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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2011
Leonard Mclaughlin, Doret, GB;
Oliver Nathaniel Ambrose Price, London, GB;
Peter David Cauwood, Cambridge, GB;
Leonard McLaughlin, Doret, GB;
Oliver Nathaniel Ambrose Price, London, GB;
Peter David Cauwood, Cambridge, GB;
ELIXAIR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, Broadmayne, Dorset, GB;
Abstract
A portable sharpening apparatus is described. The sharpening apparatus includes a body portion and a cavity formed in the body portion for receiving an object to be sharpened. A rotatable abrasive drum capable of sharpening and having an axis of rotation is provided and the abrasive drum is located in the body portion. The apparatus further comprises a motor arranged to drive the abrasive drum and a mouth communicating with the abrasive drum and arranged in the body portion so as to direct an object to be sharpened towards the abrasive drum, wherein the mouth has a supporting means for locating an object to be sharpened at the abrasive drum, the supporting means being such that, when in use, an object to be sharpened is orientated along an axis substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the abrasive drum.