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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 1989
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1988
Yasuo Araki, Fujiidera, JP;
Tetsuya Itoh, Nara, JP;
Shougo Iwai, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Yoshihalu Fujii, Sakurai, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A shredding machine which comprises a pair of juxtaposed cutting rollers for shredding paper material, a paper feed tray movable between lowered and elevated positions and adapted to support thereon the paper material to be shredded, a feed roller assembly for feeding the paper material from the paper feed tray towards the cutting rollers, a protective cover supported for movement between closed and opened positions and for covering a space above the paper feed tray when in the closed position; and a control for moving the paper feed tray from the elevated position towards the lowered position in response to the movement of the protective cover from the closed position towards the opened position.