Patent ID: 9480988
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: B02C

Claim Text:
1. A shredder comprising: a cutting unit at a top of the shredder; a collecting container below the cutting unit; an elongate receiving slot extending in an elongation direction and being formed in the cutting unit for receiving material to be shredded; an outlet opening formed on an underside of the cutting unit for discharging shredded material into the collecting container; a cutting roller pair which is driven by an electric motor, situated between the receiving slot and the outlet opening; an intake region formed in the receiving slot, for directing material to be shredded into the cutting roller pair; a thickness sensor in the intake region, wherein: the thickness sensor protrudes into the receiving slot, and the thickness sensor is arranged such that the thickness sensor can be rotated about a stationary longitudinal axis which runs parallel to the elongation direction of the receiving slot, and a gap is formed by an active part and a passive part of the thickness sensor, and the gap remains substantially constant in the case of a possible pivoting movement of the active part and/or the passive part.