SHREDDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SHREDDING PHYSICAL MEDIA USING HOUSEHOLD ELECTRIC POWER

摘要

A shredding device and method for shredding physical media using household electric power are disclosed. The physical media may include data storage device or medium configured to store information. The shredding device may be configured to facilitate the destruction of the physical media to a final strip size no more than ¾ inches wide. The shredding of the physical media may be enabled by a motor which may be energized by power drawn from a regular wall outlet in a building. In some implementations, the shredding mechanism may comprise rotor members configured to rotate in opposite directions. A sound enclosure may be used to attenuate the sound produced by during the shredding of the physical media. In some implementations, the sound attenuation is achieved through lining fiber wools around the interior surfaces of the sound attenuation enclosure.

主权项

1. A shredding device configured to facilitate destruction of physical media using household electric power, the shredding device comprising:
a shredding assembly having a material inlet and a material outlet, the shredding assembly being configured to produce particles by shredding physical media that is introduced into the shredding assembly through the material inlet and discharge the produced particles from the material outlet, wherein any given one of the-strips produced by the shredding assembly has a final size no more than ¾ inches wide; an electronically powered motor operatively connected to the shredding assembly via a gearbox, the gearbox being configured to provide torque, enabling the shredding assembly to shred the physical media introduced through the material inlet; a power unit configured to provide power to the electronically powered motor, the power provided to the motor being drawn from a wall outlet in a building; and a sound attenuation enclosure, the sound attenuation enclosure comprising one or more sidewalls defining an interior volume, wherein at least one sidewall includes an opening that extends from an exterior of the sound attenuation enclosure to the interior volume, the sound attenuation enclosure being configured to contain the shredding assembly within the interior volume such that the material inlet of the shredding assembly is positioned adjacent to the opening, wherein the interior volume of the sound attenuation enclosure is configured to attenuate sound produced by the shredding assembly during shredding of the physical media.