CN1307844A

CN1307844A - Ashtray

Info

Publication number: CN1307844A
Application number: CN01101878.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 曹昞倌
Original assignee: CHO BYUNG GWAN
Current assignee: CHO BYUNG GWAN
Priority date: 2000-02-10
Filing date: 2001-02-12
Publication date: 2001-08-15
Also published as: KR200189233Y1; EP1125510A2; US20010013350A1

Abstract

The present invention relates to an ashtray which could be used as the decoration due to good appearance as well as could not make other people unpleasant by covering the interior thereof, as it is not in use, and could cause ashes to be knocked off easily by the simple operation of the button as it is in use. For this, the present invention provides an ashtray comprising: an upper and lower spherical body having at least three ash hole in an upper surface thereof; and a supporter supporting the upper and lower body; a spherical door coupled in the upper and lower body and rotating selectively; a button coupled with an upper end of the upper and lower body to slide up and down; an upper and lower ratchet member coupled with the button and door respectively and engaging each other to transmit the power in one direction, rotating the extinguishing and door in a certain angle.

Description

Ashtray

The present invention relates to ashtray; more particularly; the ashtray that relates to only can be used as ashtray usefulness when needed owing to basic good surface appearance can be used as ornament, cigarette ash and stub can not appeared protect environment and finish himself function thereby especially can seal its inside when not using.

Generally speaking ashtray is the vessel of an opened upper end, and the groove of placing cigarette and the lid that covers the top are arranged once in a while.

It is unhappy but this traditional ashtray can be seen cigarette ash in it and stub.If ashtray is not frequent turned letter in addition, cigarette ash that piles with and stub make environment and ashtray itself very dirty.

The present invention's expection solves the above-mentioned problem, the purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of ashtray, owing to its good surface appearance is used as ornament and because of time spent not can cover it and innerly can not make other people unhappy, and in use as long as with simple operations the cigarette ash bullet is fallen.

In order to achieve the above object, the ashtray that provides comprises upper and lower spherical shell, has three cigarette ash holes on its upper surface at least, and upper and lower casing forms certain inside space when working in coordination; The bearing that one supporting upper and lower casing is arranged; Have a fan to be contained in the interior sphere shape door of upper and lower casing, it selectively rotates, and this fan door can open and close all cigarette ash holes simultaneously and connect one and put out cigarette plate 13, can make cigarette extinction; Have a button to cooperate with the top of last lower house and can do vertical up and down the slip, this button promotes outwards to protrude by elastic force; There is up and down pawl component be connected with button and door respectively and can be when intermeshing, by spirality power transmission parts upper and lower pawl component rotated regularly and make with button and put out the cigarette plate and turn an angle along a direction transferring power.

Particularly the side on the surface of door has a ball stop, strict limiting door and put out the moving range of cigarette plate.

In addition, two relative horizontal ledge are arranged, on last pawl component circumferential surface, have two parallel spiral grooves to extend longitudinally in button end, therefore when press the button two horizontal ledge when each helicla flute is advanced on pawl component can rotate.

The most handy key that is connected in the one side, the strict keyway along the Body of pillar that reaches the upper shell upper end inwards of button slides up and down.

In addition, be preferably in and provide bonding piece on the bearing so that in automobile.

In the following explanation that the reference accompanying drawing is done the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the features and advantages of the present invention are more described, and these accompanying drawings are:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view, and the situation when using according to ashtray of the present invention is shown;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view, illustrates according to the ashtray of the present invention situation of time spent not;

Fig. 3 is a decomposition diagram, and the parts according to ashtray of the present invention are shown;

Fig. 4 is a cutaway view, illustrates according to ashtray of the present invention and rotates preceding situation; And

Fig. 5 is a cutaway view, illustrates according to the situation after the ashtray rotation of the present invention.

In detail referring to embodiments of the invention, its example is shown in the drawings now.Same part gives identical title and label when explanation is of the present invention, and the explanation of same part is omitted.

Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 illustrate the situation according to ashtray of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, upper shell 11a and lower house 11b do releasable connection, and it has the volume that can adorn a certain amount of cigarette ash and stub.Button 14 protrudes in upper shell 11a central authorities.Separate uniform distances in the upper end of upper shell 11a three cigarette ash holes 10 are arranged.

But upper shell 11a and following table 11b can form a whole according to an embodiment of the invention, and the spheroid of any similar type can obtain expected effect of the present invention.

This sphere upper and

lower casing

11a, 11b are integrated on bearing 17 or with bearing by seat and the holding position is constant.Preferable is that it can also be applied in the automobile, though use the bottom surface that just can anchor at bearing 17 such as the bonding piece of two sides adhesive plaster one class easily as long as automobile produces big vibration.

The top 11a of housing has three cigarette ash holes 10, their spaced apart with 120 °, thereby the aperture of door 23 that opens and closes the door 12 in cigarette ash hole 10 in succession also is separated by 120 °, the slewing area of door is defined as 60 °.

The situation that Fig. 1 illustrates ashtray when using, because hole 23 Strict Compliances of the cigarette ash hole 10 of upper shell 11a and door 12 as shown in the figure, thereby the smoker can spring into cigarette ash in the ashtray and with cigarette extinction.

The situation of time spent not that Fig. 2 illustrates ashtray.As shown in the figure, owing to press the button 14, door 14 takes place once to rotate and closes cigarette ash hole 10, so the inside of ashtray is covered.

Fig. 3 illustrates the parts according to ashtray of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 3, ashtray of the present invention comprises the container piece that holds cigarette ash and stub, opens and closes the door part of enclosure interior, the operating parts of control ashtray open and-shut mode and the actuator that door part is rotated by operating parts.

Container piece comprises spherical upper and lower casing 11a, the 11b of removable assembling, more particularly connects between the groove 24 that forms by

housing

11a, 11b end of container piece and the boss 25 with separating to assemble and decompose.

In other words, when cigarette ash and stub are filled ashtray, oppositely screw on,

lower house

11a, 11b make groove 24 separate with boss 25, so separately upper and

lower casing

11a, 11b can turn ashtray.

In addition, at the upper surface of upper shell 11a three cigarette ash holes 10 are arranged, they distribute around along the upper surface center as 120 ° at certain intervals, and the smoker can spring into ashtray with cigarette ash and with cigarette extinction by cigarette ash hole 10.

Can freely design cigarette ash hole 10, consider that door 12 slewing areas are suitable no matter hole count how much, needs only.

In addition, the local opening in cylindrical columns body 20 vertical stretching predetermined lengths and its lower end, and be positioned at the central authorities of upper shell 11a, should make insertion button 14 wherein do correct vertically slip up and down to cylinder 20.

For this reason, on the wall of Body of pillar 20, form a keyway 22, vertically incision, the key 21 of button 14 1 sides of packing into moves along this keyway 22.Thereby can make button 14 do strict moving up and down.

Particularly, when whole ashtray be preferably paste during with plastic production anti-cigarette ash of one deck and stub high temperature metallic plate 32 or or on the wall of lower house 11b or coated on bottom side other metal levels.

Door part comprises a hemispheric door 12, contacts installation with the inner surface of upper shell 11a, and door part comprises that is also extinguished a plate 13, is connected this lower end of 12.

Around door 12 upper surface 120 ° of three cigarette ash holes, 10 corresponding three aperture of doors 10 with upper shell 11a that distributing at interval, under the mediad of door 12, stretch out a columniform dimple 29.Therefore, door 12 is assembled to the outside of the Body of pillar 20 that forms among the upper shell 11a, thereby its rotation pivot has been arranged.

In addition, put out cigarette plate 13 and comprise a cylinder, its middle part is highly little and at least with the radial blade of three horizontal stretchings, puts out the cigarette plate and utilizes cylinder to be fixed to the lower end of door 12.

Especially door 12 and put out cigarette plate 13 and cooperate by locating slot 34 on the bottom surface separately and positioning boss 33 and keep predetermined relative positions, in other words, when door 12 with when putting out positioning boss 33 that cigarette plate 13 usefulness are in alignment with each other and locating slot 34 and cooperating, each hole 23 on the door 12 with put out each blade on the cigarette plate 13 not overlapping to a certain degree arranged.So when using ashtray, do not cause the blade that puts out cigarette plate 13 to be offset along a direction owing to this does not overlap.Thereby the smoker is easier to the cigarette ash bullet be fallen and make cigarette extinction.

And, because numerous cigarette holes 26 of putting out is formed on the blade that puts out cigarette plate 13, help to make cigarette to extinguish easily.Put out in the cigarette plate 13 at this, the best matel coated layer of the end face of plate 13 makes and puts out cigarette plate 13 and can not be out of shape because of the high temperature of cigarette.

Because the following pawl component 15b of the bottom surface of the Body of pillar of upper shell 11a supporting is with screw and door 12 and to put out cigarette plate 13 fixing, therefore door 12 with put out cigarette plate 13 and fully supported.And, pass door 12 and put out the link slot 31 that forms on the cigarette plate 13 when connecting boss 30 assemblings because form on the bottom surface of pawl component 15b down, along with the rotation of pawl component 15b, door 12 and put out cigarette plate 13 and also rotate together.

In addition, the accurate ball locating part 16 that once rotates of a restriction is arranged on the door 12.

In the ball locating part 16, ball spring 16b and ball 16a are placed among the spring base 16c of door 12 upsides formation in order, along with the rotation of door 12, ball 16 account for selectively track at upper shell 11a inner surface upper edge ball 16 with constant engaging groove 16d spaced apart in.

Because 6 engaging groove 16d are arranged, be equivalent to door 12 and once rotate 60 °, so the scope that door 12 once rotates can accurately be controlled at 60 °.

Operating parts comprises button of directly pressing with hand 14 and the button spring 27 that button 14 is resetted.

Button 14 has a hollow circular cylinder, and its lower end has the relative boss of two levels 18 to stretch to the center from cylinder, and a hole of putting key 21 is arranged on the one side.

The helicla flute 19 of horizontal ledge 18 in last pawl component 15a can provide the power that pawl component 15a is rotated when advancing.The keyway 22 of key 21 in Body of pillar 20 can make button 14 do strict sliding up and down when moving.

Button 14 and button spring 27 can be inserted in the Body of pillar 20 of upper shell 11a successively and utilize key 21 to guide in the keyway of Body of pillar 20 and can slide up and down.

Drive member comprises last pawl component 15a that cooperates with button 14 and the following pawl component 15b that combines with door 12.

Upper and

lower pawl component

15a, 15b by be in contact with one another separately form on the face between ratchet 28a and the following ratchet 28b engagement with break away from transferring power.

In other words because the tooth of upper and lower sour jujube 28a, 28b can only and can slide along other direction along the engagement of direction, so when the active force of button 14 makes pawl component 15a rotation upper and

lower ratchet

28a, 28b is engaged with each other and also rotation together of ratchet 15b.

Particularly, because the circle of last ratchet 15a encloses and has two parallel spiral grooves 19 to extend longitudinally on the face and the horizontal ledge 18 of button 14 is also advanced in this spiral groove 19, so along with the sliding up and down of button 14, last pawl component 15a also can rotate.

Therefore, according to ashtray of the present invention before operation and afterwards situation be illustrated in down:

Fig. 4 illustrates the preoperative state according to ashtray of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 4, the button 14 that is positioned at a housing 11a top is maintained the protrusion state by button spring 27, and the cigarette ash hole 10 of last

lower house

11a, 11b is closed by the door 12 of the inside.

In other words, because the inside of ashtray is closed, as shown in Figure 2, so the time spent can not keep clean to ashtray.

Fig. 5 illustrates according to the state after the ashtray operation of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 5, when pressing the button 14 in order to use ashtray, button 14 is subjected to the guiding of the key 21 of motion in keyway 22 and moves downward, and simultaneously, the horizontal ledge 18 of button 14 makes pawl component 15a rotate owing to advancing along the helicla flute 19 on the last pawl component 15a.

Continuous rotation along with last pawl component 15a.Following pawl component 15b is owing to rotating along the engagement of direction with last pawl component 15a, then 12 and the cigarette plate 13 that puts out of combination also rotate, can use ashtray thereby cigarette ash hole 10 on the upper shell 11a is opened.

Along with once pressing down of button 14, door 12 and put out the cigarette ash hole 10 that cigarette plate 13 opens and closes upper shell 11a when it is rotated 60 ° by the ball locating part.Along with resetting of button 14, the former last pawl component 15a that is rotated along a direction by button 14 arrives original position along counter-rotation, prepares to press next time.

Since under the reset mode, last pawl component 15a not engagement with following pawl component 15b sliding-contact.And door 12 and put out cigarette plate 13 comprises that pawl component 15b down is subjected to the restriction of ball locating part 16, so resetting of button 14 and last pawl component 15a can not influence the state of ashtray itself.

Main idea of the present invention is summarized in down:

There is the general beautiful outward appearance of Association football to can be used as ornament according to ashtray of the present invention owing to it, and because its inside of time spent is not capped and can make other people unhappy, simply press the button when using in addition and can open and use easily, therefore provide convenience to the smoker.

Claims

1. an ashtray is characterized in that, comprising:

Upper and lower spherical shell, its upper surface have three or three above cigarette ash holes, and upper and lower casing cooperates the inner space that forms a certain size, also have the bearing of a supporting upper and lower casing;

The door of one sphere shape, it cooperates with upper and lower casing and can rotate selectively, and this door can open and close all cigarette ash holes simultaneously, and what combine with door puts out the cigarette plate and can make cigarette extinction;

One button, it combines and can slide up and down with the upper end of upper and lower casing, and this button promotes outwards to protrude by elastic force;

Upper and lower pawl component, cooperates and intermesh can be along a direction transferring power thereby they are separately with button and door, and this upper and lower pawl component can rotate regularly by the spirality driving force member by means of button and make and put out the cigarette plate and turn an angle.

2. ashtray according to claim 1 is characterized in that, a strict limiting door and the ball locating part that extinguishes cigarette plate slewing area are arranged on upper surface one side of door.

3. ashtray according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, in button end two relative horizontal ledge are arranged, on last pawl component circumferential surface, form two parallel spiral grooves of longitudinal extension, therefore when pressing the button, two horizontal ledge go up pawl component and can rotate when each bar helicla flute is advanced.

4. ashtray according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the button utilization be fixed on the one side key can along the Body of pillar that extends to upper shell upper end inwards keyway slide up and down exactly.

5. ashtray according to claim 1 is characterized in that, bonding piece is provided on bearing, to be used in the automobile.