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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162244 | Shredding machine A shredding machine for domestic or office use having a feed passage 3 leading to a cutting mechanism 10, 11 powered by an electric motor, has a thickness measuring device 15 for measuring the thickness of bundles of paper fed through the feed p... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8087599 | Anti-paper jam protection device for shredders The present invention relates to an anti-paper jam protection device for shredders comprising a paper thickness detecting device, an indicating device and a controlling device, wherein the paper thickness detecting device is an electromagnetic induction paper thickn... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8079537 | Safety shredder Active protection system for a paper shredder, which includes an upper cover and a shedder plate on the upper cover. The paper shredder plate includes a touch structure, which engagingly interacts with a preferential power supply switch. When closed, the shredder pl... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8070082 | Shredder and/or shredder head with pivotable top panel A shredder having a pivoting top panel which may include a display which may reduce potential safety hazards. The shredder may include a top panel thereon that is moveable between a first position, in which the top panel covers the slot, and a second position, in wh... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7946515 | Shredder throat safety system The present invention relates to a shredder that includes a housing having a movable part that forms at least a part of an opening for the insertion of articles to be fed into the shredder. A detector detects motion of the movable part, and in response, a controller... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7878434 | Wood chipper A wood chipper includes a housing having an inlet opening and a discharge outlet with a chipper disk rotatably mounted in the housing and having a chipper knife mounted on a front face thereof adjacent a chipper slot extending through the disk. A plurality of fins a... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7798435 | Shredder with oiling mechanism The present invention relates to a shredder with an automated lubricating system. ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7757985 | Safety shredder Active protection system for a paper shredder, which includes an upper cover and a shedder plate on the upper cover. The paper shredder plate includes a touch structure, which engagingly interacts with a preferential power supply switch. When closed, the shredder pl... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7753295 | Paper shredder which prevents cutting fingers A paper shredder which prevents cutting fingers is composed of a plurality of stops at two sides of a slot hole of a rack of two blade tools inside the paper shredder. The stops, which are aligned in alternation, are emplaced respectively between two blades. When a ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7712688 | Comminuting apparatus, especially document shredder A comminuting apparatus, particularly a document shredder, having an approximately funnel-shaped feeding area for the material that is to be comminuted. A flap is provided to constrict the feeding area to a narrow feeding path and extends across the width thereof. T... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7708215 | Food processor cover The present invention relates to a food processor and a cover thereof. The food processor cover comprises a feed tube which extends upwardly from an upper cover surface, a safety rod assembly, a locking device, and a feed tube lid assembly pivotally mounted on said ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7661614 | Shredder throat safety system The present invention relates to a shredder that includes a housing having a movable part that forms at least a part of an opening for the insertion of articles to be fed into the shredder. A detector detects motion of the movable part, and in response, a controller... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7654481 | Variable protection board for the paper shredder opening This specification discloses a variable protection board that can change the width of the opening of a paper shredder. A sliding block is disposed on one side of the paper shredder opening to change the relative position between the sliding block and the opening. Wh... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7648089 | Shredder safety interlock switch activation tab The present invention relates generally to tabs that activate shredder safety interlock switches. Specifically, this invention discloses a break-resistant tab which can readily activate a shredder safety interlock switch. The disclosed tab is comprised of a tab exte... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7618001 | Shredder arrangement A shredder arrangement comprising a housing defining a feed slot for receiving sheet material inserted by a user; a cutting mechanism for shredding the sheet material inserted through the feed slot, and a protective guard for positioning across the feed slot to prev... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7611083 | Safety device for feeder of shredder A shredder feeder includes a pair of rotary blade rollers, an insertion assembly including an insertion slot, a spring biased raised safety panel enclosing the insertion slot, a safety switch, an emergency indicator, and a feeding and removal selection switch. In on... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7600706 | Safety food grinder A safety food grinder is applied to grind food and has a base, a container assembly, multiple movable stops and a cover. The base has a driver. The container assembly is mounted detachably on the base and has a cutting tool and multiple sliding channels. The cutting... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7584913 | Safety switch of a paper shredder A safety switch of a paper shredder is a safety switch that is installed on an ordinary paper shredder. Another magnet is installed on a scrap paper bin or a door panel, and by using a magnet to repulse or attract a magnetic block inside the safety switch, power is ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7537176 | Shredder with shreds containment and safety mechanisms In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a shredder with shreds containment and safety mechanisms is provided that includes a shredder core and a container. The shredder core comprises a shredder head. The shredder head and the container h... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7520453 | Safety actuator for a food processor having a visual indication A food processor for countertop foodstuff preparation comprises a receiving base that encloses an electric motor. The receiving base has a shaft driven by the motor. A pedestal extends generally upwardly from the outer periphery. The pedestal includes an actuator. T... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7461801 | Multi-functional food processor A multi-functional food processor contains a machine body and a top cover. It further includes a container and a driving device. The drive shaft of the driving device is extended to the container, and a juicer shredder, a vegetable shredder or a meat grinder blade i... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7420344 | Intelligent shift paper shredding mechanism and method of automatic shift of the same An intelligent shift paper shredding mechanism and a method of automatic shift of the same in accordance with the present invention includes a control circuit including a control chip electrically connecting with a shift circuit and a locked-stator detect circuit. T... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7414212 | Emergency stop switch of shredder An emergency stop switch of a shredder is disposed in a preformed hole on the top cover of the shredder and protrudes from the surface of the top cover for the convenience of switching. The emergency stop switch has a switch with the fwd, off, and rev modes; a brake... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7407320 | Blender with safety device A juicer safety device includes a sidearm formed with the container and having a groove in a sidewall, a contact member on an upper surface of a chamber, a spring on the contact member, a position guide member in a sidewall of the chamber, and two projecting ridges ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404527 | Safety shield for an ice shaving machine A safety shield (10) is adapted to be used in a machine having a blade assembly such as an ice shaving and dispensing machine (11). The machine (11) has an ice bin (13) carried by a pedestal (12). An ice shelf (31) has an op... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7365955 | Material processing machine A material processing machine such as a wood chipping machine, a press, a cane cutting machine or other machine comprising an operating region having at least one processing element and an access region through which material passes to the operating region, has at l... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359174 | Motion detecting system for use in a safety system for power equipment A woodworking machine including a detection system adapted to detect a dangerous condition between a person and a working portion of the machine is disclosed. The machine includes a reaction system associated with the detection system to cause a predetermined action... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353737 | Miter saw with improved safety system A miter saw is disclosed having a base, a blade supported by the base, a detection system adapted to detect a dangerous condition between a person and the blade, and a reaction system associated with the detection system to cause a predetermined action to take place... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350963 | Blender jar A blender jar defines a geometry to impart vertical movement to material being processed in the blender jar, and, alternatively or in combination, improves the horizontal movement to the blended material. By configuring one or more agitators on the floor of a jar, l... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7344097 | Jaw-type rock crusher with toggle plate tension bar A jaw crusher where the tension rod includes an electronically-controlled hydraulic pre-load and an automatically releasable pre-load whenever adjustments to the size of the material output are made, together with a remote visual indicator of the setting of the size... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7344096 | Shredder with lock for on/off switch The present application discloses a shredder with a switch lock that locks the on/off switch in its on/off position. ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7338001 | Household food preparation appliance for preparing liquid products A food processing appliance having: a drive shaft coupled to a motor; a bowl having a hollow sleeve that extends upwardly from its bottom; a lid for closing the bowl; and a processing tool that includes a hub having an opening that extends from its lower end, and ar... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331538 | Safety grater A safety grater having a parallelepipedal base body, an attachment that slides back and forth along guide rails by slide bars and that has a cylinder, into which items to be grated and sliced and a plunger are introduced and having at least one grating insert that c... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7318666 | Safety device for blender A blender includes a base forming a receiving space in which a positioning seat is formed. The positioning seat defines a through hole. The base houses a motor that is connected to a safety switch. The safety switch has a bar extending through the through hole of th... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311277 | Shredder apparatus and shredding method When a printing paper to which an IC chip storing secret information is attached is discarded, a shredder applied voltage to the IC chip by a discharging unit to destroy the IC chip and to make it impossible to read the secret information therefrom. Thereafter, a sh... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311276 | Shredder with proximity sensing system The present invention relates to a shredder that includes a proximity sensing system to sense the presence of a person, animal, or object near cutting elements of the shredder. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303158 | Shredder head having shredder blades and an associated safety feature for protecting a portion of a person's body A shredder having a safety feature(s) that reduces potential safety hazards by detecting the touch of a portion of a person's body. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293727 | Crusher and mobile crushing machine equipped with the crusher A mobile crushing machine, equipped with an impact crusher having a separable casing 31 comprising a stationary casing 70 and a movable casing 30, is adopted for casing 31 with the upper end 724 of the stationary casing 70 p... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7284715 | 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... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278275 | Mechanism for dispensing shaved ice from a refrigeration appliance A mechanism for dispensing ice in each of three selected forms, namely, cubed, crushed and shaved. This mechanism includes a reservoir arranged to hold a supply of ice cubes, a dispensing zone, a delivery mechanism arranged for dispensing ice cubes from said reservo... | 10/09/2007 |
