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paper shredder

mechanical device used to cut paper into fine strips or pieces
Class type of: machine, grinding machine Q421922
paper shredder

Facts

8 properties
Subclass of
machine, grinding machine[3]
Has use
paper shredding[4]
Different from
crusher[15]
Discoverer or inventor
Abbot Augustus Low[2]
Has effect
paper shredding[14]
Has part(s)
blade, electric motor, waste container, housing, user interface[5][6][7][8][9]
Standards body
Deutsches Institut für Normung, National Security Agency[12][13]
Time of discovery or invention
February 2, 1909, 1935[10][11]
🏷️ Also known as
en document shredder en shredder en paper wolf en paper shredder ar آلة تمزيق الورق cs skartovačka da makulator de Papierwolf de Reisswolf de Reißwolf de Aktenvernichtung de Aktenvernichter de DIN 32757 de EN 15713 es destructor de documentos es trituradora de papel fa دستگاه کاغذ خردکن fi asiakirjasilppuri fi paperisilppuri fr corbeille électrique
🔖 Identifiers · 8
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
papierwolf-burotechnik
Freebase ID
/m/0knc4
Harper's tag
paper-shredders
KBpedia ID
Shredder
Museum-digital tag ID
123041
Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging
11547
Quora topic ID
Paper-Shredder-2
YSO ID
37909

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🔗 Connections
Has part(s) 5
electric motor, user interface, waste container, blade, housing
Standards body 2
National Security Agency, Deutsches Institut für Normung
Different from 1
crusher
Subclass of 1
machine
← Different from 1
crusher
← Has part(s) of the class 1
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← Made from material 1
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Summary

paper shredder is a type of machine[1].

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  1. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → paper-shredders
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: paper-shredders, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289951551|paper shredders (#289951551)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  2. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → crusher
    Subclass of → machine, grinding machine
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ YSO ID: 37909, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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