JP2001180596A - Smoking room in moving means - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a smoking room in which a smoker can enjoy smoking while sufficiently giving consideration to non-smokers. SOLUTION: In moving means such as aircrafts, rolling stock, buses, etc., a corner in the moving means is parted by wall bodies 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 to form a smoking room 1, one wall body 16 is composed as a door which can be opened and closed to provide a doorway for a smoker to get into/out of the smoking room 1, and a door to open/close the doorway, and a ventilation means 20 (22, 24) for sucking air from the smoking room 1 is provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a smoking room for moving means such as an aircraft, a railcar, a bus, and a ship.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, attention has been paid to the so-called "smoke-free right", which is the right to prevent smokers from being affected by tobacco smoke, and smoking regulations in public places have become widespread.

[0003] On the other hand, the freedom of smokers of smoking should also be allowed in comparison with the "smoking right" of others and other rights. However, in public places in recent years, especially in aircraft, railcars, buses and other means of transportation, smoking is likely to be limited.

[0004] Such smoking cessation in the means of transportation, particularly the inability to smoke all the time on an airplane or the like which is restrained for a relatively long period of time, is a great pain for smokers, and discomfort for non-smokers. Smoking should be permitted to the extent that it does not violate the rights.

[0005]

As described above, in order to satisfy conflicting demands between smokers and non-smokers, for example, in the case of railway vehicles, smoking vehicles and non-smoking vehicles are divided according to vehicles. It is common practice to separate smokers from non-smokers.

[0006] However, in a means of transportation such as a railroad vehicle in which each vehicle has an independent room, it is possible to divide the room into smoking vehicles and non-smoking vehicles. In, even if a smoking seat and a non-smoking seat are provided separately, tobacco smoke sucked in the smoking seat will flow to the non-smoking seat.

Further, although sufficient ventilation is provided in the cabin and the interior of the car, the smoke and odor of the tobacco are liable to be trapped in the closed space of the cabin and the cabin, and the smoke and odor of the tobacco can be completely removed. It is difficult to ventilate this space.

On the other hand, in order to divide the interior of an airplane or a bus into a smoking area and a non-smoking area, and to prevent tobacco smoke sucked in the smoking area from flowing into the non-smoking area, Because significant interior work is required,
Transportation means, such as airplanes and buses, whose interior is a continuous room, are often completely smoke-free.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional disadvantages, and can be installed relatively easily without performing large-scale interior construction work. A smoking room that can be treated without dispersing tobacco smoke and odor in the transportation means, and that allows smokers to enjoy smoking after giving due consideration to non-smokers. The purpose is to do.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a smoking room 1 according to the present invention is provided in an aircraft, a railway car, a bus or any other means of transportation.
The smoking room 1 is formed by defining at 1, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and one of the wall bodies 16 is used as an openable / closable door. A ventilating means 20 (22, 2) which is provided with an entrance which can enter and exit, and a door which can open and close the entrance, and which sucks air in the smoking room 1;
4).

[0011] When the moving means is an aircraft, the pressure outside the aircraft is lower than that inside the aircraft, and the inside of a sewage tank to which a drain pipe of a washroom or the like is connected is sucked to a negative pressure. From, the space outside the machine, or a sewage tank as a low pressure source,
The ventilation means 20 may be constituted by a duct 24 comprising a pipe or the like communicating between the smoking room 1 and the outside of the aircraft or between the smoking room 1 and the wastewater tank of the aircraft.

Further, since the drain pipe communicated with the wash basin and the like is communicated with the outside of the machine or the sewage tank, the drain pipe is opened into the smoking room 1 by being diverted to the duct 24. You can also.

Preferably, the duct 24 is provided with a means for opening and closing the duct 24, for example, a valve for opening and closing the duct 24 when the duct 24 is a pipe is provided. It is preferable that the obstruction can be closed.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this embodiment, an example in which the smoking room 1 of the present invention is installed in an aircraft will be described as an example.
The present invention is not limited to use in aircraft, but is also applicable to other transportation means such as railway vehicles, buses, ships, and the like.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a smoking room according to the present invention installed in an aircraft, and the smoking room 1 includes partition walls 11,
12, 13, 16, the top plate 14 and the floor plate 15 are formed to define one corner in the machine. In the present embodiment, the smoking room 1 is formed as a box-shaped space that can be accommodated by one person, and as an example, is formed as a room similar to a telephone box.

The smoking room 1 can also be formed by retrofitting an existing toilet or the like provided in an aircraft, and removing unnecessary things such as a toilet bowl, a toilet seat, and a washstand from the toilet. In this way, the above-mentioned smoking room 1 may be formed.

One of the partition walls (1 (1) defining the smoking room 1
6) forms a door 16 that opens and closes an entrance allowing the entrance and exit to and from the smoking room 1 defined by the partition wall. By closing the door 16, the smoking room 1 is isolated from other spaces in the aircraft. In addition, the air in the smoking room 1 and the smoke and odor generated in the smoking room 1 leak into the airplane from the smoking room 1 by sucking the air in the smoking room 1 by the ventilation means 20 described later. Is prevented.

The door 16 is connected to another wall 1 shown in FIG.
In the present embodiment, a window 18 made of a glass plate, an acrylic plate or another transparent material is formed in the door 16, and the smoking room is provided. 1 is configured so that it can be checked whether or not there is an occupant.

The walls 11, 12, 13, 16 and the top plate 1
4. The smoking room 1 defined by the floor plate 16 is provided with a ventilation means 20 for sucking air in the smoking room 1 and discharging smoke and odor generated inside.

The ventilating means 20 communicates the other end of the duct 24 having one end opening into the smoking room 1 through a smoke inlet 22 or the like with a low-pressure source which is set at a pressure lower than the air pressure in the machine. The ventilation means of the present embodiment, which can be configured to suck the air in the smoking room 1 and which sucks the air in the smoking room 1 provided in the aircraft, can be configured to be outside the aircraft or the negative of the aircraft. The pressurized sewage tank is used as a low pressure source,
The air in the smoking room 1 can be sucked by releasing one end of the duct to the outside or communicating with the sewage tank.

In this embodiment, in consideration of the fact that a drain pipe in a washroom or the like arranged in an aircraft is connected to the outside of the aircraft or to a sewage tank, a pipe is provided between the drain pipe and the smoking room 1. A duct is formed, and the duct forms the duct 24. In particular, in the case where the existing in-flight restroom is renovated to form the smoking room 1 of the present invention, the drain pipe communicating with the removed wash basin or the like can be diverted as the duct 24 of the ventilation means 20 as it is. In the embodiment shown in FIG.
The drain pipe of the wash basin removed as described above is connected to the duct 24.
Considering that the duct 24 is diverted, the smoke inlet 22 to which one end of the duct 24 is connected is provided on the side wall of the smoking room 1 where the washstand is originally provided.
The arrangement of the smoke inlet 22 is not limited to the position shown in FIG.

The ventilation means 20 is not limited to the above-mentioned structure, and may have any structure as long as it can suck smoke together with the air in the smoking room 1. For example, a fan motor may be used as the low pressure source. And the like may be provided so that the air in the smoking room 1 can be discharged outside the machine or outside the vehicle.

Also, for example, a pipe forming a duct 24 communicating the smoke inlet 22 to the outside of the machine or communicating with the sewage tank includes:
This can be provided with a valve. This is because when the pipe forming the duct 24 and the smoke inlet 22 are always in communication with each other, when the aircraft is on the ground, such as during landing, the pressure outside the aircraft is balanced with the pressure inside the aircraft, or A bad smell flows back into the smoking room through the smoke inlet 22 due to the stoppage of suction in the sewage tank, and noise such as wind noise is always generated by air sucked into the pipe 22 during flight. However, by providing this open / close valve, the valve is released only during smoking, thereby preventing the backflow of air and the generation of noise as described above.

The opening and closing of the valve can be performed by operating a switch provided in the smoking room 1 by a person who smokes in the smoking room 1 by himself / herself. When the smoker is in the smoking room 1 such as opening a valve based on a detection signal of a sensor that detects that there is a smoker in the smoking room 1 or the like, Preferably, the valve is opened only for a certain period of time after leaving the room.

In the smoking room 1, for example, an ashtray 30 required for smoking is arranged. Further, a shelf 40 may be formed in the smoking room 1 so that smoking equipment, baggage, and the like can be placed thereon, and a partition similar to a handrail provided in a toilet or the like may be partitioned. A stool bar 50 is provided, which is projected horizontally from the wall so that the hips can be leaned on this part, and further, a chair or the like is arranged, and the smoker sits in the smoking room 1 of the present invention. You may comprise so that smoking is possible.

The lighting fixture 70 may be attached to the top plate 14 so that the brightness in the smoking room 1 can be ensured.

The smoking room 1 configured as described above may be charged for use. In this case, for example, a coin slot 60
And the door 16 is not inserted until a predetermined amount of coins are inserted.
May be configured to be openable.

[0027]

According to the structure of the smoking room of the present invention described above, the smoke and odor generated during smoking can be stopped in the smoking room, and the effect of the cigarette smoke on non-smokers can be obtained. It was possible to provide a smoking room where smokers could smoke without hesitation.

In particular, when this smoking room is installed in an aircraft, the outside or the sewage tank can be used as a negative pressure source for sucking the inside of the smoking room. Can also be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a smoking room showing one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Smoking room 11, 12, 13 Wall 14 Top plate 15 Floor plate 16 Wall (door) 18 Window 20 Ventilation means 22 Smoke vent 24 Duct (Pipe) 30 Ashtray 40 Shelf 50 Stool bar 60 Coin slot 70 Lighting fixture

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An aircraft, a railway car, a bus, or other transportation means, wherein a corner of the transportation means is defined by a wall to form a smoking room, and an entrance which can enter and exit the smoking room; A smoking room in a moving means, comprising a door capable of opening and closing the entrance, and a ventilator for sucking air in the smoking room. 2. The moving means is an aircraft, and the ventilation means is a duct communicating between the smoking room and the outside of the aircraft, or between the smoking room and a sewage tank of the aircraft. Item 2. A smoking room in the transportation means according to Item 1. 3. The smoking room according to claim 1, wherein the duct can be closed when not smoking.