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4-3.2 Cooling Fan.
Provides cooling air for the cutting blades. It consists
of:
a. Blower. A motor-driven, axially designed fan mounted to the side of
cutter housing.
b. Air tubes. Directs cooling air from blower onto cutting blades by a
series of drilled holes in sides of tubes.
4-3.3 Wastebasket. This is a wire frame basket positioned under cutter. A
polyethylene bag is placed in wastebasket to allow ease of removal and disposal.
The waste level is monitored by a metal flap which opens a microswitch when bag is
full. The microswitch shuts down the machine.
Provides power and control to paper shredder.
4-5.4 Electrical System.
It consists of:
Drive motor. Controlled by a relay. It drives cooling fan and cutting
off motor. This allows time for cutting unit to be cleared. The relay also detects
if safety cover is open or wastebasket is full.
b. Key switch.
Prevents unauthorized operation of paper shredder.
c. Direction switch. Controls shredder operation. In forward position, the
cutter blades rotate inward (looking from top) to shred paper. In reverse position,
the cutter blades rotate outward (looking from top) to clean blades or clear them if
jammed.
d. Safety cover switch. Prevents shredder from operating if plastic safety
cover is not-closed.
e. Wastebasket overfill switch. Shuts shredder down if wastebasket overfill
flap detects a full wastebasket. The shredder will reactivate when wastebasket is
emptied.
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