Patent ID: 6250574
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: B02C

Abstract:
A device for monitoring a paper shredding action of a paper shredder, said device located under a paper entry of the paper shredder and comprising:two paper guiding grid plates mounted in a base of the paper shredder such that said two paper guiding grid plates form therebetween a paper guiding passage for guiding a paper sheet to move from the paper entry into two shredding tools of the paper shredder, a first paper guiding grid plate of said two paper guiding grid plates provided with a fastening seat extending therefrom and having a recess in communication with said first paper guiding grid plate and said paper guiding passage;a microswitch mounted on said fastening seat and provided with a contact button corresponding in location to said recess; anda detecting rod extending via said recess between said two paper guiding grid plates such that said detecting rod is fastened pivotally at a top edge of said recess, and that said detecting rod is immediately contiguous to said contact button of said microswitch, and further that a free end of said detecting rod is located under a lower end point of an intersection surface of the two shredding tools of the paper shredder.