Device for sharpening and polishing needles, pins, and miscellaneous pointed articles
AssigneeAFAB Innovations, Inc.
InventorWilliam S. Scott
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Abstract
A sharpening device with an abrasive material, a polishing coat encapsulating the abrasive material and an instruction card coupled to the polishing coat. The abrasive material having a property of conforming to the shape of a pointed article penetrating the abrasive material and a property of applying resistance pressure to the pointed article. The sharpening pad may be used in the sharpening and polishing of conically and other shaped points as found on various articles such as machine and hand sewing needles, quilting needles, pins, darts, miscellaneous tools, barb-less fishhooks and the like, including various fine pointed articles.
Claims17
A sharpening pad device comprising:
- an abrasive material comprising 3-dimensional nylon fiber web material impregnated with aluminum oxide abrasive, wherein the abrasive material has a property of conforming to a pointed article that has a long slender body with a width of a typical sewing needle with a taper to a point penetrating the abrasive material, wherein the abrasive material has a property of applying a resistance pressure to the pointed article;
- a polishing coat encapsulating the abrasive material, wherein the polishing coat comprises a close weave material configured to remove residual abrasive material from the pointed article when the pointed article is withdrawn from the abrasive material;
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- an instruction card coupled to the polishing coat.
A sharpening pad device comprising:
- an abrasive material comprising 3-dimensional nylon fiber web material impregnated with aluminum oxide abrasive;
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- a polishing coat covering at least a portion of the abrasive material, wherein the polishing coat comprises a close weave material configured to remove residual abrasive material from a pointed article when the pointed article is withdrawn from the abrasive material, wherein the pointed article has a long slender body with a width of a typical sewing needle.
A sharpening pad device comprising:
- an abrasive material comprising 3-dimensional nylon fiber web material impregnated with aluminum oxide abrasive;
- a polishing coat encapsulating the abrasive material, wherein the polishing coat comprises a close weave material configured to remove residual abrasive material from a pointed article when the pointed article is withdrawn from the abrasive material, wherein the pointed article has a long slender body with a width of a typical sewing needle;
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- an instruction card coupled to the polishing coat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.