Abrasive Sharpener with Integrated Fire Starter, Aerophone, and Light

• US 20140127984A1
• Filed: 11/07/2012
• Published: 05/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Louis Chalfant, Richard S. Smith
• Original Assignee: Louis Chalfant, Richard S. Smith
• Inventors: Smith, Richard S., Chalfant, Louis
• Application Number:
  US13/671,254
• Publication Number:
  US 20140127984A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 451/461
• CPC Class Codes: B25F 1/00 Combination or multi-purpose hand tools associations of tools for different working operations with one portable power-drive means B25F3/00; combined stapling and punching tools B25C5/0214
• CPC Class Codes: B25F 1/04 wherein the elements are brought into working positions by a pivoting or sliding movement
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0084 Hand tools; Toolboxes

Abstract

An abrasive sharpener having an integrated fire starter, light source and aerophone. The sharpener has a pair of sharpening slots, including a carbide slot having carbide abrasive elements and a ceramic slot having ceramic abrasive elements. An open cavity and an adjacent slot are formed in the housing and receive a pyrophoric rod assembly having a pyrophoric rod and attached handle. The pyrophoric rod assembly is selectively removable from the housing cavity and when removed serves as a fire starter through movement of the pyrophoric rod in the carbide slot to generate sparks.

Claims

1. An abrasive sharpener comprising

a housing having at least one upper slot, said at least one upper slot including an abrasive element,

said housing including an open storage compartment,

a pyrophoric rod assembly being arranged to be stored in said open storage compartment and mounted in said open storage compartment for movement for selective removal, and

said pyrophoric rod assembly having a pyrophoric element for striking said a fire starting surface upon removal from said open storage compartment whereby said pyrophoric rod assembly acts as a fire starter.

2. The abrasive sharpener according to claim 1 wherein said fire starting surface is formed on said abrasive element.

3. The abrasive sharpener according to claim 1 wherein said pyrophoric element is a rod.

4. The abrasive sharpener according to claim 3 wherein a handle is attached to said pyrophoric rod.

5. The abrasive sharpener according to claim 4 wherein said handle and said pyrophoric rod generally have a configuration corresponding to said open storage compartment.

6. The abrasive sharpener according to claim 5 wherein said open storage compartment includes an internal slot for slidably receiving said pyrophoric rod and a cavity for slidably receiving said handle.

7. The abrasive sharpener according to claim 6 wherein the sides of said handle are externally exposed in said cavity for removal and insertion of said pyrophoric rod assembly.

8. The abrasive sharpener according to claim 6 wherein said housing includes a light assembly having an externally exposed light source.

9. The abrasive sharpener according to claim 7 wherein said housing has a signaling device.

10. The abrasive sharpener according to claim 9 wherein said signaling device is a sound producing device.

11. The abrasive sharpener according to claim 9 wherein said sound producing device is an aerophone.