Abstract: A knife shaft stripping device is described, in which the stripping fingers (5) are made of plastic and are injection molded in one piece either with a housing top (7) or with a housing bottom (8), and in which supporting stays (6) are associated with the stripping fingers (5), which likewise are made of plastic and injection molded in one piece with the mating housing bottom (8) or housing top (7). Bearing surfaces (12) for the knife shafts (3) are also disposed in the housing top (7) and in the housing bottom (8), and the stripping fingers (5) and supporting stays (6) are provided with abutment surfaces (9, 10) which contact one another when the cutting mechanism (2) is assembled such that the stripping fingers (5) are supported.

Abstract: A knife shaft assembly (1) for a document shredder formed from a series of cutting disks (3) arranged on a shaft (2) with spacer rings (4) disposed between them. The spacer rings (4) are compressible, and a securing mechanism, such as snap rings (6) received in grooves (5), is provided on the shaft to secure the cutting disks (3) on the shaft (2) under compression. During assembly, the spaces between the cutting disks (3) are adjusted to a predetermined size by compression in the axial direction. This arrangement enables material costs to be kept low while assuring high dimensional accuracy of the knife shaft assembly.