Patent ID: 7942352

Claim:
A shredder comprising: a bin for receiving shredded materials; a shredder housing having a shredder mechanism mounted therein, the shredder housing comprising an input opening for receiving materials and an output opening for depositing shredded material into the bin, the output opening being open to a bottom of the shredder housing; the shredder mechanism including a motor and a cutter assembly, the motor rotating the cutter assembly about an axis to shred materials fed therein, and a rotatable device positioned at least partially between the shredder mechanism and a bottom of the output opening, the rotatable device comprising a shaft having a plurality of elongated structures having a direction of elongation extending at least partially radially with respect to an axis of the shaft, and wherein the shaft is configured to rotate about an axis parallel to the axis of the cutter elements so as to move shredded materials within and adjacent the output opening.