JP2005117933A - Smoke-separating apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cigarette butt-receiving container which can perfectly extinguish cigarette butts, can simplify a work for recovering and scrapping the cigarette butts, and can cleanly hold air around the cigarette butt-receiving container. <P>SOLUTION: This smoke-separating apparatus which has a casing 3 and in which cigarette butt-receiving containers 1 and smoke-sucking portions 2 are disposed in the casing 3 itself or on the casing 3 is characterized by building a membrane separation type nitrogen gas-enriching device 4, a nitrogen gas channel 5 for guiding nitrogen gas released from the membrane separation type nitrogen gas-forming device 4 into the cigarette butt-receiving containers 1, a blower 6 for absorbing the smoke of cigarettes from the smoke-sucking portions 2, in the casing 3, and having a highly concentrated oxygen blowout port 30 for exhausting the highly concentrated oxygen released from the membrane separation type nitrogen gas-forming device 4 in the outer wall of the casing 3. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a smoke separator.

Conventionally, a cigarette storage container for smokers has been installed in public places. In this type of container, in order to enhance the fire extinguishing effect, a water tank is disposed in the cigarette housing container and the cigarette butt is put into the water tank to extinguish the fire (for example, see Patent Document 1).
And if a predetermined amount of butts are accommodated in this butterfly container, the inner butts are collected and discarded.
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However, in conventional butt-container containers, the butt can be completely extinguished at first, but the butt is not submerged in water and floats on the surface of the water. There was a problem that the fire extinguishing power declined because it accumulated on top and the water permeability decreased.
Also, in the water tank into which the cigarettes are put, a waste liquid of nicotine and other components eluted in the water is produced, and the waste liquid adheres to the water tank, and the cleaning process of the water tank cannot be performed in a concise manner. It was.

In addition, the cigarette storage container is filled with cigarettes smoked by smokers or smokes that are not completely extinguished, and the cigarettes that are unique to the cigarettes are placed on the clothes of smokers and other surrounding people. The smell was not good.
Therefore, the present invention provides a cigarette housing container that can completely extinguish the cigarette but can simply collect and discard the cigarette but can keep the air around the cigarette container clean. Objective.

  In order to achieve the above object, a smoke distribution device according to the present invention includes a casing, and a smoke distribution device in which a casing and a smoke absorption part are attached to the casing itself or an upper position of the casing. A membrane separation type nitrogen gas generator, a nitrogen gas flow path for introducing nitrogen gas generated from the nitrogen gas generator to the cigarette housing container, and a blower for absorbing cigarette smoke from the smoke absorbing section are provided in the casing. A high-concentration oxygen outlet is provided on the outer wall of the casing.

  In addition, a smoke separation device having a casing and having a casing housing container and a smoke absorbing part attached to the casing itself or at an upper position of the casing, a membrane separation type nitrogen gas generator, and the nitrogen gas generator Nitrogen gas flow path for introducing the generated nitrogen gas to the cigarette housing container, a blower for absorbing cigarette smoke from the smoke absorption part, an ozone generator, and all or high-concentration oxygen generated from the nitrogen gas generator A high-concentration oxygen channel that leads partly to the ozone generator was built in the casing.

The present invention has the following remarkable effects.
According to the smoke separator according to the present invention, it is possible to completely extinguish the butt in the butt housing container with the high-concentration nitrogen gas separated from the atmosphere by the membrane separation type nitrogen gas generator. And the high concentration oxygen as the remainder which isolate | separated the said nitrogen gas is discharged | emitted from a high concentration oxygen blower outlet, and can keep ambient air clean.

Thereby, unlike the conventional case, it is not necessary to arrange the water tub in the cigarette housing container, the cigarette butt can be collected in a dry state, the spear waste liquid does not adhere to the water tub, and the cleaning process can be performed simply. .
Moreover, the smoke of cigarette is collect | recovered in this smoke separation apparatus, and the surrounding air can be kept clean (clean) by the deodorizing effect with respect to this smoke of the ozone generated by the ozone generator.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings shown in the embodiments.
In the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, reference numeral 3 denotes a casing (box), and a cigarette housing container 1 is attached to a top plate 20 disposed at an upper position thereof. It is formed between the plate 20 and the upper end of the casing 3.

  4 is a membrane separation type nitrogen gas generator. And the nitrogen gas flow path 5 which connects this nitrogen gas generator 4 and the cigarette storage container 1 in the casing 3 is provided. For example, the nitrogen gas flow path 5 is configured with a pipe, and is connected to the lower portion of the cigarette housing container 1.

An ozone generator 8 is provided in the casing 3, and a high-concentration oxygen outlet 30 is provided above the outer wall of the casing 3. The ozone generator 8 and the nitrogen gas generator 4 are connected to each other by a high-concentration oxygen flow path 9 made of, for example, a pipe. The high-concentration oxygen channel 9 is branched by the ozone generator 8 and the nitrogen gas generator 4, and the high-concentration oxygen outlet 18 provided at the tip of the branched channel 9 is connected to the oxygen outlet 30. Located in the vicinity.
The ozone generator 8 is connected to an ozone flow path 10 made of piping or the like, and the ozone flow path 10 is provided with an ozone discharge port 11 that opens at an upper portion of the casing 3.

Further, a blower 6 is provided in the casing 3 at a position slightly below the ozone discharge port 11.
Further, an air outlet 7 is provided at the lower part of the outer wall of the casing 3.
FIG. 4 shows an example of the nitrogen gas generator 4, and the nitrogen gas generator 4 includes a membrane module 12, a compressor 13, an intake filter 14, and an air filter 15. The compressor 13 has an intake port 16, and the membrane module 12 and the compressor 13 are connected in communication by a compressed air flow path 17.
Further, the membrane module 12 and the ozone generator 8 are connected to each other through a high-concentration oxygen channel 9. The oxygen channel 9 branches between the membrane module 12 and the ozone generator 8, and a high concentration oxygen discharge port 18 is provided at the tip of the branched channel 9.

In the second embodiment shown in FIG. 2, an ozone generator 8 is attached to the upper part of the casing 3, and a high-concentration oxygen outlet 18 of a high-concentration oxygen channel 9 connected to the nitrogen gas generator 4. Is disposed downward above the ozone generator 8.
In the third embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the ozone generator 8 is omitted in the casing 3. 2 and FIG. 3, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 have the same configurations as those in FIG.

Further, in the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the casing 3 is larger than each of the above embodiments, and the top plate 20 has a large area. A cigarette storage container 1 is attached.
A nitrogen gas flow path 5 that communicates and connects the nitrogen gas generator 4 provided in the casing 3 and the plurality of cigarette storage containers 1 is branched in the middle of the flow path 5. In other words, the blower 6 and the nitrogen gas generator 4 are only one.

The use method (action) of the smoke separator according to the present invention will be described.
In FIG. 4, air (atmosphere) that has passed through the intake filter 14 and the air filter 15 and is sucked into the compressor 13 from the intake port 16 passes through the compressed air flow path 17 and is supplied to the membrane module 12. In the membrane module 12, it is separated into nitrogen gas and high-concentration oxygen whose concentration is increased.

Next, in FIG. 1, the nitrogen gas separated in the membrane module 12 is supplied to the lower part of the cigarette housing container 1 through the nitrogen gas flow path 5. Since the specific gravity of nitrogen gas is lighter than the specific gravity of the atmosphere, nitrogen gas slowly escapes upward while filling the container 1. Thus, nitrogen gas is always sent into the container 1.
Further, a part of the high-concentration oxygen separated in the membrane module 12 passes through the high-concentration oxygen flow path 9 and is supplied to the ozone generator 8 to become a raw material for generating ozone, and the remainder of the high-concentration oxygen is It passes through the branched oxygen flow path 9 and is blown out of the casing 3 from the oxygen blowout port 30.
The ozone generated in the ozone generator 8 passes through the ozone flow path 10 and is discharged (outflowed) from the ozone discharge port 11.
Cigarette smoke taken into the casing 3 by the blower 6 from the smoke absorption section 2 is mixed with ozone discharged from the ozone discharge port 11, deodorized, sterilized, and the casing from the air outlet 7. 3 is blown out as clean air. Therefore, it is preferable for health.
Further, as is apparent from FIGS. 1 and 4, the whole is compact and can be transported, and can be installed at a desired location.

  Next, in the second embodiment shown in FIG. 2, a part of the high concentration oxygen generated by the nitrogen gas generator 4 passes through the oxygen flow path 9 and is upstream of the ozone generator 8. At this time, the air containing the smoke sucked in from the smoke absorbing section 2 is efficiently deodorized and sterilized by the ozone generated by the ozone generator 8 in the upper part of the casing 3, and is sent to the blower 6. It is sent and blown out from the air outlet 7.

  Further, in the third embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the high concentration oxygen generated by the nitrogen gas generator 4 passes through the oxygen flow path 9 and is discharged into the casing 3 from the high concentration oxygen discharge port 18. Thereafter, the gas is blown out of the casing 3 from the oxygen outlet 30. As a result, the oxygen concentration in the surrounding air can be increased.

Furthermore, in the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the nitrogen gas generated by the nitrogen gas generator 4 passes through the branched nitrogen gas flow path 5 and is supplied to the plurality of cigarette housing containers 1. The
In addition, this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, The smoke-absorbing container 1 is provided in the upper surface wall of casing 3 itself, or a hole (window) is penetrated in casing 3 itself, and smoke-absorbing part 2 is provided. Is also free.
In addition, if an activated carbon filter for removing residual ozone is attached (added), ozone is not discharged to the outside of the casing 3, which is preferable for safety.

As described above, the smoke distribution device according to the present invention includes the casing 3 and the smoke distribution device in which the casing 3 itself or the upper end of the casing 3 is provided with the cigarette housing container 1 and the smoke absorber 2. The membrane-separated nitrogen gas generator 4, the nitrogen gas flow path 5 for introducing the nitrogen gas generated from the nitrogen gas generator 4 to the butt housing container 1, and the high-concentration oxygen generated from the nitrogen gas generator 4 Since the high-concentration oxygen outlet 30 to be discharged is provided on the outer wall of the casing, nitrogen gas is supplied into the butt housing container 1, and the butt in the butt housing container 1 is completely extinguished due to the nonflammability of the nitrogen gas.
The smoke evacuation capability of the smoke squeezing device of the present invention eliminates the need for disposing a water tank in the cigarette housing container 1 as in the prior art, and prevents the waste liquid from adhering to the water tank. Easy and clean.

Further, in the smoke separating device having the casing 3 and the casing 3 itself or the smoke absorbing container 1 and the smoke absorbing portion 2 at the upper position of the casing 3, a membrane separation type nitrogen gas generator 4, The casing 3 has a built-in high-concentration oxygen flow path 9 that leads all or part of the high-concentration oxygen generated from the nitrogen gas generation device 4 to the ozone generation device 8. The ozone discharged from the ozone discharge port 11 and the cigarette smoke taken in by the blower 6 are mixed, so that the unique odor of the cigarette is eliminated.
Further, since ozone is generated from the ozone generator 8 using the high-concentration oxygen separated by the nitrogen gas generator 4 as a raw material, it is good for the environment without generating almost any nitrogen oxides.

Further, as in the third embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the high-concentration oxygen generated from the nitrogen gas generator 4 is not used for the ozone generator 8, but is directly discharged from the oxygen outlet 30. It is also free to obtain a forest bath effect with high concentration of oxygen.
Further, in places where a large number of people gather such as airports, stations, public spaces, etc., as shown in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of cigarette storage containers 1 can be provided. And it is considered an effective structure for many people to use at the same time. In this case, considering the effect, handling, cost, etc., one or more nitrogen gas generators 4 may be disposed as appropriate.

It is a simplified front view which shows the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a simplified front view which shows 2nd Embodiment. It is a simplified front view which shows 3rd Embodiment. It is a front view which shows an example of a membrane separation type | formula nitrogen gas generator. It is a perspective view which shows 4th Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cigarette storage container 2 Smoke absorption part 3 Casing 4 Membrane separation type nitrogen gas generator 5 Nitrogen gas flow path 6 Blower 8 Ozone generator 9 High concentration oxygen flow path
30 High concentration oxygen outlet

Claims (2)

In a smoke separation device which has a casing (3) and is provided with a butt housing container (1) and a smoke absorption part (2) at the casing (3) itself or at an upper position of the casing (3),
A membrane separation type nitrogen gas generator (4);
A nitrogen gas flow path (5) for introducing nitrogen gas generated from the nitrogen gas generator (4) to the butt housing container (1);
A blower (6) that absorbs cigarette smoke from the smoke absorbing section (2) is incorporated in the casing (3), and
A smoke separator having a high-concentration oxygen outlet (30) for discharging high-concentration oxygen generated from the nitrogen gas generator (4) on the outer wall of the casing (3). In a smoke separation device which has a casing (3) and is provided with a butt housing container (1) and a smoke absorption part (2) at the casing (3) itself or at an upper position of the casing (3),
A membrane separation type nitrogen gas generator (4);
A nitrogen gas flow path (5) for introducing nitrogen gas generated from the nitrogen gas generator (4) to the butt housing container (1);
A blower (6) that absorbs cigarette smoke from the smoke absorption section (2);
An ozone generator (8);
A high-concentration oxygen flow path (9) for guiding all or part of the high-concentration oxygen generated from the nitrogen gas generator (4) to the ozone generator (8);
A smoke squeezing device built in the casing (3).

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