Abstract: A housing is formed with an opening for the receipt of a cosmetic pencil to be sharpened. A shaping funnel within the housing is formed of a plurality blades in operative proximity around the opening. A motor rotates the shaping funnel and the plurality of blades for sharpening the cosmetic pencil within the shaping funnel.

Abstract: A pencil sharpener includes a housing having an inner cavity for receiving at least a portion of a pencil therein. The pencil includes a center portion and an outer portion generally coaxial with the center portion. A sharpener is longitudinally slidable within the inner cavity. A mechanism provides a linear force to the sharpener to move the sharpener between open and closed ends of the housing. The linear force mechanism is disposed between the sharpener and the closed end of the housing. The engagement of the pencil and housing during sharpening of the pencil produces shavings from the center and outer portions of the pencil that are retained within the inner cavity. A combined longitudinal length of the housing and pencil in an engaged configuration remains approximately constant as the pencil decreases in length from use and/or sharpening.

Abstract: An article for shaving pencils having a body member with a bore in the body member for receiving a pencil. The bore has at least one aperture or opening. The body member further includes a cutting, or shaving, device, so that upon a manual insertion of a pencil into the bore, and subsequent withdrawal of the pencil from the bore, a portion of the pencil is shaved off by the cutting, or shaving, device for providing a suitable surface for labelling of the pencil.

Abstract: A compact sharpener (1) for a pencil (S), the sharpener being cost-effective to realize and being particularly suitable for sharpening a cosmetic pencil in particular, comprises a sharpener body (2) and a shaving blade (3) fastened thereon. The sharpener body (2), in turn, comprises a guide sleeve (4) and a blade holder (5) integrally formed on the guide sleeve (4), the guide sleeve (4) having a bore (6) which defines a pencil-guiding channel (7) and has an introduction end (8) and an outlet end (9) for the pencil (S), and the blade holder (5) having a bearing surface (15) which is positioned obliquely in relation to the axis (11) of the pencil-guiding channel (7), projects axially beyond the outlet end (9) of the guide sleeve (4) and is intended for positioning the shaving blade (3).

Abstract: A sharpener includes a sharpener body, a guide collar and a shaving blade. The guide collar has an oval bore defining a pencil-guiding channel and is mounted on the sharpener body such that it can be rotated essentially about the axis of the pencil-guiding channel. The shaving blade is fastened on a blade holder of the sharpener body to be positioned axially offset in relation to the guide collar and obliquely in relation to the axis of the pencil-guiding channel. A concave guide contour, into which the shaving blade projects by way of a cutting edge is formed on an inner surface of the blade holder adjacent to the pencil-guiding channel. When the pencil positioned in the pencil-guiding channel is rotated in relation to the sharpener body, the axis of the pencil-guiding channel is guided on an essentially oval path in relation to the cutting edge.

Abstract: A sharpener for pencils with a soft lead with a sharpener housing has a conical sharpener channel, a sharpening knife which is fastened at the fastener housing and which is set tangentially to the sharpener channel. A shape-cutting knife, which can be swiveled into the sharpener channel, is provided with a manually actuated lever and with an arc-shaped, curved cutting edge for the selective shaping of the front end section of the lead. The sharpener is constructed as a double sharpener with individual sharpeners for pencils of different diameters placed opposite to one another in a common housing and the shape-cutting knives can be swiveled alternatively upward against the lead in the respective individual sharpener about a common axis, which is disposed at the common front end of the sharpener channels which are open in the upward and downward directions in this region.

Abstract: A sharpener for pencils with a soft lead with a sharpener housing has a conical sharpener channel, a sharpening knife which is fastened at the fastener housing and which is set tangentially to the sharpener channel. A shape-cutting knife, which can be swiveled into the sharpener channel, is provided with a manually actuated lever and with an arc-shaped, curved cutting edge for the selective shaping of the front end section of the lead. The sharpener is constructed as a double sharpener with individual sharpeners for pencils of different diameters placed opposite to one another in a common housing and the shape-cutting knives can be swiveled alternatively upward against the lead in the respective individual sharpener about a common axis, which is disposed at the common front end of the sharpener channels which are open in the upward and downward directions in this region.

Abstract: The present invention is for an improved pencil sharpener that is slidingly disposed about a pencil. The pencil sharpener comprises a cutting surface, a first arm pivotally mounted or connected with respect to a second arm, and a pencil receiving variable-sized aperture formed through the interior of the first arm and the second arm. The variable-sized aperture preferably alters in size and/or shape depending on the pivotal position of the first arm with respect to the second arm. The pencil receiving variable-sized aperture preferably forms a substantially conical channel when the first arm and the second arm are compressed inwardly for sharpening the pencil. In another position of the arms, the variable sized aperture permits the pencil to slide through the pencil sharpener.

Abstract: A pencil sharpener (10) is disclosed as including a body (12) with a hole (22) for receiving an end of a pencil, a cutting blade (24) secured to the body (12) for sharpening the pencil, and a stopper (30) movable relative to the body (12) to vary the length of the end of the pencil which may be received into the hole (22).

Abstract: A carpenter's pencil sharpener for sharpening carpenter's pencils is disclosed. The pencil sharpener comprises a housing having both a vertically oriented oval shaped bore and a horizontally oriented oval shaped bore extending therethrough. The oval shapes of the bores corresponds to the profile of a carpenter's pencil. The bores are parallel and aligned with respect to each other. A cutting edge resiliently extends at an angle into the path of the bores. The angle of the cutting edge being adapted to allow a carpenter's pencil to be slid within said bore when inserted therein but whittling a carpenter's pencil when withdrawn therefrom.

Abstract: There is described herein a sharpener for a carpenter's pencil having a centering collar mounted to an enclosure for relative rotation to generate the sharpening effect. Within the base enclosure there is a symmetrical pencil point contour surface and a blade mounted along the contour for cutting against the inserted pencil. The shape of the blade is either curved or formed from a plurality of sections to produce a narrow cut around the point extremity of the pencil and a wider cut further up the pencil shaft.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cap sharpener for clutch-type pencil, in which a blind end divides a cylinder from the cap, and the blind end has a through-hole at the center portion interconnecting the cylinder. The cylinder has a blade mounted on the top inner portion slantly and engaging with a lead which extends through the through-hole of the blind end. Two opposite resilient trips are formed in the inner wall of the cap with two granular projections extending inwardly from the trips, respectively. When turning the cap and a pencil being capped with the cap in an opposite directions, the cap will hold the pencil shaft still for the blade in the cylinder to cut the lead accurately. Additionally, the cylinder can be separated from the cap, and holding the blade in a slanting angle in a hollow body, and connected to the blind end of the cap by means of female and male joining faces. The hollow space of the cylinder, furthermore, can be used for collecting the lead chip powder.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a pencil sharpener device in which the sharpening element is slidably mounted within a support member for movement between a retracted position when not in use to a protracted position for use in sharpening the pencil. When in use, the sharpening element is movable to its protracted position to permit pencil shavings to fall free out of the support member during the sharpening operation. The disclosure further provides an eraser element or a combined eraser/marker assembly to be removably associated with the device.