Blade sharpening system
OwnerMonte Warneinventor
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Abstract
A blade sharpening system may include a sharpening tool for sharpening a workpiece. The system may also include a sharpening fixture having a mounting surface for mounting a workpiece to be sharpened by the sharpening tool. The mounting surface may be disposed on a sled that is movable along a sharpening path that passes under a sharpening implement that may be mounted to a movable arm of the sharpening tool when the arm is in an engaged position. The movement of the sled may be coupled to the movement of the arm such that moving the arm from a disengaged position to the engaged position initiates the sled to move in a first direction along the sharpening path and moving the arm from the engaged position to the disengaged position initiates the sled to move along the sharpening path in a second direction.
Claims20
A blade sharpening system, the system comprising:
- a sharpening tool comprising
- an arm movable between a disengaged position and an engaged position,
- an implement mount positioned on the arm configured to mount a sharpening implement having a sharpening surface, and
- a motor operable to rotate the implement mount and thereby rotate a sharpening implement when mounted thereon;
- a sharpening fixture comprising
- a sled having a mounting surface for removably mounting a workpiece to be sharpened,
- a frame comprising a sled guide configured to guide the sled along a sharpening path, the sled guide comprising one or more rails to which the sled mounts and is thereon guidable along the sharpening path,
- and
- a sled drive operable to move the sled along the sharpening path, wherein the sled is configured to position a workpiece mounted to the mounting surface below a sharpening surface of a sharpening implement mounted on the implement mount when the arm is in the engaged position;
- and
- a controller comprising
- a drive switch to initiate the sled drive to move the sled along the sharpening path,
- wherein, when the arm is translated from the disengaged position to the engaged position, the drive switch initiates the sled drive to move the sled along the sharpening path in a first direction,
- wherein, when the arm is translated from the engaged position to the disengaged position, the drive switch initiates the sled drive to move the sled along the sharpening path in a second direction, and
- wherein the engaged position includes a physically engaged position wherein the arm is configured to position a sharpening surface of a sharpening implement mounted to the implement mount to physically engage a workpiece mounted to the mounting surface as the sled moves along the sharpening path.
A blade sharpening system, the system comprising:
- a sharpening tool comprising
- an arm movable between a disengaged position and an engaged position,
- an implement mount positioned on the arm and configured to mount a sharpening implement, and
- a motor operable to rotate the implement mount and thereby rotate a sharpening implement when mounted thereon;
- a sharpening fixture comprising
- a frame,
- a sled mountable to the frame and movable thereon along a sharpening path, wherein the sled comprises a mounting surface for removably mounting a workpiece to be sharpened, and
- a sled operable to move the sled along the sharpening path, wherein the sled is configured to position a workpiece mounted to the mounting surface below a sharpening surface of a sharpening implement when the arm is in the engaged position;
- and
- a controller comprising
- a drive switch to initiate the sled drive to move the sled along the sharpening path,
- wherein, when the arm is translated from the disengaged position to the engaged position, the drive switch initiates the sled drive to move the sled along the sharpening path in a first direction,
- wherein, when the arm is translated from the engaged position to the disengaged position, the drive switch initiates the sled drive to move the sled along the sharpening path in a second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.