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 configured to detect a thickness of the at least one article being received by the throat, and a controller that is configured to operate the motor to drive the cutter elements to shred the at least one article and to set a flutter threshold higher than the predetermined maximum thickness threshold, if the detected thickness is less than a predetermined maximum thickness threshold. The controller is also configured to thereafter continuously detect the thickness of the at least one article being inserted into a throat of the shredder; and to perform a predetermined operation responsive to the thickness detector detecting that the thickness of the at least one article is greater than the flutter threshold.

A media declassification device receives a media component such as an SSD or magnetic disk drive, and eradicates any remnants of sensitive data stored thereon by physical agitation and dismantling the media component. A cutting wheel or die rotates in close tolerance to an interior surface of a cutting chamber, and cutters or protrusions on the cutting wheel engage the media component against a leading edge of the cutting chamber for shearing and/or cutting fragments of the media component into the cutting chamber. A screen at an opposed side of the cutting chamber has apertures that limit a maximum size of particles passing out of the cutting chamber.

The invention relates to a document shredder (10) with a housing (12) which has, in a housing wall (18), an insertion slot (22) for inserting sheet material, wherein the insertion slot (22) has a longitudinal extent between two slot ends (32), and with a cutting unit which is arranged in the housing (12) and which has motor-driven cutting tools (24) for shredding the sheet material. According to the invention, there is provision that the insertion slot (22) is widened transversely with respect to the longitudinal extent in at least one end region (38) that is delimited by one of the slot ends (32).

A paper shredder, according to one embodiment, includes a paper support unit including a first paper support unit having a first length, a second paper support unit which is parallel with the first paper support unit and has a second length shorter than the first length, and a paper input slot between the first paper support unit and the second paper support unit; a roller having a portion that is exposed to the upper side of the second paper support unit through an opening formed in the second paper support unit; a cutter which is disposed under the paper input slot and shreds inserted paper; and a cover disposed on the paper support unit.

The present invention is intended for commercial businesses to store their confidential papers in until the papers may be picked up for shredding with a private company. The recycle box is made of aluminum, strong wood, and strong plastic. The present invention offers a higher level of security because the machine does not have a fixedly open drop slot. The recycle box looks appealing and can be placed in convenient areas in any work environment. The recycle box has a loading capacity of up to 500 sheets of paper.

A networked system of connected and trackable document deposit and destruction kiosks can be used to remotely dispose of and destroy confidential documents and monitors and records compliance with employer document destruction policies. A networked system of connected ballot deposit kiosks can be used to safely deposit, track, and verify the locations of completed ballots and to monitor and track the subsequent collection of the ballots by election officials or other authorized persons.

A shredding device is provided comprising two shredding shafts arranged parallel to each other with shredding elements arranged thereon, wherein the shredding shafts are preferably rotatable mechanically synchronized to each other. A shaft-side coupling element is connected to a respective first end of the shredding shafts. The shredding device includes a housing with a housing-side coupling element is provided that can be coupled to the shaft-side coupling element. The shredding device includes a displacement device enabling displacement of the shredding shafts for decoupling and coupling the shaft-side coupling element from or to the housing-side coupling element.

The current invention is a Particle-lizer Mechanism for Destroying the Functionality of Data Bearing Components of a Solid-State Data Bearing Device. This particle-lizer mechanism provides destruction of data bearing components from solid-state data bearing devices by reducing the components to particle size of 2 mm or smaller and ensures accurate particle size by use of a screening system to render the data unusable using a simple one stage process. Since there are so few mechanical components in the design, a particle-lizer mechanism can last 100 times longer than a shredding machine with a fraction of the complexity to build. This particle-lizer mechanism is portable and is intended to be used within the customer's secure confines of a data center or enterprise facility. This particle-Ilzer mechanism includes a particle collection system and a filtration system to preserve air quality where it is located.

The present invention discloses a shredding mechanism, a shredding device and a control system and method thereof. The shredding mechanism comprises a shredding component and an adjusting component, wherein the shredding component is used to shred materials, the adjusting component and the shredding component define an operation space for shredding operation, and the adjusting component and the shredding component are configured to be able to move relative to each other so as to change the size of the operation space. The present invention also discloses a shredding device and a control system and method thereof. The shredding mechanism and device according to the present invention feature improved safety, convenience and service life.

A dual auto-feed paper shredder provides a housing open at a top side to allow access to a paper compartment disposed within the housing. The paper compartment includes a bottom surface defining two side-by-side paper stations and a centrally located input slot extending across the bottom surface. Each paper station is configured to accommodate one stack of paper disposed above the input slot. Two sets of counter-rotating spaced apart rollers disposed on either side of the input slot. Each set is associated with a particular one of the paper stations. The housing includes an internal compartment configured to hold a shredding mechanism disposed below the input slot such that sheets of paper pass through the input slot into the shredding mechanism. At least one lid is hingedly connected to the housing, and is rotatable between fully open and fully closed configurations. The at least one lid is disposed over the paper compartment in the fully closed configuration.