Cutter assembly for an electric pencil sharpener
AssigneeSDI Corporation
InventorsLong-Jyi Yeh, Chiu-Hung Chung, Yao-Jen Lai, Hsien-Cheng Lin, Chun-Peng Lin
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Abstract
A cutter assembly for an electric pencil sharpener has a cutter bracket and a cutter. The cutter bracket has a pencil sharpening hole and an engaging structure. The pencil sharpening hole is defined in the cutter bracket for a pencil to be inserted into the pencil sharpening hole. The engaging structure is formed on the cutter bracket to engage a rotating frame in the electric pencil sharpener. The cutter is mounted rotatably on the cutter bracket. Accordingly, the cutter assembly is replaceable for the electric pencil sharpener when the cutter of the cutter assembly is damaged or worn.
Claims13
A cutter assembly for an electric pencil sharpener comprising:
- a cutter bracket having
- a pencil sharpening hole defined in the cutter bracket for inserting a pencil into the pencil sharpening hole;
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- an engaging structure formed on the cutter bracket and adapted to engage a rotating frame in the electric pencil sharpener to rotate the cutter bracket with the rotating frame;
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- a cutter mounted rotatably on the cutter bracket, wherein the engaging structure comprises at least one rib formed on the cutter bracket and adapted to engage at least one engaging recess defined in the rotating frame.
A cutter assembly for an electric pencil sharpener comprising:
- a cutter bracket having
- a pencil sharpening hole defined in the cutter bracket for inserting a pencil into the pencil sharpening hole;
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- an engaging structure formed on the cutter bracket and adapted to engage a rotating frame in the electric pencil sharpener to rotate the cutter bracket with the rotating frame;
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- a cutter mounted rotatably on the cutter bracket, wherein the cutter bracket has
- a top;
- a front axle mount and a rear axle mount formed separately on the top of the cutter bracket;
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- a cutter space defined between the axle mounts, having an opened bottom and communicating with the pencil sharpening hole via the opened bottom;
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- wherein the cutter is mounted rotatably in the cutter space between the axle mounts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.