to the various elements and structures in other instances well known structures and devices may be shown in block diagram form for purposes of simplifying the description although the following detailed description contains many specifics for the purposes of illustration a person of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that many variations and alterations to the following details are within the scope of the invention accordingly the following embodiments of the invention are set forth without any loss of generality to and without imposing limitations upon the claimed invention the present invention relates to a quiet electric sharpener for pencils and the like with reference now to the figures one or more specific embodiments of this invention shall be described in greater detail fig1 8 provide various views illustrative views of an exemplary embodiment of a quiet pencil sharpener in accordance with the present invention as best shown in fig1 3 pencil sharpener 10 includes a multi sectional housing that further includes top enclosure 20 having an aperture formed in the front portion thereof for receiving a pencil a circular trim piece 24 is inserted into aperture 22 base 26 supports top enclosure 20 and further includes mounts 28 which are adapted to receive the bottom portion of gearbox 58 as well as port 30 which is adapted to receive power cord 80 a plurality of elastomeric supports or u201c feet u201d 32 are inserted into the bottom of base 26 and serve both to support pencil sharpener 10 above a surface on which.