A portable shredder unit that includes a lightweight housing with a large interior cavity divided into a battery storage cavity and a collection cavity. Mounted on lid of the housing is a high capacity paper shredder component. Located inside the battery storage cavity is at least one 12 VDC rechargeable battery. The battery is connected to an inverter configured to convert the 12 VDC current into 110 VAC current required by the shredder component. Mounted on one end of the housing is a pair of wheels. Mounted on the opposite end of the housing is a pivoting or retractable handle that enables the unit to be pulled across a flat surface. The unit includes a control panel with a mode switch that controls the electricity source to the shredder component. An electrical cable is mounted on a wire retracting mechanism located inside the housing or lid. An optional battery charger is, also provided.

A shredder system and methods for shredding recyclable material including a primary shredder that shreds recyclable material into a first larger shred size and a secondary shredder that shreds recyclable material into a second smaller shred size material. The secondary shredder includes a rotor and a knife that meshes with the rotor to cause all of the first larger shred size material to be further shredded to the second smaller shred size material. The secondary shredder may also include a diverter mechanism capable of diverting the first larger shred size material. Either the diverter mechanism or the knife can move relative to the rotor to create an opening that allows the first larger shred size material to avoid being further shredded into the second smaller shred size material. The shredder system may be disposed in a motor vehicle.

Described in an example embodiment herein is an apparatus that comprises a safe having first and second openings, a document accepting device located within the safe, a document destruction device located within the safe that is coupled with the document accepting device, and a destroyed document storage device located outside of the safe. The document accepting device is operable to receive a document via the first opening and to forward the document to the document destruction device. The document destruction device is operable to destroy the document; and convey the destroyed document via the second opening the destroyed document storage device.

A device to reduce solid state drives (SSD) and the like digital media storage devices into particles less than 2 mm maximum edge length. The device is particularly adapted to disintegrating 1.8 and 2.5 solid state drives at a rate of about 360 HDD/hr or 720 SSD/hr with a throughput of about 10 seconds. A blade assembly is designed to provide multiple cutting angles while rotating at 520 rpm to maintain a low decibel rating.

An image forming apparatus has a scanning apparatus. The scanning apparatus has a control panel to enter operating instructions to the image forming apparatus to scan and store a document or scan, store and shred the document. The scanning apparatus has a feeding mechanism. A scanning mechanism is coupled to the feeding mechanism scanning and storing the document placed within the feeding mechanism. A shredding apparatus is coupled to the scanning apparatus. The shredding apparatus has a housing. A shredding feed mechanism is coupled to the scanning apparatus feeding the document from the scanning apparatus into the shredding apparatus when scan, store and shred is selected on the control panel. A cutting mechanism is in communication with the shredding feed mechanism shredding the document when scan, store and shred is selected on the control panel.

An air extraction and heat dissipation structure for paper shredders, wherein the outer wall of the main handle is inlaid with switch button, the right side of the handle is connected with the power cord hook, the end of the handle is fixed with the connecting rod, and the bottom end of the rod is connected with a main body. The motor is arranged on the inner side of the heat dissipation port, the end of the motor is connected with the dust suction device, at the lower left end of which the dust storage chamber is arranged, and a dust suction channel is fixed at the right end of the chamber. The bottom end of the channel is connected with rollers, the left side of the rollers is provided with a suction cup, and the surface of the suction cup is provided with a dust suction port for paper shredders.

The invention provides a system and method for processing at least one document thereby rendering the document illegible; and recording an information summary associated with the document and the processing of the document.

An article destruction device includes an electric motor driving at least one moving component. An indication panel includes at least three visual indicators situated in sequence. Each visual indicator is associated with a stage of an approaching overload (motor cool down) condition. A first visual indicator lights when the motor or corresponding sensor temperature is below a first threshold, i.e., when the device is first powered on. A second indicator lights when the temperature exceeds the first threshold and is below at least a second threshold, i.e., the temperature is approaching a fault condition. A last visual indicator lights when the temperature exceeds the first and the at least second thresholds, i.e., the fault condition is met. A thermistor on the motor energizes (self-heats) with the motor. A thermostatic switch controls current flow through windings of the motor depending on measured temperatures meeting operating and equilibrium temperature thresholds.

A mechanical bin-full device for a paper shredder with a bin, having a curved, perforated T-blade sensor on a cylindrical body partially covered with a metal sheet. The T-blade is pendent into the bin. Metal contacts are placed on the paper shredder near the metal sheet, forming a switch, which is coupled to a motor control circuit for the shredder motor. The T-blade is pushed by paper shreddant and rotates the cylinder body as paper shreddant fills the bin. When the bin becomes full, the T-blade is positioned so that the metal contacts touch the metal sheet, closing the control circuit switch, and causing the motor to cease operating. The control circuit can include a microcontroller coupled to the motor, or a transistor-based driver coupled to a motor relay.

A paper shredder, comprising a housing provided with a paper inlet, a motor arranged in the housing, a control circuit module for controlling the motor to operate, at least one inductive electric conductor and a human inductive signal processing output module, wherein the inductive electric conductor is arranged at the inner wall of the housing near the paper inlet; the inductive electric conductor and the inner wall of the housing are in isolating contact or have a gap; the inductive electric conductor is electrically connected with the human inductive signal processing output module; and the human inductive signal processing output module is electrically connected with the control circuit module. The paper shredder has the advantages of simple structure, low cost, high safety and reliability, etc.