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US 11,517,912 B2Granted
Document shredder
AssigneeACCO UK Limited
InventorsPaul Aries, Chloe Burton
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Abstract
A document shredder (10) includes a housing (12) which has, in a housing wall (18), an insertion slot (22) for inserting sheet material. The insertion slot (22) has a longitudinal extent between two slot ends (32). The shredder further includes a cutting unit which is arranged in the housing (12) and which has motor-driven cutting tools (24) for shredding the sheet material. The insertion slot (22) is widened transversely with respect to the longitudinal extent in at least one end region (38) that is delimited by one of the slot ends (32).
Claims13
A document shredder comprising:
- a housing which has, in a housing wall, an insertion slot for inserting sheet material, wherein the insertion slot has a longitudinal extent between two slot ends, and
- a cutting unit which is arranged in the housing and which has motor driven cutting tools for shredding the sheet material,
- wherein the insertion slot is widened transversely with respect to the longitudinal extent in at least one end region that is delimited by one of the slot ends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.