Patent Application
20070187536
The present invention relates to a paper and optical disk shredder and particularly to a paper and optical disk shredder with a shredding optical disk bucket switching apparatus.
Paper and optical disks are the most widely used media for recording data these days. To prevent the data from leaking outside, confidential data have to be destroyed. Destroying the data manually cannot thoroughly shred the paper and optical disks, and could result in leaking of the data.
R.O.C. patent publication No. 524199 entitled “Optical disk data destroyer” discloses a machine to destroy optical disks. It has a casing containing a hollow housing chamber, an inlet on the casing to receive optical disks, an outlet on an opposing side of the inlet, a calender consisting of two embossing rollers located in the housing chamber in a parallel manner, a motor transmission means containing a motor located in the housing chamber and a gear set to drive the calender, and a sensor located on the inlet of the casing to generate a signal when an optical disk is inserted into the inlet to activate the motor transmission means and calender. The calender compresses the surface of the optical disk to form a permanent damage so that the data contained in the optical disk are thoroughly destroyed to prevent leaking of the data.
Due to the demand of the paper and optical disk shredder grows constantly, a composite paper shredder capable of shredding optical disks has been developed on the market. It can destroy both paper and optical disks.
However, the composite shredder mentioned above gathers the shredded paper and optical disks in a same place. As the shredded paper and optical disks are different materials, gathering them together makes classifying difficult and creates a lot of problems in the recycling process.
Therefore the primary object of the present invention is to solve the aforesaid disadvantages. The present invention provides a paper and optical disk shredder with a shredding optical disk bucket switching apparatus that can separately hold shredded paper and shredded optical disks. The paper and optical disk shredder includes a head for shredding paper and optical disks. The head has a sensor to detect insertion of an object. The head is mounted onto a casing which houses a shredding paper bucket. A shredding disk bucket is mounted onto the shredding paper bucket. The shredding disk bucket has a plurality of sliding members and is coupled with a transmission means which is located on the casing. The transmission means includes a mechanism consisting of linking magnets, gears, ropes, belts and springs to move by pushing, pulling, rotating, levering, and depressing.
In addition, there is a safety micro-switch located on the bottom of the head to detect whether the shredding paper bucket is positioned properly to prevent the shredder from operating while users remove the shredding paper bucket to avoid accidents. Moreover, the shredding paper bucket and shredding optical disk bucket have an optical control means to detect whether the buckets are overflow to prevent shredded debris from jamming the machine and causing fire breakout in the event of user negligence.
The foregoing, as well as additional objects, features and advantages of the invention will be more readily apparent from the following detailed description, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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In addition, the head 10 may have a safety micro-switch 103 located on the bottom to detect whether the shredding paper bucket 21 is properly positioned (referring to
Moreover, an optical control means (not shown in the drawings) may be installed on one wall of the shredding paper bucket 21 and shredding disk bucket 22 to detect whether overflow occurs. It detects the debris in the bucket through an infrared light. When the debris held in the bucket reaches a selected level, it is detected by an infrared signal and the power supply is cut off. Thus in the event that the shredding paper bucket 21 or shredding disk bucket 22 is full and users are not aware, the shredder stops shredding to prevent the debris from jamming the machine and causing fire breakout.
While the preferred embodiments of the invention have been set forth for the purpose of disclosure, modifications of the disclosed embodiments of the invention as well as other embodiments thereof may occur to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the appended claims are intended to cover all embodiments which do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention.
