Premark Feg L.l.c.

Russell Asset Management, Inc.

Peter M deBakker

Andrew Cecil Harvey

Brian P Feeney

Louis F Polk, Iii

Kenneth V Schomburg

Eric Karl Litscher

Malcolm E Taylor

Richard Terrazzano

Joseph E Stahl

Robert C Sykes

George D Stickler

Neil T Amundsen

Richard P Scherch

Mark Mingjun Xie

Joseph J Schachtner

Daniel P Touhey

Harvey A Kasinoff

Charles Keane

Danny J Mitchell

Brian A Tweed

Michael W Osborne

Tom B Heckman

An inflatable sport ball, such as a basketball, a football, a soccer ball, a volley ball or a playground ball, is provided with a self-contained inflation mechanism for inflating or more likely adding pressure to the ball. The mechanism is a pump which is inside of the ball and which is operable from outside of the ball to pump ambient air into the ball.

Self-contained sport ball inflation mechanism

The invention is a sharpener for a knife of a food slicer. The sharpener includes a base assembly and a sharpener assembly. The base assembly includes a lever mounted thereto on a pivot; the lever carrying a cam member which extends therefrom. The sharpener assembly includes a housing and a longitudinal cavity, a sharpening wheel mounted for rotation on an axle which reciprocates lengthwise in the cavity, a compression spring positioned in the cavity at the base of the axle, and an actuator which reciprocates in the cavity portion on the side of the spring opposite the axle. Upon moving the lever about its pivot, the cam contacts the actuator and moves the actuator in the direction of the axle and compresses the spring. The spring moves the plunger lengthwise within the cavity and urges the sharpening wheel against the knife.

Sharpening device for food slicer

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Hudson, MA, United States of America

Peter M deBakker