JPS635778Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Technical field of the invention] The present invention relates to a document shredding machine that shreds documents.
In particular, the present invention relates to a document shredding machine characterized by the arrangement position of a document input port and the arrangement method of shredding cutters.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

In a document shredding machine, a shredding cutter for shredding documents input from the document input port is disposed inside a substantially rectangular parallelepiped-shaped casing with an elongated document input port provided on the top surface, The document input slot is usually provided with its longitudinal direction parallel to the front of the casing.

Regarding such conventional document shredding machines, the applicant of the present application proposed in Utility Application No. 68860 of 1981 that the document input port is provided in a direction in which the longitudinal direction thereof is perpendicular to the front surface of the casing. We proposed a new document shredding machine with the following characteristics.

The present invention relates to an improvement of the document shredding machine disclosed in the above-mentioned utility model registration application. That is, as an example of the document shredding machine disclosed in the above-mentioned utility model registration application, there is one in which two document input ports are provided on the top surface of the casing, one on the left and one on the right. A shredding cutter is fixedly arranged at a position corresponding to each document input port, and a total of two sets of shredding cutters are required. However, subsequent experience has shown that even if there are two document input ports, only one of the document input ports will be used, and it is extremely rare to use the two sets of document input ports and the shredding cutter at the same time. It turns out that it is. The shredding cutter is an expensive component that has been hardened, and it also requires two sets of cutter drive motors, so having two sets of shredding cutters makes it easier to shred documents. This causes the price of the machine to rise.

[Purpose of invention]

The present invention has been made in consideration of these points, and an object thereof is to provide a document shredding machine having two document input ports, which has a simple structure and is inexpensive.

[Summary of the idea]

This invention has a long and narrow document slot on the top of the housing.
A document shredding machine, the longitudinal direction of which is perpendicular to the front surface of a housing, and a shredding cutter for shredding documents inputted from a document input port inside the housing. , document input ports are provided at two locations on the left and right sides of the top surface of the casing, and the shredding cutter is arranged to be able to swing between positions corresponding to the two document input ports. There is.

[Example of idea]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes a housing having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and elongated document input slots 13a and 13b are provided on the upper surface 12 of the housing 11, and the longitudinal direction thereof is parallel to the housing 1.
Two locations are provided on the left and right in a direction perpendicular to the front surface 11a of the device. Here, the front surface 11a of the housing 11
This is the conspicuous side on which a person using the document shredding machine 10 performs the document loading operation, and is usually provided with a door 14 for taking out shredded waste, an operation button 15, and the like.

Inside the housing 11, document input ports 13a, 13 are provided.
A pair of shredding cutters 16 is disposed below b and facing in the same direction as the document input ports 13a and 13b. One end of this shredding cutter 16 is connected to a drive motor 17, and the other end is connected to a support plate 18.
It is rotationally supported by. Shredding cutter 16,
The motor 17 and the support plate 18 are integrated by a connecting member 19 to form a cutter unit 20. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the appearance of this cutter unit 20. Pins 21 are provided on both longitudinal sides of the cutter unit 20, and the entire cutter unit 20 is swingably supported within the housing 11 by the pins 21. A pair of stopper plates 22 are disposed below the cutter unit 20 and are fixed to the inner wall of the housing 11. This stopper plate 22 is
This is for stopping the swinging of the cutter unit 20 by coming into contact with the lower corner of the connecting member 19 of the cutter unit 20, and the shredding cutter 16 is
It is provided at a predetermined distance from the pin 21 so that it can swing and stop at positions corresponding to the two document input ports 13a and 13b.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 23 denotes a cover, which covers the unused document input port 13b and allows documents to be shredded, etc. to be placed on it.

Next, the operation of this embodiment having such a configuration will be explained.

For convenience of the user, for example, when shredding is performed using the document input slot 13a on the left, pin 2
The cutter unit 20 is swung around center point 1, and the shredding cutter 16 is set at a position corresponding to the document input port 13a (see FIG. 2). This swinging of the cutter unit 20 can be done by removing the top surface 12 of the housing, but it can be easily done if a swinging handle (not shown) can be attached to the cutter unit 20. After the cutter unit 20 is set in this manner, a document or the like can be input through the document input port 13a to perform the desired shredding process.
In this case, it is desirable to provide a locking mechanism (not shown) for the cutter unit so that the cutter unit 20 does not swing during shredding. When using the document input slot 13b on the opposite side (right side), similarly swing the cutter unit 20 to the right.
It may be set at the position shown at 20a in FIG.

[Effect of idea]

As explained above, according to the present invention, a set of shredding cutters is swingably disposed at corresponding positions for the two document input ports provided on the left and right sides of the upper surface of the housing. Therefore, the structure is simpler and cheaper than a structure in which two sets of shredding cutters are provided for each document input port.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention;
The figure is a front sectional view of the top of the document shredding machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the cutter unit. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11...Housing, 13a, 13b...Document input slot, 16...Cutter for shredding, 20...Cutter unit, 21...Pin.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] An elongated document input port is provided on the top surface of the housing, the longitudinal direction of which is perpendicular to the front surface of the housing, and is used for shredding documents input from the document input port into the housing. In a document shredding machine equipped with a cutter, the document input ports are provided at two locations on the left and right sides of the upper surface of the casing, and the shredding cutter is located at a position corresponding to the two document input ports. A document shredding machine characterized in that the document shredding machine is arranged so as to be swingable between the two.