Shredder with rotatable device for moving shredded materials adjacent the outlet
AssigneeFellowes, Inc.
InventorsTai Hoon Kim Matlin, Jakub M. Krynski
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a shredder having a rotatable device located adjacent an output opening of the shredder housing. The rotatable device includes a shaft configured to rotate about an axis parallel to an axis of the cutting assembly so as to allow for rotation of the device. The rotatable device has a plurality of fingers extending at least partially radially from the shaft. The rotatable device is able to rotate about the shaft axis in either direction, so as to disperse any accumulation of shredded materials in the waste bin, as well as remove shredded materials caught in or near the cutting assembly adjacent the output opening.
Claims29
A shredder comprising:
- a bin for receiving shredded materials;
- a shredder housing having a shredder mechanism mounted therein, the shredder housing comprising an input opening for receiving materials and an output opening for depositing shredded material into the bin;
- the shredder mechanism including a motor and a cutter assembly, the motor rotating the cutter assembly about an axis to shred materials fed therein, and
- a rotatable device positioned adjacent the output opening, the rotatable device comprising a shaft having a plurality of fingers extending at least partially radially from the shaft, and wherein the shaft is configured to rotate about an axis parallel to the axis of the cutter elements so as to move shredded materials adjacent the output opening.
A method for moving shredded materials in a shredder, the method comprising:
- feeding material to be shredded into an input opening in a shredder housing of the shredder, the shredder housing being provided on a bin for receiving shredded materials;
- shredding the material with a shredder mechanism mounted in the shredder housing, the shredder mechanism including a motor and a cutter assembly, the motor rotating the cutter assembly about an axis to shred materials fed therein;
- depositing the shredded material via an output opening in the shredder housing into the bin;
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- rotating a shaft of a rotatable device about an axis that is parallel to the axis of the cutter elements, the shaft of the rotatable device having a plurality of fingers extending at least partially radially from the shaft so as to move shredded material adjacent the output opening, and wherein the rotatable device is positioned adjacent the output opening.
A shredder comprising:
- a bin for receiving shredded materials;
- a shredder housing having a shredder mechanism mounted therein, the shredder housing comprising an input opening for receiving materials and an output opening for depositing shredded material into the bin;
- the shredder mechanism including a motor and a cutter assembly, the motor rotating the cutter assembly about an axis to shred materials fed therein, and
- a rotatable device positioned adjacent the output opening, the rotatable device comprising a shaft having a plurality of fingers extending at least partially radially from the shaft,
- wherein the shaft is configured to rotate about an axis parallel to the axis of the cutter elements so as to move shredded materials adjacent the output opening, and
- wherein the shaft of the rotatable device is configured to position the fingers in an open position or a closed position in relation to the output opening, the open position allowing the shredded material to be deposited from the output opening and the closed position preventing the shredded materials from being deposited therefrom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.