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US 5,474,243 AGranted
Stripping system of a cutting mechanism for a paper shredder
OwnerHerman Schwellinginventor
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Abstract
A cutting mechanism for a paper shredder includes a pair of cutting rollers, two pairs of stripping plates associated with the pair of cutting rollers, respectively, and arranged between respective cutting discs of cutting rollers, and a plurality of rods extending in the stripping plates for supporting same, with the stripping plates being arranged in upper and lower portions of the cutting mechanism with a clearance between adjacent plates, which clearance can be varied within a relatively large range.
Claims3
A cutting mechanism for a paper shredder, comprising:
- a pair of cutting rollers each having a cutting disc and a core;
- two pairs of stripping plates associated with the pair of cutting rollers, respectively, and arranged between respective cutting discs;
- a plurality of rods extending in the stripping plates for supporting same;
- wherein, the stripping plates are arranged in upper and lower portions of the cutting mechanism with a varying clearance between adjacent plates, and
- wherein, the upper stripping plates have base portions extending to an inlet of the shredder, the cutting mechanism further comprising finger guard rods defining the inlet and to which the stripping plates are connected at the inlet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.