Support for drive system in a paper shredder
AssigneeFellowes Manufacturing Company
InventorBruce R. Kroger
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Abstract
A shredder having a housing with a first wall and a second wall spaced from the first wall, and a support with a first cradle extending from the first wall and a second cradle opposing the first cradle and extending from the second wall. The shredder also has a motor associated with and disposed between the first and second cradles. Also, the support may have a first cradled rib extending from the first wall and a second cradled rib opposing the first cradled rib and extending from the second wall. The shredder may also have a gear shaft with an end associated with and disposed between the first and second cradled ribs.
Claims13
A shredder comprising:
- a housing having a first wall and a second wall spaced from the first wall;
- a gear shaft having a first end and a second end;
- a support having a first cradled rib extending from the first wall, a second cradled rib opposing the first cradled rib and extending from the second wall, wherein the first end of the gear shaft is disposed between the first and second cradled ribs and a first support post spaced from the first cradled rib and extending from the first wall, the first support post having an aperture and the second end of the gear shaft is disposed in the aperture of the first support post.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.