Autofeed paper shredder with input drawer
OwnerHerman CHANGinventor
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Abstract
An auto-feed paper shredder is configured for placement below the surface of a desk. The auto-feeder consists of a drawer located on the front surface of the shredder. This drawer is slid out to insert a stack of documents to be shredded. When the door is slid back into the shredder and the shredding system is activated, feed rollers draw sheets of paper either from the top or the bottom surface of the stack and feed the sheets into a conventional paper shredding mechanism. An input slot is provided to insert single sheets of paper when the auto-feeder is not being used.
Claims18
An auto-feed paper shredder configured to fit under a desktop comprising:
- a housing containing a paper shredding mechanism;
- an input slot on a surface of the housing disposed so that sheets of paper can be manually inserted when the auto-feed paper shredder is placed beneath a desktop;
- a horizontally oriented, slidable drawer insertable into a front surface of the paper shredder for holding a stack of paper to be shredded;
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- an auto-feed apparatus configured to remove sheets of paper from the stack and convey the sheets to the paper shredding mechanism when the slidable drawer is inserted into the paper shredder.
An auto-feed paper shredder configured to fit under a desktop comprising:
- a housing containing a paper shredding mechanism;
- an input slot on a surface of the housing disposed so that sheets of paper can be manually inserted into the paper shredding mechanism when the auto-feed paper shredder is placed beneath a desktop;
- a horizontally oriented, slidable drawer on a front surface for holding a stack of paper to be shredded;
- and an auto-feed apparatus comprising at least one roller or belt for removing sheets of paper from a lower surface of the stack and conveying the sheets to the paper shredding mechanism;
- wherein the drawer includes a bottom slot through which the at least one roller or belt extends to engage the lower surface of the stack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.