Patent ID: 6935588

Claim:
A shredder comprising: a machine frame having wheels whereby the machine frame can be transported; a comminutor mounted on said machine frame, said comminutor having an intake side and a discharge side opposite from the intake side; an intake conveyor mounted on the machine frame on the intake side of the comminutor and arranged to carry articles to be shredded toward the comminutor; and a discharge conveyor, having first and second opposite ends, for transporting shredded material along a path extending along a direction extending from said first end toward said second end; said discharge conveyor being movable from an operating position in which said direction extends obliquely upward, and in which at least part of the discharge conveyor is located on the discharge side of the comminutor, to a stowed position in which said direction extends substantially horizontally, and in which at least part of said discharge conveyor between said first end second ends thereof, is located directly underneath said intake conveyor.