EP0295757A1 - Dispositif pour distribuer une cigarette allumée, un cigare ou un article à fumer analogue - Google Patents

Dispositif pour distribuer une cigarette allumée, un cigare ou un article à fumer analogue Download PDF

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EP0295757A1
EP0295757A1 EP88201268A EP88201268A EP0295757A1 EP 0295757 A1 EP0295757 A1 EP 0295757A1 EP 88201268 A EP88201268 A EP 88201268A EP 88201268 A EP88201268 A EP 88201268A EP 0295757 A1 EP0295757 A1 EP 0295757A1
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Friedrich Ferdinand Posthumus
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
    • A24F15/00—Receptacles or boxes specially adapted for cigars, cigarettes, simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor
    • A24F15/02—Receptacles or boxes specially adapted for cigars, cigarettes, simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor for domestic use
    • A24F15/08—Receptacles or boxes specially adapted for cigars, cigarettes, simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor for domestic use combined with other objects
    • A24F15/10—Receptacles or boxes specially adapted for cigars, cigarettes, simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor for domestic use combined with other objects with lighters

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  • the device according to the invention is charact­erized by a frame which comprises: - at least one transport member capable of step­wise movement and which is provided with at least one resting place for the smokable article; - a storage magazine for the smokable articles, the magazine being provided with a discharge opening which butts up to the associated moveable transport member in a manner such that, when a resting place in this member passes by this opening, a smokable article is transferred from the magazine to the resting place via the opening; - a glowing element close to one side of the transport member for lighting one end of a smokable article present in a resting place; - a draw chamber close to the side of the trans­port member opposite the glowing element for interaction with the other end - intended to be the tip - of a smok­able article present in the resting place; - a current switch for activating both the glowing element and the draw chamber; - spring means for pressing both the glowing ele­ment and the draw chamber
  • the device according to the invention consists of a storage magazine, a stepwise transport device and a transiently active lighting mechanism con­sisting of a glowing element and a draw chamber with which, so to speak, the first draw on the selected cigar or cigarette is taken.
  • a device of this type may be embodied as a manually operated table-top model or as an embodiment which is driven by a motor and can be fixed to a wall.
  • a very suitable application is a model mounted on, or fitted flush to, a car dashboard. The car driver can then take a lit cigarette from the dispensing tray and put it into his mouth without his attention being distracted from the road.
  • An embodiment of the device described above is characterized in that the glowing element is arranged so as to be axially moveable and, on the one hand, is under pressure from a spring and, on the other hand, can be pushed back by a cam, the current switch also being operated in a manner such that, during the stepwise move­ment of the transport member from the last transport position to the lighting position, the cam initially releases the glowing element, so that the spring pushes the glowing element against the smokable article, the smokable article is pushed against the draw chamber and the current switch closes, as a result of which the smokable article is lit, while on further movement of the transport member the cam pushes the glowing element back, the current switch opens and finally the delivery position is reached, the burning smokable article falling into the dispensing tray.
  • the stepwise movement always comprises two half steps, lighting of the smokable article present at that position taking place in the short interval between these two successive half steps.
  • the user can then wait a few seconds, after which the second half step is carried out and the lit smokable article comes within reach in the dispensing tray.
  • the stepwise movement of the transport member can be implemented as a translation, i.e. linear movement, or as a rotation, i.e. a rotating movement.
  • the device consists of a frame 1 (in this case embodied as a base) in which the following elements are accommodated.
  • a transport member 2 which comprises a cylindrical roll in the embodiment according to Figures 1-7.
  • the transport member 2 is provided with a number of resting places 3 for a smokable article which will be referred to as a cigarette in the text which follows.
  • Figures 3 and 4 show that the transport member 2 embodimed as a cylindrical roll is provided with three resting places located at an arc distance of 120° relative to each other.
  • the device consists further of a storage magazine 4 for the cigarettes, the magazine being provided with a lid 5 on the top and a discharge opening 6 (see Fig. 4) at the bottom.
  • This discharge opening butts up to the trans­port member 2 in a manner such that, when a resting place 3 in this member passes by this opening 6, a cigarette from the magazine is transferred via the opening to this resting place.
  • the transport member 2 i.e. the cylindrical roll
  • the transport member 2 is fixed on a shaft 7 which is rotatably mounted in the end walls 8 of the magazine 4, see Figures 1 and 6.
  • a handle 9 is fixed so as to be freely rotatable at one end of this shaft 7.
  • This handle is internally provided with a ratchet drive 10 the ratchet of which is firmly fixed on the shaft 7.
  • the underside of the handle 9 is provided with a projection 11 which can move between two stops 12. In this way, the handle 9 can make a backwards and for­wards stroke through rather more than 60°.
  • the ratchet drive 10 is provided with six teeth which are also at a mutual angular distance of 60° and with which the shaft 7 can be rotated stepwise in one direction always through the same angle of 60° (see Fig. 5).
  • Elements 9-12 form the means for the stepwise movement of the transport member 2, fixed on the shaft 7, between three positions A, C and E as can be seen in Fig­ures 3 and 4.
  • Position A is the so-called receiving position at the discharge opening 6 of the storage maga­zine 4.
  • Position C is a so-called transport position which precedes position D, still to be described in detail, in which the cigarette is lit before this burning cigarette arrives at the delivery position E. Diagonally below this delivery position E there is a dispensing tray 13 for the lit cigarette, which in this position E rolls from the resting place 3 into the tray 13 under the force of gravity.
  • a glowing element 14 is installed close to one side of the transport member 2 for lighting one end of a cigarette present in a resting place 3.
  • a draw chamber 15 for interaction with the other end - in­tended to be the tip - of the cigarette present in the resting place 3 is located at the other side of the trans­port member 2 opposite the glowing element 14.
  • Figures 6 and 7 show furthermore that the glowing element 14 is arranged so as to be axially moveable and, on the one hand, is under pressure from a spring 17 and, on the other hand, can be pushed back by a cam 18.
  • the draw chamber is connected to an electrically driven vacuum pump 19 which is included in the circuit of the current switch 16.
  • the pump 19 is fixed to the magazine 4.
  • the glowing element 14 and the draw chamber 15 are non-­rotatably accommodated in the frame 1 and the transport member 2 (the cylindrical roll) is fixed on the shaft 7 which is rotatable stepwise.
  • Three cams 18 at a mutual distance of 120° are firmly connected to the shaft 7 via a common support 20.
  • the shaft 7 moreover carries a disc 21 provided with three cams 22 spaced at 120° rela­tive to each other (see Figure 3) for closing the current switch 16.
  • these cams 22 interact with a pendulum arm 23 which is subjected to the action of a spring 24.
  • the current switch 16 is operated by the pendulum arm 23 which (in Fig. 3) is pushed to the right by the cam 22.
  • Current is supplied in this manner to, on the one hand, the glowing element 14 and, on the other hand, the vacuum pump 19.
  • air is sucked through in the longitudinal direction of the ciga­rette and this cigarette is lit in a natural way by the heat of the glowing element 14.
  • the embodiment according to Fig. 8 contains a transport member 2 which in this case consists, however, of an extended run G of an endless belt provided with a large number of gutter-shaped resting places 30.
  • a transport member 2 which in this case consists, however, of an extended run G of an endless belt provided with a large number of gutter-shaped resting places 30.
  • This embodiment is suitable for mechanization for which purpose there is a stepping motor 32 which guides the chosen cigarette to a zone 33 between the diagrammatically shown glowing element 34 and the draw chamber 35.
  • a dis­pensing tray, not shown in Fig. 8, from which the consumer can take the lit cigar or cigarette is located under zone 33.
  • the device according to the in­vention can be embodied in many models. In the first place, a series of models is conceivable which are each pro­vided with a storage magazine.
  • the device may be embodied as a hand-held model intended for use in a car, while a mechanically driven model is also conceivable for this purpose.
  • the device may also be embodied as a table-top model on a stand 36 as shown in Fig. 2.
  • a mounting plate 37 is fixed on the stand or base 36 with rails 38 onto which the magazine 4 can be slid. By this means, the entire device can easily be removed and mounted in a dif­ferent place.
  • the glowing element 14 and 34 respective­ly, cannot only be heated electrically but also heated by a gas flame.
  • the cigarette may also be lit directly by the gas flame.
  • the device is also suitable for cigarettes provided with a filter.
  • the embodiment with various magazines are particu­larly suitable for use in places visited by the public, such as theatres, restaurants or canteens.
  • the magazines may be larger and contain, for example, 500-1,000 cigarettes or suchlike smokable articles.
  • the device may also be embodied with a coin-box so that the user can obtain a burning cigarette or cigar at a fairly small cost.
  • An application of this type is particularly favourable for a railway station and at all places in which other vending machines for soft drinks, coffee and simple foodstuffs are already present.
  • a normal motor drive may also be used, provided that in that case the magazines 4′ can move along with the transporter for a short time for transfer­ring the cigarette from the magazine to the resting place 30.

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NL8701414A NL8701414A (nl) 1987-06-17 1987-06-17 Inrichting voor het presenteren van een brandende sigaret, sigaar of dergelijk rookartikel.

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GB2525726A (en) * 2014-02-28 2015-11-04 Beyond Twenty Ltd E-Cigarette personal vaporizer
CN112389873A (zh) * 2020-10-29 2021-02-23 王勇 一种烟草储存运输保护系统

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US1914064A (en) * 1931-11-07 1933-06-13 A F Bratrud Machine for dispensing lighted cigarettes
FR984055A (fr) * 1949-02-07 1951-07-02 Distributeur-allumeur de cigarettes
CH285240A (de) * 1950-09-19 1952-08-31 Steinhauer Wilhelm Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Ausgabe von angezündeten Zigaretten aus einem Behälter.
DE866000C (de) * 1949-09-28 1953-02-05 Otto Mueller Vorrichtung zum Aufbewahren, Ausgeben und Anzuenden von Zigaretten
FR1143652A (fr) * 1955-10-03 1957-10-03 Perfectionnements aux allume-cigarettes, allume-cigares et analogues automatiques
FR1251587A (fr) * 1960-03-12 1961-01-20 Distributeur automatique de cigarettes
US3294285A (en) * 1965-01-04 1966-12-27 Boris N Kovacevic Apparatus for dispensing lighted cigarettes
FR2553177A1 (fr) * 1983-10-07 1985-04-12 Rousseau Jean Paul Appareil automatique delivrant des cigarettes allumees et destine plus particulierement a l'equipement d'automobiles en vue d'en ameliorer la securite de conduite
FR2563029A1 (fr) * 1984-04-16 1985-10-18 Alleon Alain Appareil distributeur de cigarettes allumees

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US1914064A (en) * 1931-11-07 1933-06-13 A F Bratrud Machine for dispensing lighted cigarettes
FR984055A (fr) * 1949-02-07 1951-07-02 Distributeur-allumeur de cigarettes
DE866000C (de) * 1949-09-28 1953-02-05 Otto Mueller Vorrichtung zum Aufbewahren, Ausgeben und Anzuenden von Zigaretten
CH285240A (de) * 1950-09-19 1952-08-31 Steinhauer Wilhelm Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Ausgabe von angezündeten Zigaretten aus einem Behälter.
FR1143652A (fr) * 1955-10-03 1957-10-03 Perfectionnements aux allume-cigarettes, allume-cigares et analogues automatiques
FR1251587A (fr) * 1960-03-12 1961-01-20 Distributeur automatique de cigarettes
US3294285A (en) * 1965-01-04 1966-12-27 Boris N Kovacevic Apparatus for dispensing lighted cigarettes
FR2553177A1 (fr) * 1983-10-07 1985-04-12 Rousseau Jean Paul Appareil automatique delivrant des cigarettes allumees et destine plus particulierement a l'equipement d'automobiles en vue d'en ameliorer la securite de conduite
FR2563029A1 (fr) * 1984-04-16 1985-10-18 Alleon Alain Appareil distributeur de cigarettes allumees

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GB2525726A (en) * 2014-02-28 2015-11-04 Beyond Twenty Ltd E-Cigarette personal vaporizer
GB2525726B (en) * 2014-02-28 2018-07-11 Beyond Twenty Ltd E-Cigarette personal vaporizer
CN112389873A (zh) * 2020-10-29 2021-02-23 王勇 一种烟草储存运输保护系统
CN112389873B (zh) * 2020-10-29 2023-03-31 王勇 一种烟草储存运输保护系统

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