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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1995
Tony E Branscum, Winfield, KS (US);
Terry L Butler, Neosho, MO (US);
Lohman Mfg. Co., Inc., Neosho, MO (US);
Abstract
A blade sharpening device is convertible between a sharpening configuration and a storage configuration. The device has an elongated body with a lower surface for resting on a support surface and an upper surface with a pair of receiving holes disposed thereon. Each of the receiving holes receives one elongated abrasive sharpening member so that the members can be supported in a V-shaped sharpening pattern when the device is in its sharpening configuration. The body also has a pair of elongated storage chambers extending along the longitudinal length of the body. Each of the storage chambers has an opening disposed on one end of the body. Each of the storage chambers receives one of the sharpening members through its respective opening when the device is in its storage configuration. A cover is pivotally secured to the body at an intermediate location and has an open position corresponding to the sharpening configuration and a closed position corresponding to the storage configuration. The cover, when in its closed position, encloses each of the openings of the chambers so that each of the sharpening members is secured in its respective storage chamber. The cover, when in its open position, allows positioning of the sharpening members in the receiving holes to form the V-shaped sharpening pattern.