Manually operated sharpener
View Patent ↗A combination sharpener assembly which is particularly useful for fishermen, includes an electrically powered knife sharpener. A manually operated scissors sharpener is mounted in the recess of the housing for the knife sharpener. A hook sharpener is detachably mounted in a compartment in the housing of the knife sharpener. The motor for the knife sharpener is mounted in a sealed inner housing and can be selectively operated under either direct current or alternating current.
1. A manually operated sharpener comprising a base, a hollow housing shell mounted to said base, a shell extension above said base, a guide surface in said shell extension, a carousel in said shell extension, said carousel having a rotatable barrel, a first abrasive pad mounted to said barrel, a second abrasive pad mounted to said barrel, rotation of said barrel selectively disposing each of said first abrasive pad and said second abrasive pad adjacent to said guide surface, and each of said first abrasive pad and said second abrasive pad differing from each other in abrasive characteristics.
2. The sharpener of claim 1 wherein each of said first abrasive pad and second abrasive pad includes a planar portion located adjacent said guide surface when said respective first abrasive pad and said second abrasive pad is selectively disposed at said guide surface, and each of said first abrasive pad and said second abrasive pad being mounted at different angular orientations with respect to said guide surface.
3. The sharpener of claim 2 wherein said barrel includes an upper outwardly extending flange and a lower outwardly extending flange spaced from said upper flange, a set of slots in the lower surface of said upper flange, a set of slots in the upper surface of said lower flange corresponding to said slots in said upper flange, at least one of said slots in said lower flange being offset from its corresponding upper flange slot, and each of said abrasive pads being mounted in a respective slot of said upper flange and a corresponding slot of said lower flange to maintain said pad in a planar condition and at a preset angular orientation.
4. The sharpener of claim 1 wherein a thumb wheel is mounted to said barrel, said barrel including having an internally threaded hole, and a threaded rod threadably engaged in said barrel hole to move said abrasive pads up/down in accordance with the rotation of said thumb wheel.
5. The sharpener of claim 1 including locking projections on opposite sides of said sharpener base for selective insertion into corresponding slots of a storage member to permit said sharpener to be mounted to the storage member, and said shell and said sharpener base being made of a stiff but yieldable resilient material so that upon the squeezing of said shell said locking projections move inwardly to facilitate the selective mounting to and removal of said sharpener from the storage member.
6. The sharpener of claim 1 including a magnet located below said guide surface.
7. The sharpener of claim 1 wherein said pads are magnetized.
8. The sharpener of claim 1 including a hold-down spring mounted above said guide surface and extending toward but spaced from said guide surface for providing a resilient force against a cutting instrument being sharpened.
9. The sharpener of claim 1 including a wedge mounted on said guide surface to form a substitute guide surface.
10. The sharpener of claim 9 wherein said wedge is adjustable to accommodate different sharpening angles.