Patent ID: 7380736

Claim:
A shredder apparatus for shredding materials, said apparatus comprising: a frame assembly; and a shredder assembly disposed within said frame assembly, the shredder assembly including: a shaftless, rotatable shredder ring component connected to said frame assembly, said shredder ring component comprising a plurality of spaced shredder rings, each of said rings having a shredder portion; a comb member component disposed within said frame assembly, said comb member component comprising a plurality of spaced comb members, each of said comb members being positioned to cooperate with at least one of said shredder rings to shred material; and a drive assembly connected to said shredder ring component to rotate said shredder ring component including said shredder rings, whereby said shredder rings rotate relative to said comb members and cooperate with said comb members to shred material.