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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 2010100056', 'Application No. 2005285398', 'Application No. 2008100182', 'Application No. 2008202504', 'Application No. 2010100084', 'Application No. 2010100084', 'Application No. 05784240', 'Application No. 08102126', 'Application No. 2005285398', 'Application No. 2007108715', 'Application No. 2', 'Application No. 200580034478', 'Application No. 08102126', 'application No. 08170857']

Patent US7946514 - Shredder with thickness detector - Google Patents
A shredder includes a thickness detector device having a contact portion in a throat of a housing. The contact portion is movable by a thickness between opposing major surfaces of at least one article being received by the throat. The thickness detector device includes a detectable portion movable by...http://www.google.com/patents/US7946514?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7946514 - Shredder with thickness detector
Publication number US7946514 B2
Application number US 12/578,292
Also published as CA2645569A1, CA2645569C, CA2721620A1, CA2721620C, CN101437620A, CN101437620B, CN101804373A, CN101804373B, CN101844098A, CN101844098B, CN101844099A, CN101844099B, DE202007019110U1, DE202007019389U1, EP1996331A2, EP2036614A1, EP2036614B1, EP2221107A2, EP2221107A3, US7631822, US7631823, US7631824, US7635102, US7712689, US7963468, US8757526, US8783592, US20060219827, US20070246580, US20070246581, US20070246585, US20070246586, US20100051731, US20100084496, US20100213300, US20110297769, US20130146693, WO2007109753A2, WO2007109753A3
Publication number 12578292, 578292, US 7946514 B2, US 7946514B2, US-B2-7946514, US7946514 B2, US7946514B2
Inventors Tai Hoon K. Matlin, Eric Gach
Patent Citations (221), Non-Patent Citations (38), Referenced by (5), Classifications (21), Legal Events (3)
US 7946514 B2
21. A shredder according to claim 14, wherein the optical detector is configured to detect a plurality of positions of the second portion.
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U.S. Classification 241/30, 241/101.3, 241/36, 241/100, 241/236
Cooperative Classification B02C23/18, B26D7/088, B02C2018/168, B02C23/06, B02C18/16, B02C2018/0023, B02C18/0007, B02C2018/164, B02C2018/166, B02C23/04, B02C2018/0015
European Classification B02C18/00B, B02C23/04, B02C18/16, F16P3/14
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