Patent ID: 6311909
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: B02C,Y10S

Abstract:
Member for shredding a syringe needle comprising; in combination: a syringe needle shredder including a press roller unit having an upper end; a position base adapted to be supported relative to the syringe needle shredder, with the position base including a bottom surface adapted to correspond to the upper end of the press roller unit and including an upper surface; a first hole formed in the position base and having a vertical circumferential wall extending down from the upper surface towards but spaced from the bottom surface and having a center; and a second hole formed in the position base and extending down from the center of the first hole and to the bottom surface, with the second hole having a smaller diameter than the first hole, with used syringe needles being pushed one by one into and through the first hole and then into and through the second hole to be caught and moved forcibly down by the press roller unit of the syringe needle shredder.