Abstract: The present application is directed to a knife locker and sanitizing system consisting of a unique combination of one or more knife storage lockers that can individually be locked with a pad lock by the person using that set of knives. The incorporation of a locking bar that is attached to the knife locker by the means of a locking fixture and having a separate padlock facilitates a means where by a knife maintenance employee can open all the locker doors at one time to service the knives. Adjacent to the knife lockers will be located a sanitizing chamber where the knife blades and handles along with other food processing implements can be immersed in a sanitizing liquid. An alternate embodiment of the sanitizing chamber will incorporate ultraviolet lights on either side of the unit for the sanitizing process, enabling the ultraviolet light to not only disinfect the implement blades, but also the handles.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an automatic rotation knife sharpener where the crossed sharpening rods are automatically rotated each time a knife is passed down and through the sharpener. The rotation is derived through the means of a spring steel actuator mechanism making contact with the cogwheels of the sharpening rod holders. Magnets retain the sharpening rods in place within the sharpening rod holders. Sharpening rods may be easily removed and stored in troughs on the upper surface of the protective cover. A variety of sharpening rods with different abrasive surfaces can be easily exchanged in the device.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an automatic rotation knife sharpener where the crossed sharpening rods are automatically rotated each time a knife is passed down and through the sharpener. The rotation is derived through the means of a spring steel actuator mechanism making contact with the cogwheels of the sharpening rod holders. Magnets retain the sharpening rods in place within the sharpening rod holders. Sharpening rods may be easily removed and stored in troughs on the upper surface of the protective cover. A variety of sharpening rods with different abrasive surfaces can be easily exchanged in the device.

Abstract: The present application is directed to a knife locker and sanitizing system consisting of a unique combination of one or more knife storage lockers that can individually be locked with a pad lock by the person using that set of knives. The incorporation of a locking bar that is attached to the knife locker by the means of a locking fixture and having a separate padlock facilitates a means where by a knife maintenance employee can open all the locker doors at one time to service the knives. Adjacent to the knife lockers will be located a sanitizing chamber where the knife blades and handles along with other food processing implements can be immersed in a sanitizing liquid. An alternate embodiment of the sanitizing chamber will incorporate ultraviolet lights on either side of the unit for the sanitizing process, enabling the ultraviolet light to not only disinfect the implement blades, but also the handles.

Abstract: A knife sharpener having a base, a pair of leg assemblies, a cover, and a pair of rod members formed of abrasive material. The leg assemblies each have an elongated leg member having a pivot pin passing downwardly therethrough to secure the leg member to the top surface of the base. The pivot ends of the respective leg assemblies are secured to the base at a position adjacent each other so that their free motion ends can pivot toward and away from each other. A spring is connected to the leg assemblies for maintaining a pressure that will force the free motion ends of the respective leg members apart from each other. The rod members are detachably supported in apertures formed in the top surface of the free motion ends of the respective leg members and the respective apertures are angularly oriented toward each other so that the rod members cross paths with one another to form a V and it is within this V that the blade of a knife would be passed in order to sharpen the cutting edge of the knife.

Abstract: A knife sharpener having a pair of abrasive rod members whose bottom ends are mounted on carriages that are reciprocally mounted in channels formed in upstanding block members. The channels travel along an axis that is parallel to the downwardly sloping top surface of the block members. The block members are fixedly attached to the top surface of a base and the mouths of their channels face each other and are aligned on parallel offset axes. The rod members therefore intersect each other at a predetermined angle to form a V at their top into which a knife blade is drawn rearwardly along a horizontal plane to sharpen its edges. Each of the carriages has one of its ends fixedly attached to a spring whose opposite end is fixedly held in position. The downward force of the knife blade as it is being sharpened causes the rod members on the respective carriages to travel downwardly toward each other and when the pressure is released the springs will return them to their initial unloaded positions.