Patent ID: 6742733
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: B02C

Abstract:
A disk data destroyer comprising:a housing provided at the inside thereof with a hollow receiving chamber, said housing having a disk insertion slot and a disk outlet opposite said disk insertion slot; a data destroying shaft set provided with two embossed shafts arranged in parallel in the hollow receiving chamber inside said housing wherein a gap is formed between said two embossed shafts, and the gap is smaller than the thickness of the data storage disks to be destroyed; a motor driver mounted in the hollow receiving chamber inside said housing, said motor driver having a motor and a transmission gear set coupled between said motor and said two embossed shafts and adapted to rotate said two embossed shafts; a sensor mounted inside said housing adjacent to said disk insertion slot and adapted to output a driving signal to start said motor upon insertion of a data storage disk into said disk insertion slot, and a time delay circuit disposed adjacent to said sensor and adapted for enabling said motor driver to keep working for about 2Ëœ3 seconds after an inserted data storage disk passed over said sensor.