Label Information Degrader
OwnerThomas Richard McHughinventor
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Abstract
A label information degrader for substantially and permanently degrading the legibility of label information on a label attached to a container, said label information degrader including an abrasion component positioned to contact the label of the container during use, an abrasion cleaning component, a powered drive component that rotates the abrasion component and may rotate the abrasion cleaning component, a housing component that positions and provides direct or indirect structural support to the device components, and one or more user protection components, designed to avoid unintended user contact or injury from the label information degrader.
Claims20
A label information degrader device for substantially and permanently degrading the legibility of label information on a label attached to a container, said label information degrader device comprising:
- an abrasion component, with an abrasion contact surface;
- a powered drive component, comprising an electric motor, adapted to rotate at least the abrasion component and abrasion contact surface;
- an abrasion cleaning component, positioned to contact the abrasion component;
- a user protection component, adapted to limit unintended user contact with the abrasion contact surface;
- a housing component, adapted to provide structural support to the abrasion component, the powered drive component, the abrasion cleaning component, and the user protection component.
A label information degrader device for substantially and permanently degrading the legibility of label information on a label attached to a container, said label information degrader device comprising:
- an abrasion component with an abrasion contact surface;
- a powered drive component, comprising an electric motor, adapted to rotate at least the abrasion component and abrasion contact surface;
- an abrasion cleaning component, positioned to contact the abrasion contact surface and remove or limit debris from accumulating on the abrasion contact surface;
- a user protection component, adapted to limit unintended user contact with the abrasion contact surface;
- a debris collection component, adapted to collect and contain at least some debris from the abrasion cleaning component;
- a housing component, adapted to provide structural support to the abrasion component, the powered drive component, the abrasion cleaning component, the user protection component, and the debris collection component.
A label information degrader device for substantially and permanently degrading the legibility of label information on a label attached to a container, said label information degrader device comprising:
- an abrasion component with an abrasion contact surface;
- a powered drive component, comprising an electric motor, adapted to rotate at least the abrasion component and abrasion contact surface;
- an abrasion cleaning component, positioned to contact the abrasion contact surface and remove or limit debris from accumulating on the abrasion contact surface;
- a user protection component, adapted to limit unintended user contact with the abrasion contact surface;
- a debris collection component, adapted to collect and contain at least some debris from the abrasion cleaning component;
- a device protection component, adapted to prevent accidental damage to the powered drive component;
- a housing component, adapted to provide structural support to the abrasion component, the powered drive component, the abrasion cleaning component, the user protection component, and the debris collection component.
The label information degrader device of 16, wherein the abrasion contact surface at least partially conforms to a labeled surface.
The label information degrader device of 19, wherein the powered drive component further comprises an anti-stall component means, which will function to allow the motor to continue to rotate if the abrasion component rotation stops during use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.