JP2007053996A - Ashtray - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ashtray which can simply remove ash and a cigarette butt accumulated in an extinguishing hole and can enhance the amenity of an indoor environment. <P>SOLUTION: The ashtray 10 comprises a lid 18 having a cam 82 at a place near to a rotation shaft 52, a pair of rotators 20 which are rotated in mutually separated directions, respectively, when pressed with the cam 82, and a pair of half holes 22 formed in the rotators 20, respectively, and forming an extinguishing hole 88, when the rotators 20 are contacted with each other. Thereby, when the lid 18 is opened or closed, the cam 82 formed at the place near to the rotation shaft 52 is rotated, and a pair of the rotators 20 are pushed with the cam 28 and are rotated in mutually separating directions, respectively. Thus, the extinguishing hole 88 is opened, and ash accumulated in the extinguishing hole 88 and a cigarette butt inserted into the extinguishing hole 88 are dropped on the bottom of an ashtray container 14. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an ashtray provided with a fire extinguishing hole for extinguishing a burning part of a cigarette.

  An example of an ashtray having a fire extinguishing hole is described in Patent Document 1. This ashtray is provided with a fire extinguishing hole at the top of the cigarette butts and the ashtray main body that receives ash, and a protrusion for pushing out the ash accumulated in the fire extinguishing hole so that it can protrude inside the fire extinguishing hole. is there.

When using this ashtray to extinguish the cigarette burning part, the tip of the cigarette is inserted into the fire extinguishing hole. Then, the burning part of the cigarette becomes an oxygen-deficient state and is extinguished. When fire extinguishing of the combustion part is completed, the cigarette butt is extracted from the fire extinguishing hole and put into the ashtray body. And the ash which accumulated in the fire-extinguishing hole is pushed down by making a protrusion protrude inside the fire-extinguishing hole.
JP-A-2005-022560

  In the conventional ashtray (Patent Document 1), the ash accumulated inside the fire-extinguishing hole is pushed out by the protrusion. However, when the amount of ash is large, it is difficult to push out the ash completely due to the mechanism. It was. In addition, since the butts that have been extinguished in the combustion section are removed from the fire extinguishing holes, there is also a problem that the processing of the butts is troublesome. Furthermore, when the lid is opened, there is a possibility that a strange odor emitted from the butt in the ashtray body leaks into the indoor space, thereby impairing the comfort of the indoor environment.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an ashtray that can reliably remove ash accumulated in a fire extinguishing hole and that can easily handle butts. The other subject of this invention is providing the ashtray which can improve the comfort of indoor environment.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, “a bottomed cylindrical ashtray container 14 having an opening 12 at an upper portion thereof is rotatably attached to the opening 12 via a hinge 16, A lid 18 having a cam 82, a pair of rotating bodies 20 disposed on the ashtray container 14 and rotating in directions away from each other by being pressed by the cam 82 when the lid 18 is opened and closed; And an ashtray 10 ”provided with a pair of half-split holes 22 that are provided in each of the rotating bodies 20 and constitute the fire-extinguishing holes 88 when the rotating bodies 20 come into contact with each other.

  In the ashtray 10 according to the present invention, when the lid 18 is opened and closed, the cam 82 formed in the vicinity of the rotating shaft 52 is rotated, and the pair of rotating bodies 20 are mutually pressed by being pressed by the cam 82. It is rotated in the direction of separating. Thereby, the fire extinguishing hole 88 is opened, and the ash accumulated in the fire extinguishing hole 88 and the butts inserted in the fire extinguishing hole 88 are dropped to the bottom of the ashtray container 14.

  The invention described in claim 2 is the "ash tray 10" described in claim 1, wherein "the pair of rotating bodies 20 constitutes an inner lid 84 that closes the opening 12 when abutting each other." It is characterized by that.

  In the present invention, since the inner lid 84 that closes the opening 12 of the ashtray container 14 by the pair of rotating bodies 20 can be configured, the inner lid 84 is emitted from the butts or the like in the ashtray container 14 even when the lid 18 is opened. It is possible to prevent a strange odor from leaking into the indoor space.

  According to the first and second aspects of the invention, by opening the fire extinguishing hole 88 with the cam 82 formed in the lid body 18, the ash and butts that have accumulated in the fire extinguishing hole 88 can be dropped to the bottom of the ashtray container 14. The ash and butts that have accumulated in the fire extinguishing holes 88 can be easily removed. Further, since the cam 82 is formed in the vicinity of the rotation shaft 52 of the lid body 18, the fire body 88 can be opened by pressing the rotation body 20 even by a slight rotation of the lid body 18. Before the body 18 is completely closed, ash and butts can be dropped. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the cigarette butt inserted into the fire extinguishing hole 88 from interfering with the lid 18.

  According to the invention described in claim 2, by configuring the inner lid 84 with the pair of rotating bodies 20, it is possible to prevent the off-flavor emitted from the butts and the like in the ashtray container 14 from leaking into the indoor space. The comfort of the indoor environment can be increased.

  1 is a perspective view showing an ashtray 10 to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a side view showing the ashtray 10, and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the ashtray 10.

  The ashtray 10 (FIGS. 1 to 3) is attached to a bottomed cylindrical ashtray container 14 having an opening 12 (FIG. 3) at the top, and the opening 12 of the ashtray container 14 through a hinge 16 so as to be opened and closed. The lid 18, a pair of rotating bodies 20 disposed at the top of the ashtray container 14, and a pair of half holes 22 provided in each rotating body 20.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the ashtray container 14 includes a container main body 24 and an annular lid receiving portion 26 formed at the upper end of the container main body 24. Is formed with a fitting portion 28 on which the lid 18 is covered. Further, a lid support portion 30 that rotatably supports the lid body 18 is formed on the back portion of the lid receptacle portion 26, and the lid body 18 is locked in a closed state at the front portion of the lid receptacle portion 26. A lock portion 32 is formed, and a rotating body support portion 34 that rotatably supports the rotating body 20 is formed on the back portion and the front portion of the lid receiving portion 26. Further, a frosting tray 38 having a plurality of grooves 36 on the upper surface is formed on the inner surface of the front portion of the lid receiving portion 26, and two clamping pieces 40 for clamping the tobacco project from the upper surface of the frosting tray 38. Has been.

  The lid support portion 30 includes a block-like hinge forming portion 42 formed on the back portion of the lid receiving portion 26, and a bearing member 46 attached to both end surfaces in the width direction of the hinge forming portion 42 using screws 44 (FIG. 1). And is composed of. Each bearing member 46 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped main body 48. The main body 48 has a hole 50 through which a screw 44 is inserted and a bearing hole that receives a rotation shaft 52 formed in the lid 18. 54 is formed.

  The lock portion 32 includes a concave portion 56 formed in the front portion of the lid receiving portion 26, a lock member 58 disposed in the concave portion 56 so as to be able to advance and retreat, and a coil spring 60 that presses the lock member 58 from behind. ing. The lock member 58 has a block-shaped main body 62, and a locking groove 66 that is locked to a locking claw 64 formed on the lid body 18 is formed on the front surface of the main body 62.

  The rotating body support part 34 on the back side of the lid receiving part 26 has a recess 70 in which one rotating shaft 68 of the rotating body 20 is disposed. Two bearing grooves 72 for receiving the front end portion are formed at a predetermined interval. A leaf spring 74 that presses and contacts the rotating body 20 is disposed on the back surface of the recess 70. On the other hand, the rotating body support section 34 on the front side of the lid receiving section 26 has two bearing holes (not shown) that receive the tip of the other rotating shaft 68 of the rotating body 20.

  The lid body 18 includes a plate-like lid body 76 that closes the opening 12 and a side plate 78 that covers the fitting portion 28 of the lid receiving portion 26. A shaft forming portion 80 disposed above the hinge forming portion 42 in the portion 26 is formed, and rotating shafts 52 project from both end faces in the width direction of the shaft forming portion 80. Further, in the central portion of the shaft forming portion 80 in the vicinity of the rotating shaft 52, the pair of rotating bodies 20 are pressed and separated against the bias of the leaf spring 74 when the lid 18 is opened and closed. A cam 82 is formed. Furthermore, a locking claw 64 that is locked to the locking groove 66 of the lock portion 32 is formed on the inner surface of the front portion of the side plate 78. The hinge 16 is configured by the pivot shaft 52 of the lid 18 being rotatably inserted into the bearing hole 54 of the bearing member 46.

  Each rotating body 20 rotates in a direction in which the rotating bodies 20 come into contact with or separate from each other in conjunction with the opening / closing operation of the lid 18, and the opening 12 of the ashtray container 14 is closed by the rotating bodies 20 coming into contact with each other. A bowl-shaped inner lid 84 is formed. As shown in FIG. 3, each rotary body 20 has a half-split inner lid body 86 and a pair of pivot shafts 68 formed to face each other on the upper portion of the inner lid body 86. A plate-like action portion 68a is formed at the base of the rotation shaft 68 disposed on the back side of the lid receiving portion 26, and a leaf spring 74 is brought into contact with the lower surface of the action portion 68a, and the upper surface is cammed. 82 abuts. Each rotating body 20 is provided with a half hole 22 that forms a fire extinguishing hole 88 in cooperation with each other when the rotating bodies 20 come into contact with each other.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the fire-extinguishing hole 88 is a tapered hole that gradually increases in diameter from the lower end portion toward the upper end portion, and the diameter of the upper end portion is set larger than the diameter of the cigarette, The aperture is set smaller than the diameter of the cigarette. Further, the upper end surface of the fire extinguishing hole 88 is formed flush with the inner surface of each rotating body 20 so that no step is generated.

  When the ashtray 10 is used, the lid 18 is opened as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 4 (solid line). At this time, since the cam 82 provided on the lid 18 does not press the rotating body 20 (FIG. 4), the pair of rotating bodies 20 are pressed by the leaf spring 74 as shown in FIG. Are in contact with each other. Therefore, a gap does not occur between the pair of rotating bodies 20, and there is no fear that a strange odor emitted from the butts or the like in the ashtray container 14 leaks into the indoor space. At this time, since the fire extinguishing hole 88 is constituted by the pair of half holes 22, the combusting part can be digested in an oxygen-deficient state simply by inserting the tip of the cigarette into the fire extinguishing hole 88.

  When removing the ash or cigarette butts accumulated in the fire extinguishing hole 88 or the inner lid 84, the lid 18 is closed as shown in FIGS. Then, in the middle (B) of closing the lid 18, the action portion 68 a of the rotating body 20 is pressed by the cam 82 and the pair of rotating bodies 20 are rotated in directions away from each other. Then, a gap is formed between the pair of rotating bodies 20 and a gap is formed between the pair of half holes 22, and ash or butts are dropped from these gaps onto the bottom of the ashtray container 14.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, even if the cigarette butt is still inserted into the fire extinguishing hole 88, the cigarette butt can be dropped to the bottom of the ashtray container 14 by closing the lid 18. . Therefore, the trouble of processing the butts can be greatly reduced.

  In the above-described embodiment, the bowl-shaped inner lid 84 that closes the opening portion 12 by the pair of rotating bodies 20 is configured. However, when the strange odor emitted from the butts is not considered as a problem, the inner lid 84 need not be configured. Therefore, in this case, a hole may be formed in the rotating body 20, or a gap may be provided between the rotating bodies 20.

Perspective view showing ashtray Side view showing ashtray Exploded perspective view showing ashtray Diagram showing action of leaf spring and cam The figure which shows the operation of the inner lid in conjunction with the lid

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Ashtray 12 ... Opening part 16 ... Hinge 18 ... Lid 20 ... Rotating body 22 ... Half hole 68a ... Action part 72 ... Bearing groove 74 ... Leaf spring 82 ... Cam 84 ... Inner cover 88 ... Fire extinguishing hole

Claims (2)

A bottomed cylindrical ashtray container having an opening at the top;
A lid body rotatably attached to the opening via a hinge and having a cam in the vicinity of the rotation shaft;
A pair of rotating bodies disposed in the upper part of the ashtray container and rotating in directions away from each other when pressed by the cam during the opening / closing operation of the lid, and provided in each of the rotating bodies, An ashtray comprising a pair of half-split holes that form a fire-extinguishing hole when the moving bodies come into contact with each other. The ashtray according to claim 1, wherein the pair of rotating bodies constitute an inner lid that closes the opening when abutting each other.

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