JP2003199552A - Ashtray with extinguishing function - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ashtray with extinguishing function designed to prevent ash from scattering up from the cigarette butt vessel. <P>SOLUTION: This ashtray with extinguishing function comprises two rotary belts turningly moving while pressing on each other and functioning to put out a cigarette by sandwiching it in the pressing zone and a cigarette butt vessel placed under the belts and allowing cigarette butts to accumulate upon extrudingly falling from the belts; wherein the vessel is provided with a detachable upper lid which is provided with a port through which cigarette butts fall, the port is provided with a rotatably supported mobile blocking element, which, in turn, is provided with a mobile inclined plate and is kept at a state so as to block the port by the aid of the weight of the blocking element itself and turns so as to eliminate the state upon applying the weight of cigarette butts on the mobile inclined plate. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ashtray with a fire extinguishing function that can extinguish unextinguished cigarettes safely and reliably.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An ashtray with a fire extinguishing function for extinguishing a non-extinguishing cigarette by squeezing an un extinguished cigarette in a pressing movement area of a rotary belt is conventionally known from Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-113808.

[0003]

In the conventional ashtray with a fire extinguishing function, when the butt of the cigarette butt is removed and carried, the ash of the cigarette butt may fly up and become unsanitary. In addition, the cigarette butts may be operated without being set at a predetermined position, and the cigarette butts may spill out of the butts.

Further, when the door of the main body case is opened at the time of removing and installing the cigarette butt container, there are various problems such that internal mechanical parts are exposed and it is unsafe.

An object of the present invention is to provide an ashtray with a fire extinguishing function, which can cope with the above-mentioned problems and can suppress the rising of the ash of the butt when handling the butt.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there are provided two rotary belts for extinguishing a cigarette fire by sandwiching them in a pressing movement area that rotates while pressing each other, and a rotary belt placed below the rotary belts and In an ashtray with a fire extinguishing function, which has a cigarette butt container in which cigarettes that fall like being exhaled are collected, the cigarette butt container is provided with a removable container top lid, and the container top lid is provided with a drop-in port through which cigarettes are dropped. Is provided with a movable shield that is rotatably supported, and the movable shield is provided with a movable inclined plate that inclines downward. The movable shield shields the entrance by the weight of the movable shield itself. Such a shielded state is maintained, and when the weight of the cigarette is applied to the movable inclined plate, the rotary operation is performed so that the shielded state is opened.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings showing examples according to the embodiments of the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the body case 1 is
It has a box shape. The top plate 2 is provided. The perforated plate 2 is detachably attached to the main body case 1 and can be washed by removing it when it becomes dirty with a cigarette butt or the like.

A door 3 which can be opened and closed is provided on the right side of the main body case 1. The body case 1 including this door is formed of a stainless steel plate. Since the main body case 1 as an ashtray with a fire extinguishing function is made of a stainless steel plate, it is excellent in fire resistance without rusting.

The body frame 10 of the ashtray with a fire extinguishing function shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 is placed inside the body case 1. A main body, which is composed of the main body frame 10 and a support frame 11 located below the main body frame 10 and on which the main body frame 10 is placed, is placed inside the main body case 1. The lower side of the main body case 1 has an opening, and the assembly is performed so that the main body is inserted through this opening.

FIG. 3 shows the main body viewed from the front side, FIG. 4 shows the main body viewed from the rear side, and FIG. 5 shows the single body frame 10 viewed from the front side. Figure 2
By opening the door 3 as shown in, the front side of the main body is exposed.

The support frame 11 is formed by assembling a steel material having an L-shaped cross section into a frame shape. The body frame 10 placed on the support frame 11 is fixed with screws.

The support frame 11 is open on five sides except for the lower surface, and the lower surface is closed by the bottom plate 12. Support frame 1
The inner space 1 is a container housing portion in which the cigarette butt container 13 is housed. The cigarette butt container 13 is put into and taken out of the container storage portion from the front side.

On the bottom plate 12 of the container accommodating portion, container guides 14 are provided on both sides of the upper surface. When the cigarette butt container 13 is taken in and out of the container storage portion, the cigarette butt container 13 is guided by the container guide 14 so that the operation is smoothly performed. Two container stoppers 15 are provided apart from each other on the rear side of the upper surface of the bottom plate 12. When the cigarette butt container 13 is inserted into the container storage portion, the cigarette butt container 13 is stopped by the container stopper 15 and set at a predetermined position, so that cigarette butt and small articles described later can be received without spilling. .

Next, the main body frame 10 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12.

The cigarette butt container 13 will be described again later.

The body frame 10 is formed of four wall plates. Front and rear wall plates 20, 21 and left and right wall plates 22, 2
The main body frame 10 formed by assembling 3 in a box shape has openings on the upper / lower sides. The four wall plates are made of steel plates.

The inside of the main body frame 10 is partitioned by a partition wall into a motor storage chamber and a rotary belt storage chamber.

A drive roller 25,
26 and driven rollers 27 and 28 are installed inside. The driven rollers 27, 28 are arranged on the upper side, the driving rollers 25, 26 are arranged on the lower side, and the driven rollers 27, 28 are arranged so as to face each other and the driving rollers 25, 26 also face each other.

A rotating belt 29 is stretched around the driving roller 25 and the driven roller 27, and a rotating belt 30 is stretched around the driving roller 26 and the driven roller 28.

The rotary shaft 40 of the drive roller 25 and the rotary shaft 41 of the drive roller 26 are rotatably supported by the front and rear wall plates 20 and 21. The rotation shaft 42 of the driven roller 27 and the rotation shaft 43 of the driven roller 28 are rotatably supported by rotation shaft support plates 44, 45, 46, 47 provided on the outer surfaces of the wall plates 20, 21. These rotary shaft support plates 44, 45, 46, 47
Are movably supported in the vertical direction. Fixing screw 5 passed through a vertically long screw through hole 50 formed on the rotary shaft support plate
1 is screwed into the front and rear wall plates 20 and 21 to support the rotary shaft support plate on the wall plates 20 and 21. The vertical movement of the rotary shaft support plate is adjusted by loosening the fixing screw 51 and tightening after the adjustment to fix the rotary shaft support plate to the wall plate.

The rotary shafts 42 and 43 have stopper pins 52 inserted at both ends protruding outward from the rotary shaft support plate so that the rotary shafts 42 and 43 do not come off from the rotary shaft support plate.

Adjusting screw support plates 53, 54, 55 are provided on the front and rear wall plates 20, 21 so as to be adjacent to the upper side of the rotary shaft support plate.
56 are provided. This adjusting screw support plate is the wall plate 2
It is formed by cutting and raising 0 and 21. A belt tension adjusting screw 57, which is rotatably supported by an adjusting screw support plate, is screwed into an upper end portion of the rotating shaft support plate so that the rotating shaft support plate can be vertically moved and adjusted. By rotating the belt tension adjusting screw 57, the rotary shaft support plate is moved up and down, and the tension of the rotary belts 29 and 30 is changed.

In the above embodiment, the adjusting screw support plate is placed above the rotary shaft support plate, that is, away from the drive roller, but it should be placed below the rotary shaft support plate. Is also possible. In this case, a belt tension adjusting screw is screwed onto the adjusting screw support plate, and the rotary shaft supporting plate is pushed by the tip of the belt tension adjusting screw to adjust the tension of the rotary belt.

The belt pressing means has a press base 60 and two press plates 61 and 62. Rotating belt 2
9 and 30 are sandwiched between a press base 60 and two press plates 61 and 62, and two spiral springs 63,
The pressed state is maintained at 64. The portion pressed by the belt pressing means is the pressing movement area of the rotary belt, and the belt is sandwiched between them to extinguish a cigarette.

The press base 60 and the two press plates 61 and 62 are placed so as to bridge the front and rear wall plates 20 and 21. The wall plates 20 and 21 are provided with pressing means holes 65. The press base 60 and the two press plates 6 placed so as to bridge between the front and rear wall plates 20 and 21.
Both ends of the Nos. 1 and 62 extend from the pressing means holes 65 to the wall plate 20,
It is placed so as to project to the outside of 21. Spring support plate 66
The two support shafts 67 and 68 provided in the press base 60
The press base 60 and the two press plates 61, 62 are supported by penetrating both ends of the two press plates 61, 62. Then, by the helical springs 63 and 64 attached to the two support shafts, the two press plates 61 and 62 are
From, a pressing force is applied toward the press base 60.

Since the press base 60 abuts against the base supporting portion 69 provided in the pressing means hole 65 to be received, the pressing force by the helical springs 63 and 64 is applied to the rotating belt.

The same springs are used for the spiral springs 63 and 64. The two support shafts 67 and 68 are different in that they receive the end faces of the springs. The support shaft 68 has a boss portion, and the helical spring 64 on the support shaft 68 side has a larger compression amount (pressing amount) than the helical spring 63 on the support shaft 67 side. Therefore, even if the spiral springs 63 and 64 are the same spring, the spiral spring 64 has a stronger pressing force. As a result, the pressing force of the rotary belt becomes weaker on the upper side and stronger on the lower side where the butts are bitten.

The spring support plate 66 is provided on the front and rear wall plates 20, 21.
Attached to the outer surface of. The spring support plate 66 has an elongated hole 80 that is long in the lateral direction. The long hole 80 is provided so as to be parallel to the two support shafts 67 and 68 arranged vertically. A temporary fixing screw 81 is passed through the long hole 80.
The spring support plate 66 is also provided with a hole 83 through which the fixing screw 82 is inserted.

Assembly of the belt pressing means is performed as follows.

The helical springs 63 and 64 are fitted into the support shafts 67 and 68 of the spring support plate 66, the support shafts 67 and 68 are passed through the press base 60 and the two press plates 61 and 62, and then the temporary fixing screws 81 are provided. Is inserted into the slot 80 and screwed into the wall plate. As a result, the spring support plate 66 is temporarily fixed. The spring support plate 66 is moved in the direction from the press plate to the press base to fix the pressed state of the rotary belt. Thereafter, the fixing screw 82 is inserted into the hole 83 and screwed into the wall plate, so that the spring support plate 66 is securely stopped.

As described above, since the spring support plate 66 can be kept in a fixed state by the temporary fixing screw 81, the fixing screw 82 can be easily held in one hand and the screwdriver can be easily fixed in the other hand. Can be done.

The perforated plate 2 has a cigarette insertion tube 90 in the center. A large number of ash drop holes are formed around the cigarette insertion tube 90. This ash drop hole 91 is the cigarette insertion tube 9
It is formed in an elongated hole with a width narrower than the diameter of zero. Width is 5m
The size is about m and the length is about 40 mm. Length is 5
It may be about 0 mm. The ash drop hole 91 is for removing the ash of the cigarette crust, and the diameter of a normal size cigarette is 8 m.
Since it is m, the cigarette butts cannot be dropped.

An extension cigarette insertion tube 92 is connected to the cigarette insertion tube 90 as shown in FIG. The diameter (D1) of the cigarette insertion tube 90 is 10 mm, and the cigarette insertion tube 9 is
The diameter (D2) of 2 is 14 mm. The extension cigarette insertion tube 92 is connected because the cigarette insertion tube 90 formed by pressing the perforated plate 2 cannot be made long. Tobacco insert tube 92 for extension if possible by press working
The tip may be formed only by the cigarette insertion tube 90.

The cigarette insertion tube 92 for extension is the cigarette insertion tube 9
It was made of the same stainless steel as 0. This is because the same material is convenient in terms of welding. The diameter of the cigarette insertion tube 92 is 14 m
The reason for limiting the length to m is to prevent two cigarettes of normal size (diameter 8 mm) from entering side by side.

The tip of the extension cigarette insertion tube 92 is directed to the biting portion where the pressing movement region of the rotary belt starts. That is, on the upper side of the two rotary belts, a V-shaped introduction area is formed which is supported by the two driven rollers, and the tip of the cigarette insertion tube 92 placed so as to be inserted into this introduction area is the bottom of the introduction area. It is arranged so as to face the above-mentioned biting portion existing in. This biting portion or the pressing movement area is formed by the belt pressing means.

At the tip end side of the extension cigarette insertion tube 92, as shown in FIG. 9, a cigarette guide member 9 for extending the tip end side.
3 is provided. The cigarette guide member 93 is provided so as to extend from the tip end side of the cigarette insertion tube 92 so as to approach the biting portion of the pressing movement region.

This cigarette guide member 93 is a cigarette insertion tube 92.
It is provided so that the cigarette butts supplied from the company are well bitten into the biting portion. As shown in FIG. 8, if the cigarette butts discharged from the cigarette insertion tube 92 lie sideways at the biting portion, the extinguishing property deteriorates. Therefore, the cigarette guide member 93 is provided to extend the front side of the cigarette insertion tube 92 in order to eliminate the sideways falling of the cigarette butt.

As described above, the introduction area in which the cigarette insertion tube 92 is placed becomes V-shaped and becomes narrower as it approaches the biting portion. Therefore, the tobacco insertion tube 92 remains the same thickness as the biting portion. You can't get close. Therefore, the cigarette guide member 93 is formed by cutting away the portion facing the rotary belt so that the lateral width when viewed from the direction along the facing surface of the rotary belt is narrower than that of the cigarette insertion tube 92. By doing so, the tip side of the cigarette guide member 93 can be brought close to the biting portion without contacting the rotary belt, and the cigarette can be extinguished reliably without causing the cigarette butts to fall sideways.

Further, since the cigarette guide member 93 is notched at the portion facing the rotary belt, the butts that fall down so as to contact the rotary belt are dragged by the movement of the rotary belt and easily bite into the biting portion. .

The cigarette guide member 93 has a support arm 94.
The cigarette guide member 93 including the support arm 94 is integrally formed of a steel plate.

The support arm 94 is the wall plate 2 of the main body frame 10.
It is screwed to 2. Since the screw holes provided in the wall plate 22 are vertically long, the cigarette guide member 93 can be moved up and down to adjust the gap between the biting portion and the tip end side of the cigarette guide member 93. The cigarette guide member 93 slidably provided on the cigarette insertion tube 92 does not have the support arm 94, and the cigarette insertion tube 92 is not provided.
You may stop at.

As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the motor 100
Is a gear motor unit combined with the gear case 101. The gear motor unit is attached to the motor storage chamber of the main body frame 10.

The rotation of the motor 100 is driven by the drive roller 25,
26. Above the gear motor unit,
The control board case 102 is placed. Control board case 10
A control circuit board 103 is provided inside the unit 2. The control circuit board 103 has electronic components for control mounted thereon. The upper side of the control board case 102 made of synthetic resin has an opening. The control board case 102 is placed so as to be tilted, and a drain hole 104 is provided at a corner which is a lower side portion. The control circuit board 103 is provided apart from the inner bottom surface of the control board case 102 so as to float. It is supported by a protrusion (not shown) rising from the inner bottom surface of the control board case 102 and floats.

The upper side of the motor housing chamber of the main body frame 10 is covered with a detachable upper lid 105. Since the control circuit board 103 is placed on the upper side of the gear motor unit, by removing the upper lid 105, the control circuit board 103 can be directly seen from above, so that the control circuit board 103 can be easily adjusted and maintained. is there.

Water droplets generated in the control circuit board 103 and the control board case 102 due to the change of the ambient temperature flow downward because the control board case 102 is tilted, and fall out from the water drain hole 104 to the outside. Since the control circuit board 103 floats from the inner bottom surface of the control board case 102, water droplets easily flow. Since the water droplets are quickly discharged to the outside of the control board case 102 where the water droplets are accumulated, electrical defects of the control circuit board 103 can be suppressed.

Since the motor 100 is arranged so as to avoid the drop position of the water drop falling from the water drain hole 104, the falling water drop does not reach the motor 100 and the insulation failure can be suppressed.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the gear case 10 is used.
The output gear 110 of No. 1 is the gear 1 on the drive roller 26 side.
11 and the chain 112. The gear 111 meshes with the large diameter gear 113. The rotation of the motor 100 is transmitted to the drive rollers 25 and 26 via these gears and the like. The drive roller 25 is driven at a low speed, which is about half that of the drive roller 26.

Regarding the cigarette butt container 13, FIG.
The cigarette butter container 13 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 15, 16 and 17.

The butt container 13 is divided by the partition 120.
The inside of 3 is divided into a butts storage portion 121 and a small article storage portion 122. The cigarette butter reservoir 121 is divided so as to be larger than the small article holder 122. A container upper lid 123 that covers the butts container 121 is detachably attached to the upper side of the butts container 13. The upper lid 123 for the container suppresses the ashes and the like of the butts accumulated in the butter reservoir 121. When the whole butts container 13 is used as the butts container, the whole butts container is covered with the container top lid.

The upper lid 123 for a container has a drop opening 124. The cigarette butts, which are extinguished due to the extinguishing of fire in the pressing movement regions of the rotary belts 29 and 30, pass through the dropping port 124 and enter the butter pool 121.

A fixed shield portion 125 is provided at the sink hole 124.
And a movable shield 126. Fixed shield 125
Has a fixed shielding plate 127 that slopes downward. The movable shield 126 has a movable shield 128 that is inclined downward. The movable shield 126 is made of a light metal such as aluminum. Except for the movable shield 126, it is formed of a steel plate.

The movable shield 126 is rotatably supported by a fulcrum 129, and the weight of the movable shield 126 itself is
The lower end side of the movable shield plate 128 abuts on the lower end side of the fixed shield plate 127, and the shielded state (closed state) for closing the drop opening 124 is maintained as shown in FIG. As the cigarette rides on the movable shield plate 128 and its weight is added, the movable shield portion 126 rotates counterclockwise as shown in FIG. 16, the closed entrance 124 is opened, and the movable shield plate 12 is opened.
The cigarette on board No. 8 falls and enters the cigarette butts reservoir 121.

As described above, since the cigarette butt container 13 is covered with the container upper lid and the drop-in port 124 is closed by the movable shield 126, it is possible to prevent the ash and the like of the cigarette butt accumulated in the cigarette butt container 13 from rising so that it is hygienic. Is. This is particularly convenient because ash or the like does not rise when the cigarette butt container 13 is pulled out from the main body case 1 and carried.

Since the movable shield 126 is lightly made of a light metal such as aluminum, the movable shield 126 can be opened with a light weight and can quickly drop cigarettes into the cigarette butt container 13, which is also good in terms of safety.

Further, even if cigarettes which have not been extinguished by fire fall into the cigarette butt container 13, the upper lid 123 for the container causes an oxygen deficiency state, so that smoke is prevented and fire is extinguished. The container upper lid 123 has a handle 140. This handle 140 is the upper lid 1 for the container.
It is provided at the edge of the container upper lid 123 so as to come to the side of the accessory case 122 when 23 is set.

As shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, a switch 141 for a cigarette butt container is provided at the bottom of the container housing portion of the support frame 11 on the back side.
Is equipped with. The switch 141 for cigarette butt is a push button 142
And a contact 143 that is turned on / off by the movement of the push button 142 in and out. The push button 142 is biased by a spring or the like so as to be pushed out. The contact 143 is off when the push button 142 is pushed out.

When the cigarette butt container 13 is pushed into the container storage portion, the push button 142 is pushed at the rear portion of the cigarette butt container 13, and the contact 143 of the cigarette butt container switch 141 is turned on. When the cigarette butt container 13 is pulled out from the container storage part,
The contact 143 of the switch 141 for cigarette butt containers is turned off.
The motor 100 is operated and stopped by turning on and off the cigarette butt container switch 141. If the butts container 13 is not pushed to a predetermined position, the contact 143 of the butts container switch 141 is not turned on, and the motor 100 is not operated. Since the motor 100 is not driven while the cigarette butt container 13 is not sufficiently set, the cigarette butt crushed by the rotating belt and falling does not enter the cigarette butt container 13 and spills outside. It does not happen.

Since the cigarette butt container 13 is formed so as to bulge backward at the rear side excluding the rear lower corner side, the volume can be increased. In addition, the depth is widened, and the recess can be enlarged by just that much.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, 4, and 10, a body frame cover 150 for covering the body frame 10 from the front side is provided between the body frame 10 and the door 3. The main body frame cover 150 is formed so as to rise from the upper portion of the support frame 11 along the main body frame 10 with a tilt tilting toward you. Further, side plates 151 extending toward the inner surface of the door 3 are provided on both ends of the body frame cover 150.

The body frame cover 150 has a bottom end, which is set at a predetermined position in the container storage portion.
It is placed so as to be located above the third partition 120. In the case where the small article compartment 122 has a large opening, its lower end may be above the small article compartment 122.

Since the main frame cover 150 covers the adjusting screw supporting plate, the rotary shaft supporting plate, the spring supporting plate and the like, when the door 3 is opened, contact with these parts does not occur. It is safe because it can be avoided.

A handle 152 is provided on the door 3. The handle 152 is provided so as to cut out the door 3 and penetrate it. The handle 152 is located on the upper side facing the body frame cover 150.

The handle 152 is used not only as an original handle used for opening and closing the door 3 but also as an input port for inputting small items. Since there is the main body frame cover 150 when it is inserted from the handle 152, the adjustment screw support plate,
It is possible to insert the small parts into which the parts such as the rotary shaft support plate and the spring support plate have not hit, and can be put in the small part container 122 without any trouble. Further, since the main body frame cover 150 has the side plate 151, it can be prevented that the inserted small article goes to the side and does not enter the small article storage section 122. Further, since the lower end of the main body frame cover 150 is located above the partition 120 of the cigarette butt container 13, the input small articles are prevented from entering the cigarette butt storage section 121, and guided so as to enter the small article storage section 122.

The main body frame cover 150 is arranged so as to stand up while tilting so as to fall toward the front side. The main body frame cover 150 is attached to the parts such as the adjusting screw support plate, the rotary shaft support plate and the spring support plate. This is for avoiding hitting against and for ensuring as many entrances for small articles as possible to lead to the small article container 122.

The cigarette butt container 13 is provided with a transfer guide 153 that obliquely rises toward the inner surface of the door 3 from the front upper edge of the small article container 122. Since this transfer guide 153 closes the gap between the inside of the door 3 and the accessory compartment 122,
Small items will not enter the gap. Handing over guide 15
The small article that has fallen at 3 has an inclination that the side of the small article storage section 122 side becomes low, so that the small article naturally slides down and enters the small article storage section 122.

As shown in FIGS. 20, 21, and 22, the cleaning brush 160 has a rod body 161, a brush 162 formed by bristling the rod body 161, and a cap 163 provided at the tip of the rod body 161. A hook portion 164 bent in a hook shape is provided at the rear end of the rod body 161.

The brush 162 is circular and is formed along the rod body. The outer diameter of the brush 162 is larger than the inner diameter of the cigarette insertion tube 92. The outer diameter of the cap 163 is slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the cigarette insertion tube 90.

When the cigarette insertion tubes 90, 92 become dirty or the passage of the cigarette is not good, the cleaning brush 160 is inserted to clean the inside of the cigarette insertion tubes 90, 92. Further, since the cap 163 is attached to the tip of the cleaning brush 160, even if the cigarette insertion tubes 90, 92 are clogged with cigarettes, the cap 163 can push them out.

Since the hook portion 164 is provided at the rear end of the rod body 161, even if the cleaning brush 160 is excessively inserted into the cigarette insertion tubes 90 and 92, the hook portion 164 is caught on the inlet edge of the cigarette insertion tube 90 and is used for cleaning. The brush 160 is prevented from entering the cigarette insertion tube 90 to the rear end.

The hook portion 164 has a cleaning brush 16
It can also be used when hanging 0. That is, FIG. 2, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 18, the hook portion 164 is hooked in the hanging hole of the main body frame cover 150 to clean the cleaning brush 160.
Can be stored.

The hook portion 164 may have a fist shape instead of the bent hook shape. The fist-shaped hook portion must be larger than the inner diameter of the cigarette insertion tube 90.

Next, FIG. 6, FIG. 23, FIG. 24, FIG. 25, and FIG.
6, a cigarette detector 170 for detecting the presence or absence of cigarettes existing in the introduction area will be described.

The cigarette detector 170 is a detector case 17
1 and a board 172 for electronic parts placed inside the detector case 171. The electronic component substrate 172 is provided with a light emitting element 173 or a light receiving element 174. Light emitting element 173
The detector 170 provided with and the detector 170 provided with the light receiving element 174 are used as one set.

The light emitting element 173 and the light receiving element 174 are preferably for infrared rays. For infrared rays, parts are easy to obtain, and it is difficult to react to visible light, so there is little risk of malfunction.

The front surfaces of the light emitting element 173 and the light receiving element 174 are covered with a part of the detector case 171. The light-emitting element 173 and the light-receiving element 174 are covered with dust or the like so as not to be attached thereto, and a part of the detector case 171 serves as a cover portion. The cover portion is preferably made of a material that blocks dust and transmits light rays, for example, transparent synthetic resin. When the detector case 171 is made of transparent synthetic resin, the cover portion can be integrally molded, which is particularly convenient.

The two detectors 170 are the main body frame 10
It is provided on the outside of the wall plates 20 and 21 at a slight distance. One detector 170 has a light emitting element, and the other detector 170 has a light receiving element. The wall plates 20 and 21 are provided with light passing holes 175 through which light passes through the respective walls facing the introduction area, and the detector 170 is arranged so that the light emitting element and the light receiving element face the light passing holes 175. As a result, the light emitting element and the light receiving element are placed so as to face each other on both ends along the facing surfaces of the two rotary belts with the introduction area interposed therebetween. Therefore, if there is a cigarette in the introduction area, the light from the light emitting element is blocked and does not reach the light receiving element, so that the presence of the cigarette can be detected.

By the way, dust such as cigarette ash passing through the introduction area passes through the light passage hole 175 as shown in FIG.
If it adheres to the cover of the light emitting element or the light receiving element, it may cause malfunction of the detector. In order to eliminate this, a dust removing means for removing dust is provided.

That is, the dust removing means has a hand-pushed air pump 180, an air tube 181, and an injection nozzle 182. Air pump 180 is air tube 1
It communicates with the injection nozzle 182 via 81. The air pump 180 is placed so as to be hung on the front surface of the body frame cover 150, an air tube 181 extending from the air pump 180 is divided into two by a branch pipe 183, and an injection nozzle 182 connected to each air tube 181.
Is placed so as to face between the light passage hole 175 and the cover portion.

The air sent through the air tube 181 by the compression of the air pump 180 is jetted from the jet nozzle 182 as shown in FIG. The dust adhering to the cover portion is blown off by this jet flow, and the light passing hole 175 is discharged.
And is returned to the introduction zone. Since the cover is cleaned in this manner, malfunction of the detector can be eliminated. Open the door 3 and cover the main frame 15
It is very easy to clean because it only requires a simple operation to hold the air pump 180 that is hung on the front surface of 0.

27 and 28 show another embodiment of the dust removing means.

That is, the brush body 192 supported by the rod shaft 191 rotated by the handle 190 is arranged between the light passage hole 175 and the cover portion.

The brush body 192 is rotated by rotating the handle 190.
The light passing hole 175 and the cover are brushed to remove dust.

Next, the electric circuit and the operation will be described with reference to FIGS.

The motor 100 is connected to a commercial power source through a fuse 200, a shell-causing container switch 141, and a relay contact 201. The power supply circuit 202 supplies a low-voltage direct current, which is different from the commercial power supply, to the relay drive circuit 203, the charge / discharge circuit /
Delay circuit 204, light receiving circuit / amplifying circuit 205, light receiving unit 2
06, the oscillation circuit / light emitting circuit 207, and the light emitting unit 208. The main board 209 corresponds to the control circuit board 103. The sensor substrate 300 on the light receiving section 206 side and the light emitting section 2
The sensor substrate 301 on the 08 side is the electronic component substrate 17
Equivalent to 2. The light receiving section 206 is provided on the light receiving element 174,
The light emitting unit 208 corresponds to the light emitting element 173.

As can be seen from this electric circuit, unless the butts container 13 is set at a predetermined position, the butts container switch 141 does not turn on, and the motor 100 is not operated.

The operation of automatic operation will be described with reference to the time chart of the control circuit shown in FIG.

The output of the light emitting circuit (light emitting element) is continuously output at a predetermined interval, and in synchronization with this, the input of the light receiving circuit (light receiving element) is also input at a predetermined interval. When a foreign matter such as a cigarette enters the introduction area, the input from the light emitting circuit (light emitting element) is interrupted. The input of the light receiving circuit (light receiving element) is amplified by the light receiving circuit / amplifying circuit 205 and amplified like the output of the amplifying circuit. When the output of the amplifier circuit enters the output of the charge / discharge circuit, L
When the level becomes high and the output of the amplifier circuit disappears, the level gradually rises to H level. When the input coming from the light emitting circuit (light emitting element) is closed by a foreign substance such as cigarettes and the output of the amplifier circuit exceeds the threshold value of the charge / discharge circuit, the output of the delay circuit switches from the L level to the H level. By this switching to the H level, the relay drive circuit 203 changes from relay off to relay on and turns on the relay contact 201. Relay contact 201
Is turned on, the motor 100 is operated.

When the output of the amplifier circuit is output after the shielding by foreign matter such as cigarettes disappears, the output of the delay circuit decreases from that point, and the motor 100 continues to operate until it falls below the threshold value of the delay circuit. That is, when foreign matter such as cigarettes existing in the introduction area disappears, the motor 100 does not stop immediately, but stops after a delay of about 15 seconds. After removing foreign matter such as cigarettes, the motor 1
Since 00 stops, foreign matter such as cigarettes sandwiched in the pressing movement area of the rotary belt during this delay time is discharged to the side of the butts container 13, so that the motor 100 operates while the cigarette remains in the pressing movement area. There is no stopping.

Further, after the input from the light emitting circuit (light emitting element) is interrupted, the motor 100 is operated with a little time lag. This is to prevent the motor 100 from being accidentally operated when the input of the light emitting circuit (light emitting element) is temporarily lost due to a disturbance such as noise.

[0091]

As described above, according to the present invention, the rising of ash from the cigarette butt container can be suppressed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an example according to an embodiment of the present invention,
The external appearance perspective view of a main body case.

FIG. 2 shows an example according to an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of the main body case with the door open.

FIG. 3 shows an example according to the embodiment of the present invention,
The perspective view which shows the internal structure which removed the main body case.

FIG. 4 shows an example according to the embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the internal structure with the main body case removed, as viewed from a direction different from FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 shows an example according to the embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main body frame alone.

FIG. 6 shows an example according to the embodiment of the present invention,
The figure which shows a rotation support plate, a spring support plate, etc.

FIG. 7 shows an example according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The figure which shows a belt pressing means.

FIG. 8 shows an example according to the embodiment of the present invention,
The figure which shows the relationship between a rotary belt and a cigarette insertion cylinder.

FIG. 9 shows an example according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The figure which shows the relationship between a rotary belt and a tobacco guide member.

FIG. 10 shows an example according to the embodiment of the present invention, and is a perspective view showing the internal structure with the main body case removed, as seen from the motor storage chamber side.

FIG. 11 shows an example according to the embodiment of the present invention, and is a view showing a gear motor unit and a control board case 102 arranged in a motor housing chamber.

FIG. 12 shows an example according to the embodiment of the present invention, and is a partially enlarged view of the cigarette insertion tube.

FIG. 13 shows an example according to the embodiment of the present invention, and is a perspective view of a cigarette butt container on which a container upper lid is placed, as viewed from above.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line aa in FIG. 13, showing an example according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a view showing an example according to the embodiment of the present invention, and is a view showing a state before the movable shield is opened with a cigarette in the bb sectional view of FIG. 13.

16 is a view showing an example according to the embodiment of the present invention, and is a view showing a state in which the movable shield portion is opened with a cigarette in the bb sectional view of FIG. 13.

FIG. 17 is a view showing an example according to the embodiment of the present invention and showing a single cigarette butt container.

FIG. 18 shows an example according to the embodiment of the present invention, showing a cleaning brush and an air pump together with an external perspective view of the main body case with the door open.

FIG. 19 is a view showing an example according to the embodiment of the present invention, and is a view showing a relationship between a butts container and a butts container switch.

FIG. 20 is a view showing an example according to the embodiment of the present invention, and is a view showing a state where a cleaning brush is inserted in the cigarette insertion tube.

FIG. 21 is a view showing an example according to the embodiment of the present invention, and is a view showing a state where the cleaning brush is inserted deep into the cigarette insertion tube.

FIG. 22 shows an example according to the embodiment of the present invention, showing a cleaning brush.

FIG. 23 is a view showing an example according to the embodiment of the present invention, and is a diagram showing a relationship between an introduction region of a rotary belt and a detector.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing an example according to the embodiment of the present invention, and a diagram showing how dust is attached to the cover portion of the detector.

FIG. 25 is a view showing an example according to the embodiment of the present invention, and is a view showing a state in which dust adhering to the cover portion of the detector is blown off.

FIG. 26 shows an example according to the embodiment of the present invention, and is an enlarged view showing how dust is attached to the cover portion of the detector.

FIG. 27 is a view showing another example according to the embodiment of the present invention, showing another dust removing means for removing dust on the cover portion of the detector.

FIG. 28 is a view showing the operation of the dust removing means shown in FIG. 27.

FIG. 29 is an electric circuit diagram showing another example according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing another example according to the embodiment of the present invention, showing the operation of the electric circuit diagram in a time chart.

[Explanation of symbols]

13 ... Butt container, 123 ... Container upper lid, 124 ... Sink ports 124, 128 ... Movable shield plate.

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Suzuki Ryuji             1-1 1-1 Higashitaga-cho, Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki             Inside Titaga Technology Co., Ltd.

Claims (17)

[Claims] 1. A rotary belt for extinguishing the fire of a cigarette sandwiched between a pressing movement area that rotates while pressing each other, and a cigarette that is placed below the rotary belt and falls so as to be exhaled from the rotary belt. In an ashtray with a fire-extinguishing function having a container for collecting butts, a removable container top lid is provided on the container, and a drop-in port through which cigarettes fall is provided on the container top-bottom, and the drop-out port is rotatable. A movable shield that is supported is provided, and a movable inclined plate that inclines downward is provided on the movable shield, and the movable shield is a shield that shields the entrance by the weight of the movable shield itself. An ashtray with a fire extinguishing function, which is characterized in that the state is maintained and the weight of the cigarette is applied to the movable sloping plate so that the movable swash plate is rotated to open the shielded state. 2. A pair of rotating belts for extinguishing the fire of a cigarette sandwiched between a pressing movement region that rotates while pressing each other, and a cigarette placed below the rotating belts and falling so as to be exhaled from the rotating belts. In an ashtray with a fire extinguishing function that has a container for collecting butts, the container for butts is provided with a removable container upper lid, the container upper lid is provided with a drop-in port through which cigarettes fall, and the drop-out port is provided with a fixed shield. A movable shield that is rotatably supported is provided, a fixed tilt plate that tilts downward is provided on the fixed shield, and a movable tilt plate that tilts downward is provided on the movable shield. The portion is kept in a shielded state by the weight of the movable shield itself so that the lower end side of the movable inclined plate abuts the lower end side of the fixed inclined plate, and the weight of the cigarette is added to the movable inclined plate to shield the movable inclined plate. State is Ashtray with extinguishing function, characterized by rotating operates to wither. 3. A pair of rotary belts for extinguishing the fire of a cigarette sandwiched between a pressing movement area that rotates while pressing each other, and a cigarette placed below the rotary belts and falling so as to be exhaled from the rotary belts. In an ashtray with a fire extinguishing function that has a container for storing butts, a container container is provided that allows the container for withdrawing butts to be put in and out. An ashtray with a fire extinguishing feature, which is equipped with a switch for 4. The ashtray with a fire-extinguishing function according to claim 3, further comprising a motor for driving the rotary belt, wherein the motor is driven / stopped in accordance with turning on / off of a switch for a butting container. An ashtray with a fire extinguishing function. 5. The ashtray with a fire-extinguishing function according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the cigarette butt container has a rear portion bulged rearward except for a rear lower corner facing the butt tray switch. An ashtray with a fire extinguishing function. 6. A pair of rotary belts for extinguishing a cigarette fire by sandwiching them in a pressing movement region that rotates while pressing each other, and a drive roller and a driven roller for stretching each rotary belt.
A container that has a motor for driving the drive roller, a main body frame in which these are installed, and a main body case in which the main body frame is installed, and in which the main body case accommodates a butting container that can be inserted into and removed from the lower side of the main body frame. An ashtray with a fire extinguishing function, which is provided with a space for storage, characterized in that a main body case is provided with a door that opens and closes when the cigarette butt container is put in and out. 7. A pair of rotary belts for extinguishing the fire of a cigarette by sandwiching the rotary belts which rotate while pushing each other, a driving roller and a driven roller for stretching the respective rotary belts.
A container that has a motor for driving the drive roller, a main body frame in which these are installed, and a main body case in which the main body frame is installed, and in which the main body case accommodates a butting container that can be inserted into and removed from the lower side of the main body frame. In an ashtray with a fire extinguishing function that provides a space for storage, a main body case is provided with a door that opens and closes when the butts container is put in and taken out, and the butts container has a partitioned butts storage part and a small container part. An ashtray with a fire extinguishing function, characterized in that the cigarette butter reservoir is arranged on the back side and the accessory case is arranged on the front side. 8. The ashtray with a fire extinguishing function according to claim 7, wherein the handle formed by cutting out so as to penetrate the door is
An ashtray with a fire extinguishing function, which is provided at a position higher than the cigarette butt container placed in the space for storing the container. 9. The ashtray with a fire-extinguishing function according to claim 7, wherein the butter container has a transfer guide that obliquely rises from an upper front edge of the small container portion toward an inner surface of the closed door. An ashtray with a fire extinguishing function that is equipped with. 10. Two rotary belts for extinguishing the fire of a cigarette by sandwiching them in a pressing movement region that rotates while pressing each other, a driving roller and a driven roller for stretching the respective rotating belts, and driving the driving roller. A motor, a main body frame in which these are placed, a support frame that is arranged below the main body frame and on which the main body frame is placed, and a main body case in which the support frame and the main body frame are placed,
In an ashtray with a fire extinguishing function, which is provided inside the support frame with a container storage section for accommodating a butt container that can be put in and taken out, a main body case is provided with a door that opens and closes when the butt container is put in and taken out, and the main body frame and An ashtray with a fire extinguishing function, characterized in that a body frame cover for covering the body frame is provided between the door and the door. 11. The ashtray with a fire-extinguishing function according to claim 10, wherein the butter container has a butter reservoir portion and a small article container portion which are partitioned by a partition, and the butter reservoir portion is on the inner side, and the small object. An ashtray with a fire extinguishing function, characterized in that the container part is arranged on the front side, and the lower end of the main body frame cover is located above the partition or above the accessory container part. 12. The ashtray with a fire extinguishing function according to claim 11, wherein the handle is provided so as to be located on the front side of the body frame cover. 13. The side plate extending toward the inner surface of the closed door according to claim 10, wherein both end sides of the body frame cover are provided. An ashtray with a fire extinguishing function. 14. A pair of rotary belts for extinguishing the fire of a cigarette sandwiched between a pressing movement region that rotates while pushing each other, a driving roller and a driven roller for stretching the respective rotating belts, and driving the driving roller. A fire extinguishing ashtray having a motor, a main body frame in which these are placed, a main body case in which the main body frame is placed, and a perforated plate provided on the upper side of the main body case, wherein the perforated plate includes tobacco. An ash tray with a fire extinguishing function, characterized in that an ash drop hole for dropping ash of cigarette is provided around the insertion tube, and the ash drop hole is an elongated hole having a width narrower than an inner diameter of the cigarette insertion tube. 15. The ashtray with a fire extinguishing function according to claim 14, wherein the ash drop hole has a length 3 to 10 times the width. 16. The ashtray with a fire extinguishing function according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the width of the ash drop hole is about 5 mm. 17. The ashtray with a fire extinguishing function according to claim 16, wherein the length of the ash drop hole is about 40 mm.