Patent ID: 7832666

Claim:
Apparatus for destruction of articles and any information associated therewith, the apparatus comprising: an article-destruction chamber having an article inlet, at least one wall forming a trough including a trough bottom, and an article-fragment outlet, said chamber being free of a stationary knife; an independent router bit head for striking articles and article fragments in the chamber, the head including: a body portion having a rotational axis, a radial extent about the axis and an axial extent, the body further having plural rigid striking elements extending radially outward therefrom, each striking element having a peripheral edge and a forward-facing radial striking surface with an area extending along at least a portion of both the radial and axial extents; and a shaft secured with respect to the body portion coaxial with the rotational axis, the shaft being positioned with respect to the chamber such that, during head rotation, the striking elements pass within the trough closely proximate the trough bottom to strike articles and article fragments therein; a drive apparatus in power-transmission relationship with the shaft to power rotation of the head; and control apparatus operatively controlling the drive apparatus.