Blade sharpening devices, blade sharpening systems and methods of sharpening a blade
AssigneeThe Shop, Inc.
InventorsMitchell J. Kingsland, Fred L. Kingsland
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Abstract
A blade-sharpening device including a plate having a base and a raised feature. At least one force applicator applies force to a blade placed over the plate deflecting the front and back of the blade toward the plate. A gap may be maintained between the front of the blade and the plate. A blade sharpening system including a blade to be sharpened associated with a support plate. The blade is pre-tensioned over a contact position on the plate. The system includes a sharpening surface for contacting a surface of the blade while the blade is held in a pre-tensioned position. A method of sharpening a blade by providing a blade to be sharpened attached to a surface of the blade to a sharpening surface.
Claims9
A method of sharpening a hair clipper blade, the method comprising:
- providing a hair clipper blade to be sharpened;
- pre-tensioning the hair clipper blade over a raised fulcrum of a support plate, a front edge and a back edge of the hair clipper blade being deflected toward the support plate prior to contacting a sharpening surface;
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- utilizing a holder, contacting the tensioned hair clipper blade with the sharpening surface and sharpening the hair clipper blade before the tension is released from the hair clipper blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.