ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,027, issued on July 15, was assigned to Anago Ltd. (New Zealand).
"Blade sharpness testing device" was invented by Peter Christopher Dowd (Hamilton, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The apparatus for testing the sharpness of a blade is arranged with a tape extending between a feeder spool and a receiver spool. The apparatus applies tension to the tape, and has a carriage arranged to bring the blade into contact with a stretch of the tape. The blade progressively makes a long-ways cut in the tape and, as it does, a measuring device detects the amount of force exerted for the cut to occur to determine whether the blade is sha...