ANTI-PAPER JAM PROTECTION DEVICE FOR SHREDDERS

• US 20100282879A1
• Filed: 07/27/2009
• Published: 11/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aurora Office Equipment Co., Ltd, Shanghai
• Original Assignee: Aurora Office Equipment Co., Ltd, Shanghai
• Inventors: Chen, Xinxiong
• Granted Patent: US 8,087,599 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 241/36
• CPC Class Codes: B02C 18/0007 specially adapted for disintegrating documents
• CPC Class Codes: B02C 2018/0038 Motor drives
• CPC Class Codes: B02C 2018/164 Prevention of jamming and/or overload

Abstract

The present invention relates to an anti-paper jam protection device for shredders comprising a paper thickness detecting device, an indicating device and a controlling device, wherein the paper thickness detecting device is an electromagnetic induction paper thickness detecting device comprising a contact element, an electromagnetic element and an electromagnetic induction element, the contact element is connected rotatably to the body of the shredder, one end of which is positioned in the paper inserting passage, on the other end of which is mounted the electromagnetic element, the electromagnetic induction element is mounted on the body of the shredder and spaced with the electromagnetic element face to face, and the controlling device is in line connection with the electromagnetic induction element, the present invention controls the thickness of the paper to be shredded during the paper inserting stage, and shreds paper automatically only in a predetermined value range, to avoid abnormalities that result in failure of the machine such as jam and tooth breaking when the shredder is shredding many pieces of paper, so as to reduce maintenance times and cost, extend service life, and make application of shredders safer and more reliable, more convenient and simpler, then to achieve better protection of shredders.

Claims

1. An anti-paper jam protection device for shredders, comprising:

a paper thickness detecting device, mounted at the paper inserting passage of the shredder, and detecting a thickness of the paper inserted into the paper inserting passage;

an indicating device, mounted on the shredder and prompting the user;

a controlling device, in line connection with the paper thickness detecting device and the indicating device respectively, mounted in the shredder and in line connection with the driving component of the shredder driving the shredder blades, for controlling the driving component and the indicating device respectively according to the detecting result of the paper thickness detecting device.

2. The anti-paper jam protection device for shredders according to claim 1, wherein the paper thickness detecting device is an electromagnetic induction paper thickness detecting device.

3. The anti-paper jam protection device for shredders according to claim 2, wherein the electromagnetic induction paper thickness detecting device comprises a contact element, an electromagnetic element and an electromagnetic induction element, the contact element is connected rotatably to the body of the shredder, one end of which is positioned in the paper inserting passage, on the other end of which is mounted the electromagnetic element, the electromagnetic induction element is mounted on the body of the shredder and spaced with the electromagnetic element face to face, and the controlling device is in line connection with the electromagnetic induction element.

4. The anti-paper jam protection device for shredders according to claim 3, wherein the contact element is pivoted on the body of the shredder.

5. The anti-paper jam protection device for shredders according to claim 4, wherein the body of the shredder is provided a fixed axis, the contact element has an axis hole, and the fixed axis is located in the axis hole.

6. The anti-paper jam protection device for shredders according to claim 3, wherein the contact element is a shift lever, a cam block or a wheel disk.

7. The anti-paper jam protection device for shredders according to claim 3, wherein the electromagnetic element is a magnet, and the electromagnetic induction element is a hall element.

8. The anti-paper jam protection device for shredders according to claim 3, further comprising an elastic component which is connected with and props against the body of the shredder and the contact element respectively.

9. The anti-paper jam protection device for shredders according to claim 8, wherein the elastic component is a spring or an elastic rubber.

10. The anti-paper jam protection device for shredders according to claim 3, further comprising a fixed box fixed on the body of the shredder, the electromagnetic element being located in the fixed box, and the electromagnetic induction element being fixed in the fixed box and mounted indirectly on the body of the shredder through the fixed box.

11. The anti-paper jam protection device for shredders according to claim 1, wherein the control center of the shredder and the controlling device are integrated as a whole.

12. The anti-paper jam protection device for shredders according to claim 1, wherein the indicating device is an audible indicating device or a visional indicating device.

13. The anti-paper jam protection device for shredders according to claim 12, wherein the audible indicating device is a loudspeaker, and the visional indicating device is a display part or an indicating lamp.

14. The anti-paper jam protection device for shredders according to claim 13, wherein the display part is a LED display part, and the indicating lamp is a color indicating lamp, a symbol indicating lamp or a graph indicating lamp.

15. An anti-paper jam protection device for shredders, comprising:

a paper thickness detecting device, mounted at the paper inserting passage of the shredder, and detecting the thickness of the paper inserted into the paper inserting passage, the paper thickness detecting device comprising a contact element, an electromagnetic element, an electromagnetic induction element, an elastic component and a fixed box fixed on the body of the shredder, the contact element being connected rotatably to the body of the shredder, one end of which is positioned in the paper inserting passage, on the other end of which is mounted the electromagnetic element which is located in the fixed box, the elastic component being connected with and propping against the body of the shredder and the contact element respectively, and the electromagnetic induction element being fixed in the fixed box and spaced with the electromagnetic element face to face;

an indicating device, mounted on the shredder and prompting the user;

a controlling device, in line connection with the electromagnetic induction element and the indicating device respectively, mounted in the shredder and in line connection with the driving component of the shredder driving the shredder blades, for controlling the driving component and the indicating device respectively according to the detecting result of the paper thickness detecting device.

16. The anti-paper jam protection device for shredders according to claim 15, wherein the contact element is pivoted on the body of the shredder.

17. The anti-paper jam protection device for shredders according to claim 16, wherein the body of the shredder is provided a fixed axis, the contact element has an axis hole, and the fixed axis is located in the axis hole.

18. The anti-paper jam protection device for shredders according to claim 15, wherein the contact element is a shift lever, a cam block or a wheel disk.

19. The anti-paper jam protection device for shredders according to claim 15, wherein the electromagnetic element is a magnet, and the electromagnetic induction element is a hall element.

20. The anti-paper jam protection device for shredders according to claim 15, wherein the elastic component is a spring or an elastic rubber.

21. The anti-paper jam protection device for shredders according to claim 15, wherein the control center of the shredder and the controlling device are integrated as a whole.

22. The anti-paper jam protection device for shredders according to claim 15, wherein the indicating device is an audible indicating device or a visional indicating device.

23. The anti-paper jam protection device for shredders according to claim 22, wherein the audible indicating device is a loudspeaker, and the visional indicating device is a display part or an indicating lamp.

24. The anti-paper jam protection device for shredders according to claim 23, wherein the display part is a LED display part, and the indicating lamp is a color indicating lamp, a symbol indicating lamp or a graph indicating lamp.