1. A knife sharpening device comprising a handle and a ceramic bar, wherein the handle has an end from which a support bar extends, a flexible tube being tightly fit over the support bar, the ceramic bar being hollow and forming a central bore that is sized to fit over and thus supported by the support bar with the flexible tube tightly engaging an inside surface of the ceramic bar, fastening means being provide between the support bar and the ceramic bar to securely fix the ceramic bar to the support bar.
2. The knife sharpening device as claimed in claim 1 wherein two collars are fit over the support bar and are respectively located at opposite ends of the ceramic bar for holding the ceramic bar in position.
3. The knife sharpening device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ceramic bar has a free end that is remote from the handle, a reduced end section being formed on the free end of the ceramic bar.
4. The knife sharpening device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fastening means comprises a cap that fixes a free end of the ceramic bar that is opposite to the handle, the cap having an inside diameter substantially corresponding to or greater than an outside diameter of the ceramic bar.
5. The knife sharpening device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fastening means comprises an external thread formed on a free end of the support bar and an internally-threaded member that engages the external thread and abutting against the ceramic bar.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A process for providing a charge dissipation path used during connection of an electrical device comprising:
joining a first conductive member to a first electrical polarity component to provide a current carrying conductive path for an electrical device; and
physically coupling a first resistive member to said first conductive member to form at least in part a first connector lead;
wherein said first connector lead, when connecting to a first mating connector lead attached to a second electrical polarity component,
(a) initially dissipates charge in said resistive member in a charge path from said first electrical component to said second polarity component, but
(b) subsequently substantially bypasses said first resistive member through a conductive path around said resistive member.
2. The process of claim 1, further comprising connecting said first connector lead to said first mating connector lead.
3. The process of claim 2, further comprising connecting a second connector lead to a second mating connector lead.
4. The process of claim 3, wherein said second connector lead is formed at least in part by joining a second conductive member to an electrical component, and physically coupling a second resistive member to said second conductive member to form at least in part said second connector lead.
5. The process of claim 1, further comprising preventing inadvertent conductor-to-conductor contact by encompassing an exterior region of said first conductive member with an insulating jacket.
6. The process of claim 5, further comprising providing a guide including said insulating jacket for physically aligning said first connector lead to said first mating connector lead during connection.
7. The process of claim 1, further comprising providing a guide including a conductive shield for physically aligning the connection of said first connector lead to said first mating connector lead.