SHREDDER

• Main Authors: TABATA TATSUYA, IGAWA HIDESHI, TAMAOKI TETSURO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 18.05.2015
• Subjects: CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING; CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING IN GENERAL; MILLING GRAIN; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PREPARATORY TREATMENT OF GRAIN FOR MILLING; TRANSPORTING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shredder capable of saving the number of times of shredded waste discharging effectively by making it possible to decide properly the accumulation degree of shredded waste in a waste basket.SOLUTION: A shredder comprises: an enclosure having an inlet port for inputting an article to be shredded; a shredding mechanism for shredding a shredded article inputted from the inlet port; a waste basket arranged to accommodate the shredded waste shredded by the shredding mechanism, in said enclosure and to take the same out of and in said enclosure; a window disposed in said enclosure and through which the inside of said waste basket can be viewed from the outside; a lighting device disposed inside of said enclosure for irradiating light into said waste basket; and an illumination control mechanism for controlling said lighting device so that light in a mode different from an ordinary time, in which said shredded waste accumulated inside of the waste basket is at or less than a predetermined quantity, may be irradiated when the shredded waste is more than the predetermined quantity. 【課題】屑入れ内の細断屑の堆積度合いを的確に判断できるようにして細断屑の排出作業回数を有効に節約し得るシュレッダを提供する。【解決手段】被細断物を投入するための投入口を有する筐体と、前記投入口から投入された被細断物を細断刃により細断する細断機構と、この細断機構により細断された細断屑を前記筐体内で収容し且つ当該筐体から出し入れ可能に配された屑入れと、前記筐体に設けられ、外方から前記屑入れの内部を視認可能な窓と、前記筐体の内部に設けられ前記屑入れの内部に光を照射する照明と、前記屑入れの内部に堆積した細断屑が所定量よりも多く堆積した多堆積時は前記細断屑が所定量以下である通常時とは異なる態様の光を照射するように前記照明を制御する照明制御機構とを具備する。【選択図】図７