Patent ID: 8777138

Claim:
An article destruction device, comprising: at least one moving component contacting a generally planar media sheet and transforming the generally planar media sheet; an electric motor driving the at least one moving component; a head assembly housing the at least one moving component and the electric motor; and, an indication panel displayed on the head assembly and including at least three visual indicators situated in sequence, each one visual indicator associated with a stage of an approaching condition; wherein the condition monitored is an approaching motor cool down period and the stage is associated with a temperature of the motor; wherein a first of the at least three visual indicators lights when the temperature is below a first threshold; wherein at least a second of the at least three visual indicators lights when the temperature exceeds the first threshold and is below at least a second threshold; and, wherein a last in the at least three visual indicators lights when the temperature exceeds the first and the at least second thresholds, each of the first and second thresholds equivalent to a predetermined temperature; and, wherein the motor further includes: a start winding connected across a pair of terminals through a thermostatic switch; and, a main winding connected across the pair of terminals; and, wherein the thermostatic switch is a thermistor and wherein the first predetermined threshold is an operating threshold temperature of the thermistor at which the switch deenergizes the start winding and the at least second predetermined threshold is an equilibrium temperature associated with a resistance value at which the thermistor stabilizes.