Safety cutlery case with sharpening device

• US 4,604,836 A
• Filed: 12/17/1984
• Issued: 08/12/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Francke L.D. Huang
• Original Assignee: Francke L.D. Huang
• Inventors: Huang, Francke L. D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Peters, Jimmy C.
• Application Number:
  US06/682,275
• Time in Patent Office: 603 Days
• Field of Search: 30/138, 51/214, 51/210, 51/211
• US Class Current: 451/555
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 21/14 Knife racks or stands; Holders for table utensils attachable to plates
• CPC Class Codes: B24D 15/084 the sharpening elements being fitted to knife sheaths, holders or handles

Abstract

This invention relates to a safety cutlery case with sharpening device in which resilient means and sharpening means are provided to secure the knives in place and to offer a sharpening when the knives are driven into or pulled out of the case.

Claims

1. A device for storing and sharpening cutlery comprising:

(a) a case defining an interior storage space;

(b) a front panel defining a plurality of slots to facilitate the passage of a cutlery blade therethrough;

(c) attachment means removably and reversibly attaching the front panel to the casing;

(d) a pair of side members attached to the front panel on either side of each slot so as to define a cutlery blade passage therebetween;

(e) sharpening means pivotally attached between the pair of side members; and

(f) spring biased means pivotally mounted between the pair of side members bearing against a cutlery blade so as to urge a cutting edge of the cutlery against said sharpening means as the cutlery is inserted into or withdrawn from the case.

2. The device according to claim 1 wherein the sharpening means comprises:

(a) a seat;

(b) means pivotally attaching the seat between the pair of side members; and

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(c) a pair of sharpening members attached to the seat in parallel planes and extending into the cutlery passage, each sharpening member having a sharpening edge, the sharpening edges of the two sharpening members defining a generally "V" shaped gap therebetween.