencil into the tapered bore of said body member, so that upon a subsequent withdrawal of the pencil from the tapered bore, a portion of the pencil is shaved off by said means for shaving;
- and,
- at least one ramp made of a resilient material located along a base of the tapered bore of said body member for guiding the pencil through said body member, said at least one ramp providing a sufficient and even biasing force against the pencil in one direction for ensuring that the pencil remains in contact with said means for shaving.
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An article for shaving pencils, comprising:
- a body member having a tapered bore for receiving a pencil, wherein a rear end of the tapered bore of said body member has an internal width less than a diameter of the pencil, so that the pencil is passable through only a portion of the tapered bore of said body member;
- means for shaving the pencil upon a manual insertion of the pencil into the tapered bore of said body member, so that upon a subsequent withdrawal of the pencil from the tapered bore, a portion of the pencil is shaved off by said means for shaving;
- and,
- at least one ramp made of a resilient material located along a base of the tapered bore of said body member for guiding the pencil through said body member, said at least one ramp providing a sufficient and even biasing force against the pencil in one direction for ensuring that the pencil remains in contact with said means for shaving.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.