DEVICE FOR BRINGING OBJECT TO BE SHARPENED INTO CONTACT WITH GRINDING WHEEL

摘要

A device is disclosed which facilitates vertical aligning between an iceskate clamping jig (20) and a grinding disc (35) or roller (39). The grindingtoolis spaced above a planar top (31 a) of a table (31 ) of the sharpening device.Itmay be a single grinding tool such as a grinding disc (35) rotated about avertical axis, or there can provided one disc (35) as described and a grindingroller (39) rotated about a horizontal axis on the same table (31) of theskatesharpening machine. The device has a hand wheel (60, 60a) remote from a jigsupporting column (37, 37a) which is mounted close to the grinding tool. Thehand wheel (60, 60a) is conveniently located for an operator to readily adjustthe instant height of the column (37, 37a) to vertically align the jig (20)andthus the skate runner (23) with the respective grinding tool. The inventionsignificantly speeds up the operation of precise ice skate sharpening.