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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167224 | Delivery of agents to the cutting mechanism of paper shredders Lubrication substrates are disclosed that have been treated with or that carry a lubricant for maintaining a paper shredder. The lubrication substrate is fed through the shredding mechanism of a paper shredder. Rather than requiring disassembly of the paper shredder... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8152082 | Variable frequency controlling system and method of shredder A variable frequency controlling system of a shredder is provided. The variable frequency controlling system includes a thickness sensor, a speed-variable motor and a controlling module. The controlling module is electrically connected to the speed-variable motor an... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8123153 | Recording medium destruction and discarding system, recording medium destruction and discarding method, recording medium destruction and discarding apparatus, recording medium management apparatus, and recording medium management system A sheet destruction and discarding apparatus for destroying and discarding a sheet, comprising a destruction and discarding unit that destroys and discards the sheet based on a determination whether or not the sheet is allowed to be destroyed and to be discarded; a ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118246 | Mobile crusher A mobile crusher includes: a crusher for crushing raw materials; a discharge conveyor provided on a lower stream of the crusher for discharging the raw materials crushed by the crusher; a work implement provided on an upper stream of the crusher for producing the cr... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8113451 | Shredder thickness with anti-jitter feature A shredder includes a housing having a throat for receiving at least one article to be shredded, and a shredder mechanism received in the housing and including an electrically powered motor and cutter elements. The shredder also includes a detector that is configure... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8066210 | Central shaft for a gyratory crusher A central shaft for a gyratory crusher, which includes a crushing head on which a first crushing shell is mounted; a frame on which a second crushing shell is mounted, which second crushing shell defines, together with the first crushing shell, a crushing gap; and a... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8061634 | Shredder head with thickness detector A shredder head adapted to indicate the thickness of the material to be shredded and to possibly deactivate the shredder if the thickness exceeds a predetermined maximum. ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061635 | Automatic paper supply apparatus for paper shredder Disclosed is an automatic paper supply apparatus for a paper shredder which can shred stapled paper sheets regardless of the volume or thickness of the paper sheets to be shredded. The present invention can shred stapled paper sheets without need to previously remov... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8028940 | Residential waste volume reduction arrangements The disclosed trash comminution apparatus (TCA) is a device designed to work in conjunction with existing residential trash receptacles utilized by both municipal and private trash collection services. The TCA can pulverize, grind and shred most residential trash it... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8020795 | Shredder head adapted to vary power by thickness of material A shredder head adapted to vary the power consumed by the shredder according to the thickness of the material to be shredded. ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020796 | Shredder thickness with anti-jitter feature A shredder includes a housing having a throat for receiving at least one article to be shredded, and a shredder mechanism received in the housing and including an electrically powered motor and cutter elements. The shredder also includes a detector that is configure... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8016217 | Document shredding apparatus and document scrapping system using same A document scrapping apparatus is provided which allows the user to visually check again a document in each scrap job and make a final decision as to whether or not to scrap the entire document in each scrap job, thus avoiding an undesired execution of scrap job. Th... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8002210 | Apparatus for canceling sheet material The invention relates to an apparatus for canceling, in particular destroying, sheet material, in particular bank notes. The apparatus includes at least one canceling means to which the sheet material to be canceled is fed, in which the fed sheet material is cancele... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7988079 | New-type dual-passage paper feeding safety structure for shredders The present invention relates to a new-type dual-passage paper feeding safety structure for shredders comprising a shredder upper lid, a dual-passage paper feeding safety cover plate and a touch safety switch, touch components are arranged on the dual-passage paper ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7971812 | Power saving shredder The present invention discloses a shredder which does not waste energy in standby mode. Power is applied to the components of the shredder only when material to be shredded is inserted into the shredder throat or when the unit is switched into reverse to clear a jam... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971811 | Disposal processing apparatus, disposal processing information management system, and disposal processing method A disposal processing apparatus comprises: a disposal processing section that disposes of a recording medium; an arrival detecting section that detects whether the recording medium has reached the disposal processing section; and a judging section that judges whethe... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7963468 | Shredder with thickness detector A shredder is disclosed. The shredder includes a housing having a throat for receiving at least one article to be shredded, and a shredder mechanism received in the housing and including an electrically powered motor and cutter elements. The shredder mechanism enabl... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7954737 | Shredder thickness with anti-jitter feature A shredder includes a housing having a throat for receiving at least one article to be shredded, and a shredder mechanism received in the housing and including an electrically powered motor and cutter elements. The shredder also includes a detector that is configure... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7926752 | Recording medium destruction and discarding system, recording medium destruction and discarding method, recording medium destruction and discarding apparatus, recording medium management apparatus, and recording medium management system A recording medium destruction and discarding system for destroying and discarding a recording medium, includes: a registration unit that registers an identification information appended to the recording medium associated with an attribute information of the recordi... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7922110 | Shredding machine A shredding machine is disclosed for shredding sheet material such as paper documents. The machine comprises an electric cutting mechanism which is operable to shred the sheet material, and has a collection bin arranged below the cutting mechanism for collection of ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7874505 | Food grinder with electronically adjustable grind settings, tooless disassembly A grinder (30) has a toolessly attached ingredient hopper assembly (50) overlying a toolessly attached fixed grinding burr (134) defining the top of a grind chamber (158) within which is received a mating rotary grinding burr (150)... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7857246 | Shredder adapted to detect a full shredder basket A shredder having a feature which prevents shredder operation or provides a user alert when the accumulation of shredded material in the disposal basket has reached the capacity of the basket. ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7823815 | Shredder with self adjusting sensor Disclosed herein is a shredder having a throat for receiving at least one article to be shredded therethrough and a shredder mechanism received in a shredder housing which is driven to shred the at least one article fed therein. At least one sensor emits and detects... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7823816 | Shredder with light emitting diode (LED) sensors Disclosed herein is a shredder having a throat for receiving at least one article to be shredded therethrough and a shredder mechanism received in a shredder housing which is driven to shred the at least one article fed therein. At least one light-emitting diode (LE... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7815134 | System and method for controlling water flow in a food waste handling system A control system for minimizing overall water use in a food waste handling system while maximizing flow rate when needed by controlling a flow of water into the handling system based on or in response to a physical presence of an operator. The control system substan... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7802740 | Shredding machine A shredding machine having a plastics loading section and a paper loading section. The two loading sections feed material to be shred into a single cutting section. The plastics loading section may include a ram that urges loaded materials into the cutting section f... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7757984 | Food processor A food processor includes a control unit that is operable in accordance with an initial control signal from a switch unit so as to activate a motor unit to operate in a sequence of an initial judgment mode and a food processing mode. The control unit switches operat... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7757982 | Shredder with intelligent activation switch A shredder includes a housing, a shredder mechanism including a motor and cutter elements, a capacitive sensor, and a controller. The capacitive sensor is configured to detect the capacitance of an entity attempting to operate the shredder and thereby detect an appr... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7757983 | Comminuting apparatus with a reduced number of bearings A comminuting apparatus for waster and/or production residues includes a drive device having at least one high-pole three-phase synchronous motor that is operatively connected to a comminuting shaft having at least one shaft bearing arrangement. The motor is connect... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7753294 | Discarding apparatus, discarding system and discarding method A discarding apparatus is provided and includes: a discard processing unit that discards a recording medium; an acquiring unit that acquires time information of generating the recording medium, the time information being added to the recording medium; a clock that m... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7686240 | Kitchen appliance with a safety interlock A kitchen appliance with a safety interlock for processing foodstuff including a housing with a motor and a switch to actuate the motor within the housing. A bowl has a first actuator therein for selectively actuating the switch. A bowl lid is removably mountable ov... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7665679 | Document management system and document destruction apparatus A document management system comprises a document management apparatus that manages a document ID by associating the document ID with a storage time of the document, and checks the storage time in response to an inquiry about a permission of destroying the document ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7661613 | Paper shredder with dust cleaner A paper shredder includes a shredder body, a bin, a sensing module and a dust cleaner. The dust cleaner has a cleaning element for cleaning the sensing module. The cleaning element is attached on a swing rod. The swing rod has a first end adjacent to the sensing mod... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7661612 | Shredder The present invention relates to a shredder having a thickness triggering device. During the shredding operation, the trembling of the article is minimized or eliminated by using the shredder. The shredder includes a sustaining mechanism and a driving assembly. Sinc... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7654480 | Mulcher The disclosed mulcher has a base unit and a shredding blade in a removable assembly. Two different embodiments are disclosed. In both embodiments, shredded material is removed from air exiting the shredding blade before it reaches an exhaust port. In one embodiment,... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7631823 | Shredder with thickness detector A shredder is disclosed. The shredder includes a housing having a throat for receiving at least one article to be shredded, and a shredder mechanism received in the housing and including an electrically powered motor and cutter elements. The shredder mechanism enabl... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7631824 | Shredder with thickness detector A shredder is disclosed. The shredder includes a housing having a throat for receiving at least one article to be shredded, and a shredder mechanism received in the housing and including an electrically powered motor and cutter elements. The shredder mechanism enabl... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7631822 | Shredder with thickness detector A shredder is disclosed. The shredder includes a housing having a throat for receiving at least one article to be shredded, and a shredder mechanism received in the housing and including an electrically powered motor and cutter elements. The shredder mechanism enabl... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7624938 | Shredding machine A shredding machine is disclosed which is particularly suitable for domestic or office use in shredding papers or the like. The machine comprises a feed aperture arranged above an electric cutting mechanism, the feed aperture preferably taking the form of a feed slo... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7618000 | Powering system for vehicle carried paper shredder A powering system for a paper shredder carried by a vehicle having a two speed rear differential provides a power takeoff driven by a drive pulley irrotatably carried on a medial drive line shaft inserted between the vehicle forward and rearward drive line shafts. T... | 11/17/2009 |
