ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,685, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to BIZERBA SE & Co. KG (Balingen, Germany).

"Whetting device for a slicer comprising a positioning aid" was invented by Marius Oberle (Balingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A whetting device is for a slicer. The whetting device has: a whetstone that sharpens a circular blade of the slicer; a hone that deburrs the circular blade; a handle that moves the whetstone or the hone toward the circular blade; and a mount for fastening to a stop plate of the slicer. The mount has an insertion apparatus for being form-fittingly inserted into the stop plate. The mount having a U-shaped plate rece...