July 4, 1950 N. ARANT 2,513,704 SHARPENER Filed Dec. 9, 1947

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

Application December 9, 1947, Seria No. 790,491 1 Claim. (C. 120-93) 1. 2 This invention relates to pencil sharpeners and graphite center lead is exposed at the end within more particularly to a wood chip and graphite the gap 5, where the shaves the lead to a dust catcher therefor. fine or coarse point as desired. The wood chips Among the objects of the invention is the pro and graphite dust are expelled along the vision of a receptacle in combination with a man 5 edge of the blade and from the gap 5. The func ual pencil sharpener, which will retain the Wood tioning of the sharpener is conventional. chips and graphite dust incidental to sharpening The body of the Sharpener is modified by lead by rotating them against a cutting having the longitudinal side sockets 6, 7 cored blade. therein on opposite sides of the hole 2. The Another object is to facilitate the assembling O lateral edges of the body are corrugated as at of the device in streamlined form convenient for 8, 9 to provide a better frictional hand grip for carrying in the pocket of the user. resisting the rotation of the pencil against the A further object is the provision of such a re Cutting edge of the blade. ceptacle designed to be cheaply molded in trans It has been the practice heretofore to sharpen parent or tinted that will indicate when 5 a pencil in this manner, permitting the wood the receptacle is full. chips and graphite dust to fall to the floor, unless Other objects and advantages Will appear as the the user stands over a waste basket or takes other description proceeds. In the Specification and measures of disposal. accompanying drawings the invention is disclosed In the present invention the chip receptacle in its preferred form. But it is to be understood shown in Fig. 5, comprises a streamlined shield that it is not limited to this form, because it may having the domelike portion O extending across be embodied in modifications within the spirit of the top of the body above the cutting assembly the invention as defined in the claim following at 3. The lower edges and the end of the dome the description. portion fit Snugly against the top of the In the one sheet of drawings: 25 body . The bulbous end portion extends be Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a pencil sharpener yond and fully encloses the rearward end of the constructed in accordance with this invention, body l, With its lateral and bottom edges 2, 3, portions being broken away in cross section. 4 respectively bearing Snugly against the end Fig. 2 is an end view of the same from the plane of the body . front end. 30 The receptacle has the tapered, integral Wedge Fig. 3 is a plan view from above of the same, a prongs 5, 6 extending forwardly from the edges portion of the receptacle being broken away and 2, 3 respectively, and adapted to extend into disclosing the underlying sharpening blade. the end openings 6, 7, and adapted to wedge Fig. 4 is a rear end view of the sharpener, With therein and frictionally hold the receptacle O, if the receptacle in vertical Section on the line in operative position, as in Fig. 1. IV-IV, Fig. 1. In this position the receptacle will catch and Fig. 5 is a plan view from beneath of the re retain all the waste incidental to the sharpening ceptacle. Operation. The receptacle can be easily removed In detail the structure shown in FigS. 1 to 4. by holding the body between the thumb and comprises the body of the pencil sharp 4. forefinger of one hand and pressing the thumb ener, having the usual tapered hole 2 extending against the front end of the dome portion at 7, into the body. The beveled blade 3 is counter until an opening occurs between the edges 2, 3 Sunk into the top of the body and overhangs and and the end of the body f, through which the extends into the hole 2 and is fastened by the Contents of the receptacle can be shaken out, screw 4 threaded into the body f, the screw head Without entirely removing the receptacle from being below the plane of the top of the body. the body. The apex of the hole 2 is enlarged as at 5, to clear The receptacle is preferably composed of a the exposed center lead of the wooden pencil, to molded transparent plastic that will disclose the prevent breakage by the lead jamming in the contents of the receptacle. The body and the tapered hole when the pencil is forced longitudi receptacle may be made in contrasting colors for nally into and rotated within the hole. a better sales appeal. When the sharpener is held in one hand and Having fully described the invention and its the pencil is inserted and rotated by the other mode of Operation what I claim and desire to hand, the blade 3, cuts a shaving or chip from secure by Letters Patent is: the periphery of the wooden pencil, until the 55 A pencil Sharpener comprising a body having 2,518,704 3 4 a tapered opening extending inwardly from its REFERENCES CITED front end and a pair of sockets extending into its opposite end on opposite sides of Said tapered The following references are of record in the opening, respectively; a cutting blade fixed on Said of this patent: body with its cutting edge extending into Said UNITED STATES PATENTS tapered opening; a chip receptacle having a dome Number Name Date with its lower edges contacting the side of Said 329,486 Price et al. ------Nov. 3, 1885 body on opposite sides of said cutting blade and 496,128 Moore ------Apr. 25, 1893 across the end of said body above said tapered 653,720 Weitzel ------July 17, 1900 opening and extending outward beyond the said: IO 1,154.325 La Casse ------Sept. 21, 1915 opposite end of Said body With its inner edges contacting the end of Said body in angular rela FOREIGN PATENTS tion to said dome edges and having prongs ex Number Country Date tending from said inner edges into said Sockets 579,194 Germany ------June 23, 1933 and Securing Said chip receptacle to said body. NARVELLE ARANT.