Patent ID: 7475838
Filing Date: 2009-01-13
Classification: B02C

Abstract:
1. A shredder comprising: a chopped apparatus including an insertion opening for inserting wastes, and an exhaust port for discharging chopped wastes; a waste container which is displaceable between a receivable position where to receive the chopped wastes and a non-receivable position where not to receive the chopped wastes; a claw portion provided with the waste container; a shutter, which opens the exhaust port by moving the waste container to the receivable position, and which closes the exhaust port by moving the waste container to the non-receivable position wherein the shutter is energized in a direction to close the exhaust port; a lock member, which is displaceable between a locked position where to close the exhaust port and an unlocked position where to open the exhaust port wherein the lock member is energized in a direction to the locked position; and an operation lever which displaces the lock member to the unlocked position; wherein the operation lever is operated with the claw portion by moving the waste container to the receivable position thereby shifting the lock member from the locked position to the unlocked portion.