Shredder with pivoting housing for the shredder mechanism

A shredder comprising:

• a shredder housing;
• a seat constructed to have said shredder housing removably received thereon in a generally horizontal orientation;
• a shredder mechanism including a motor and cutter elements, the shredder mechanism enabling articles to be shredded to be fed into the cutter elements and the motor being operable to drive the cutter elements so that the cutter elements shred the articles fed therein, the shredder mechanism being mounted in the shredder housing;
• a handle provided on the shredder housing, the handle being constructed to be manually grasped for moving the shredder housing on the seat between the generally horizontal orientation and a generally vertical orientation and for lifting and lowering the shredder housing off of and onto the seat;
• the seat and the shredder housing including portions removably engaged together for guiding the shredder housing for pivotal movement between the generally horizontal and generally vertical orientations, the removable engagement of the portions enabling the shredder housing to be removed upwardly from the seat.

A paper shredder comprising:

• a shredder cover including a shredder for shredding paper, said shredder cover having an upper face formed with a paper entrance and a lower face formed with a paper exit, said shredder cover further having two opposite sides interconnecting said upper and lower faces and two pivot members provided respectively on said opposite sides;
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• a shred container disposed below said shredder cover to receive shreds from said shredder, said shred container having an open end which includes two opposite edges respectively provided with pivot seats,
• said pivot members being mounted respectively on said pivot seats so that said shredder cover is mounted on said shred container and said shredder cover is turnable about the axes of said pivot members.

A paper shredder comprising:

• a shredder cover including a shredder for shredding paper, said shredder cover having an upper face formed with a paper entrance and a lower face formed with a paper exit, said shredder cover further having two opposite sides interconnecting said upper and lower faces and two pivot members provided respectively on said opposite sides;
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• a shred container disposed below said shredder cover to receive shreds from said shredder, said shred container having an open end which includes two opposite edges respectively provided with pivot seats,
• said pivot members being mounted respectively on said pivot seats so that said shredder cover is mounted on said shred container and said shredder cover is turnable about the axes of said pivot members;
• wherein each of said pivot seats is in the form of a curved wall that is indented downwardly from said open end of said shred container, each of said pivot members being at least partially cylindrical in cross-section,
• one of said shredder cover and said pivot seats further comprising a pair of rotation limiting members and the other of said shredder cover and pivot seats further comprising a pair of engagement surfaces,
• each of rotation limiting members projecting radially, and each being adapted to abut against a respective one of said engagement surfaces so as to restrict angular rotation of said shredder cover relative to said shred container when said shredder cover is turned to said open position.