Patent ID: 7731112

Claim:
A shredder comprising: a container for receiving shredded materials; a shredder mechanism including a motor and cutter elements, the shredder mechanism enabling materials to be shredded to be fed into the cutter elements and the motor being operable to drive the cutter elements in a shredding direction so that the cutter elements shred materials fed therein; a shredder housing having the shredder mechanism mounted therein; the shredding housing comprising an input opening on an upper side for receiving materials to be shredded into the shredder mechanism, and an output opening on a lower side for discharging shredded materials from the shredder mechanism; the shredder housing being configured to be supported above the container such that the shredded materials are discharged through the output opening into the container; a rolling closure located adjacent the output opening and including a flexible panel and a storage device for receiving the flexible panel in a rolled condition, the rolling closure being configured to enable the panel to be selectively unrolled about an axis and extended from the storage device to a closed position and rolled about the axis and retracted to the storage device to an open position, respectively; the rolling closure allowing shredded materials to be discharged from the output opening in the open position and preventing shredded materials from being discharged from the output opening in the closed position; and an actuator for moving the rolling closure to the closed position in response to a predetermined operational condition of the shredder.