摘要 |
A combined tape measuring device and pencil sharpener disposed in a single container having tape measuring means retractably mounted therein, a slot to permit movement of said tape measuring means in and out of said container, and shaped and sized openings communicating with the exterior of said container in a region remote from said slot to accomodate the shaped and sized pencil sharpener which is removably mounted in said container in spaced relation to said measuring means, said pencil sharpener having, a sharpening blade communicating with the exterior of said container, an opening to introduce the unsharpened end of a pencil into an oblique conical bore which is operatively associated with said sharpening blade in order to facilitate in contouring the writing end of a pencil, and a passage communicating with the exterior of said container and said sharpening blade so that the pencil shavings can escape from said sharpener upon rotation of said pencil.
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