Patent ID: 8925843
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: A47J,B02C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A shredding apparatus comprising a shredder assembly, the shredder assembly comprising: a removable hopper having an upper opening, a lower opening, a first plurality of lateral, substantially vertical channels in a side of the hopper, and a second plurality of lateral, substantially vertical channels in another side of the hopper opposite the first plurality of channels; a substantially horizontal axle rotatably mounted through sides of the hopper with the first and second pluralities of channels being on opposite sides of the axle; a plurality of struts, each of which has a first end received in a corresponding channel of the first plurality of channels, has a second end received in a corresponding channel of the second plurality of channels, and is adapted to receive said axle through the strut's central portion such that said axle can freely rotate within the strut, a plurality of blades, each of which is non-rotatably mounted at a central portion thereof on the axle, arranged with the struts and the blades alternating along the length of the axle, wherein: