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Shredding machine

US4842205A · kind A · utility

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4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 13, 1988
Grant dateJun 27, 1989
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Expiry dateJan 13, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB02C2018/164
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A shredding machine which comprises a pair of juxtaposed cutting rollers for shredding paper material, a paper feed tray movable between lowered and elevated positions and adapted to support thereon the paper material to be shredded, a feed roller assembly for feeding the paper material from the paper feed tray towards the cutting rollers, a protective cover supported for movement between closed and opened positions and for covering a space above the paper feed tray when in the closed position; and a control for moving the paper feed tray from the elevated position towards the lowered position in response to the movement of the protective cover from the closed position towards the opened position.

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