Shredder
CA 2011128 C · Owner: Cummins-Allison Corp. · Inventors: Muka, John; Raterman, Donald E.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A shredding device uses a plurality of interleaving counter-, rotating discs to reduce sheets of material into longitudinal strips. One or more notches, formed in the periphery of each disc, cut the longitudinal strips into segments. Deflectors disposed in the spaces between each disc clear unwanted material from between the discs. When jammed, the rotation of the discs reverses, and the notches bite into the jammed material to help remove it from between the discs.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed February 28, 1990 and granted April 5, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 28, 2010.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by February 28, 2012.
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