Mobile Shredder

A mobile shredder for shredding documents and other materials, comprising:

• a truck having a truck body defining an enclosure and including a partition in the enclosure that divides a storage volume from the remainder of the enclosure for storage of shredded material in said storage volume;
• a single-shaft rotary shredder mounted in the enclosure outside the storage volume, the rotary shredder comprising a rotor having cutters rigidly mounted thereon;
• a bin lift and dump mechanism operable to transport material to be shredded from outside to inside the enclosure so as to deliver material to the rotary shredder;
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• a discharge conveyor operable to transport shredded material from the rotary shredder through the partition to the storage volume within the enclosure.

A mobile shredder for shredding documents and other materials, comprising:

• a truck having a truck body defining an enclosure and including a partition in the enclosure that divides a storage volume from the remainder of the enclosure for storage of shredded material in said storage volume;
• a rotary shredder mounted in the enclosure outside the storage volume;
• a discharge conveyor operable to transport shredded material from the rotary shredder through the partition to the storage volume;
• a bin lift and dump mechanism operable to lift a bin that contains material to be shredded and to tip the bin to dump the material into the rotary shredder, the bin lift and dump mechanism comprising a lift device traversable upwardly and downwardly within a channel defined in one side of the truck body, the channel being open along an outer surface of the one side of the truck body;
• a sensor system comprising sensors for measuring a plurality of operating parameters associated with the mobile shredder;
• a programmed controller coupled with the sensor system and operable to control operation of the rotary shredder and the bin lift and dump mechanism;
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• an operator interface coupled with the controller and including operator controls manipulable by an operator to cause the controller to execute routines programmed in the controller, and a visual display for displaying information for an operator;
• wherein the controller includes a memory storing an event history file, the controller being operable to record significant events in the history of operation of the mobile shredder in the event history file, and wherein the operator interface is operable to display the event history file on the visual display.

A mobile shredder for shredding documents and other materials, comprising:

• a truck having a truck body defining an enclosure and including a partition in the enclosure that divides a storage volume from the remainder of the enclosure for storage of shredded material in said storage volume;
• a rotary shredder mounted in the enclosure outside the storage volume;
• a discharge conveyor operable to transport shredded material from the rotary shredder through the partition to the storage volume;
• a bin lift and dump mechanism operable to lift a bin that contains material to be shredded and to tip the bin to dump the material into the rotary shredder, the bin lift and dump mechanism comprising a lift device traversable upwardly and downwardly within a channel defined in one side of the truck body, the channel being open along an outer surface of the one side of the truck body;
• a movable door connected to the truck body and movable between a closed position closing the channel and an open position permitting access to the channel so that a bin can be lifted by the bin lift and dump mechanism;
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• an actuator coupled with the door for opening and closing the door.