Lubricant-carrying substrate for maintenance of paper shredders
AssigneeButtercup Legacy, LLC
InventorMark S. Allen
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Abstract
Paper shredders are maintained using lubrication substrates that have been treated with or that carry a lubricant. The lubrication substrate is fed through the shredding mechanism of a paper shredder. Rather than requiring disassembly of the paper shredder, maintenance and lubrication can be performed by passing the lubrication substrate through the shredding mechanism. The lubrication substrates can take any of a variety of forms, such as a tissue that is encased in a cellophane or plastic envelope and is impregnated with oil. The lubrication substrates can instead have an array of small tubes that carry oil. In another example, the lubrication substrates can take for them of a bubble sheet that carries oil within the bubbles.
Claims24
A lubrication sheet for lubricating a paper shredder, comprising:
- a lubrication substrate that is configured to be passed through a shredding mechanism of the paper shredder;
- a lubricant carried by the lubrication substrate;
- and one or more shell layers adjacent to the lubrication substrate, wherein the one or more shell layers provide mechanical stiffness and rigidity to the lubrication sheet.
A lubrication sheet for lubricating a paper shredder, comprising:
- a lubrication substrate that is configured to be passed through a shredding mechanism of the paper shredder;
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- a lubricant carried by the lubrication substrate wherein the lubrication substrate comprises corrugated tissue paper.
A lubrication sheet for lubricating a paper shredder, comprising:
- a lubrication substrate that is configured to be passed through a shredding mechanism of the paper shredder;
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- a lubricant carried by the lubrication substrate, wherein the lubrication substrate comprises an array of tubes containing the lubricant.
A lubrication sheet for lubricating a paper shredder, comprising:
- a lubrication substrate that is configured to be passed through a shredding mechanism of the paper shredder;
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- a lubricant carried by the lubrication substrate, wherein the lubrication substrate comprises a bubble sheet having a two dimensional array of bubbles that contain the lubricant.
A method for lubricating a shredding mechanism of a paper shredder, comprising:
- obtaining a lubrication sheet that includes:
- a lubrication substrate that is configured to be passed through the shredding mechanism of the paper shredder, wherein the lubrication substrate comprises an array of tubes containing the lubricant;
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- a lubricant carried by the lubrication substrate;
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- passing the lubrication sheet through the shredding mechanism of the paper shredder such that the lubrication sheet is shredded and the lubricant is applied to the shredding mechanism.
A structure for delivering a decomposition agent to paper that has been shredded by a paper shredder, comprising:
- a substrate that is configured to be passed through a shredding mechanism of the paper shredder;
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- a decomposition agent that is carried by the substrate and is capable of facilitating the decomposition of paper that has been shredded by the paper shredder after the substrate has been passed through the shredding mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.