Measuring and testing – Surface and cutting edge testing
Patent
1983-06-09
1985-07-16
Swisher, S. Clement
Measuring and testing
Surface and cutting edge testing
G01M 1900, G01N 1908
Patent
active
045288437
ABSTRACT:
A device for testing sharpness value of a cutting edge which includes an elongated body of a material into which a properly sharpened edge only will bite when lightly slid therealong at a predetermined angle. A sharply angled ridge is provided at at least one end of the body of the device and may be lightly drawn and/or pushed along the cutting edge to check for nicks or other imperfections in the edge. The edge tester is preferably of unitary construction, with a test ridge at both ends, and manufactured of a polymeric material. A method of testing the cutting edge is also disclosed and claimed.
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patent: 3931732 (1976-01-01), Heitlinger
patent: 4178797 (1979-12-01), Kozlowski
Strung, N., An Encyclopedia of Knives, J. B. Lippencott, Philadelphia & New York, 1976, p. 196.
Simmonds, T. G., Wood Carving, Bemrose & Sons, Ltd., London, p. 21.
Juranitch, Inc.
Manning, Jr. W. M.
Swisher S. Clement
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