JP2007082598A - Tobacco extinguishing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tobacco extinguishing device which continuously and surely extinguishes the cigarette butts of tobacco without using water. <P>SOLUTION: This tobacco extinguishing device 1 is equipped with a roller 2 which rotates, and a first pressure plate 3 which is projected in the rotational direction of the roller 2, and makes an interval 4 to the outer peripheral surface of the roller 2 gradually narrower. Then, the cigarette but 5 of tobacco which is dropped in the interval 4 between the rotating roller 2 and the first pressure plate 3 is crushed and extinguished by the roller 2 and the first pressure plate 3. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cigarette extinguishing apparatus that automatically extinguishes the type of cigarette butts, and more particularly to a cigarette extinguishing apparatus that is installed in a game hall or the like and that can extinguish a large number of butts continuously and reliably.

In game halls such as pachinko parlors, individually collecting cigarette butts that accumulate in the ashtray of the game stand requires not only a great deal of work, but also a game jammer for the player. Instead of cleaning the individual ashtrays, devices have been devised that automatically discard cigarette butts. For example, a cigarette butt is transported by a conveyor communicating with parallel game machines, and dropped on a cigarette flame extinguishing device installed at the end of the game machine. This cigarette extinguishing apparatus has a structure in which a cigarette butt is dropped in water stored in a trash box to extinguish the fire.
JP 2000-167225 A

However, in the above-described conventional cigarette flame extinguishing apparatus, it can be surely extinguished by using water, but unpleasant odor is generated from the butts that are wet with water, or contamination of the cigarette components is dissolved. In order to dispose of the cigarette but also to dispose of the butt, incineration cannot be performed if it is still wet.
In addition, when extinguishing a cigarette butt with water, there is always a drawback that the fire can not be extinguished if the amount of water is insufficient or if you forget to add water.

  Therefore, in the present invention, in order to solve the above-described problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a cigarette flame extinguishing apparatus that can reliably extinguish a cigarette butt continuously without using water.

  In order to achieve the above object, a cigarette extinguishing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a rotating roller and a pressure plate projecting toward the outer peripheral surface of the roller, and the cigarette dropped in the gap between the roller and the pressure plate. It is characterized by extinguishing the fire by crushing the butt of the butt with the roller and the pressure plate.

  Further, the pressure plate is characterized by projecting while gradually narrowing the gap with the outer peripheral surface of the roller.

  A plurality of pressure plates are provided in series at intervals in the rotation direction of the roller, and the butt is continuously crushed a plurality of times between the roller and the pressure plate.

  Further, the pressure plate is formed in a divided manner, and a plurality of pressure plates are arranged in parallel in the width direction of the roller outer peripheral surface.

  Further, the pressure plate is characterized in that it is formed in a divided shape by forming slits in the base direction from the tip of the plate body.

  In addition, a guide plate that is inclined toward the gap between the roller and the pressure plate is disposed at a portion where the butt of the upper part of the roller is dropped, and the guide plate is intermittently provided at the tip by a cam provided on the roller. The cigarette butt placed on the guide plate is moved in the gap direction by moving the plate up and down.

  Further, the roller is characterized in that a winding convex portion for feeding the cigarette butt into the gap between the roller and the pressure plate is formed on the surface thereof.

  According to the cigarette extinguishing apparatus of the present invention, the cigarette butt dropped into the gap between the roller and the pressure plate is formed of a rotating roller and a pressure plate protruding toward the outer peripheral surface of the roller. By crushing with the pressure plate, the sparks of the butts are crushed by the rotating roller while being compressed, and even if air is shut off, the heat is taken away by the rollers and the pressure plate without using water. It is surely extinguished.

  In addition, the pressure plate protrudes while gradually narrowing the gap with the outer peripheral surface of the roller, so that it takes a long time for the butts to be crushed by the roller and the pressure plate, and the fire type is surely extinguished. is there.

  In addition, a plurality of pressure plates are provided in series at intervals in the rotation direction of the roller, and the butts that have passed the first pressure plate should be crushed several times in succession between the roller and the pressure plate. Even if there is a slight unerased portion, the fire can be reliably extinguished by crushing again with a subsequent pressure plate.

  In addition, the pressure plates are divided and formed in parallel in the width direction of the outer peripheral surface of the roller, so that a plurality of independent pressure functions can be set for the rollers. Depending on the part of the fire type part, the leaf part, and the filter part, it can be crushed independently, or a plurality of butts can be crushed independently at the same time, and the butts can be extinguished more reliably.

  In addition, the pressure plate is formed in a split shape by cutting a slit in the base direction from the tip of the plate body, so that a plurality of independent pressure functions can be easily set for the roller. , Each of the divided parts can be crushed independently according to the part of the butterfly, the leaf part and the filter part, or multiple butt can be crushed independently at the same time. You can extinguish the butt.

  In addition, a guide plate that is inclined toward the gap between the roller and the pressure plate is disposed at a portion where the butt of the upper part of the roller is dropped, and the guide plate is intermittently provided at the tip by a cam provided on the roller. The cigarette butts placed on the guide plate are moved in the gap direction so that the cigarette butts dropped on the cigarette extinguishing device are not piled up on the guide plate, and the butts on the guide plate are vibrated. As a result, the butt can be continuously moved into the gap between the roller and the pressure plate.

  In addition, the roller is formed with a convex portion on the surface for feeding the cigarette butt into the gap between the roller and the pressure plate, so that the cigarette butt rotates without being fed at the front portion of the gap between the roller and the pressure plate. Thus, the cigarette butt can be reliably fed into the back of the gap between the roller and the pressure plate.

  FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a cigarette flame extinguishing apparatus 1 according to the present invention, in which 2 is a roller that rotates in one direction, and 3 is that the gap 4 is gradually narrowed along the rotation direction of the roller 2. A first pressure plate 6, which is arranged and crushes the butts 5 dropped in the gap 4, is arranged in series behind the first pressure plate 3 with a space therebetween, along the rotation direction of the roller 2. The second pressure plate 8, which is disposed with the gap 7 gradually narrowed and crushes the butts 5 passing through the gap 7, is disposed at the position where the butts 5 are dropped on the upper part of the roller 2. A guide plate 9 inclined toward the gap 4 with the pressurizing plate 3 is a butt butt tank for storing cigarette butt that has been crushed and extinguished. Reference numeral 10 denotes a winding convex portion formed on the surface of the roller 2 in order to send the cigarette butt 5 to the gaps 4 and 7 between the roller 2 and the pressure plates 3 and 6, and 11 denotes the roller 2 to move the guide plate 8 up and down. This is a protruding cam.

  The guide plate 8 is made of a metal plate having substantially the same width as that of the roller 2, and receives the butts continuously dropped from above on the upper surface so as to guide it to the surface of the roller 2, as shown in FIG. The upper portion is fixed as a base end portion above the roller 2 and is inclined toward the gap 4 between the roller 2 and the first pressure plate 3 with the lower left portion being free-ended and in proximity to the surface of the roller 2. Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the cam 11 protruding from the side edge of the roller 2 pushes up the lower end of the guide plate 8 as the roller 2 rotates, and immediately returns to the original position. The plate 8 sifts out butts placed on its surface.

  The winding convex portions 10 are convex ridges projecting from the surface of the roller 2 at three positions substantially in parallel in the axial direction, and the cylindrical cigarette butt 5 rotates between the rotating roller 2 and the pressure plates 3 and 6. In order to prevent this, the butt 5 is forcibly fed into the gaps 4 and 7 between the roller 2 and the pressure plates 3 and 6.

  The roller 2 has a heat resistance and is formed of a metal cylinder having a heat capacity and excellent heat conductivity so as to take away the heat of the kind of the cigarette butts. The roller 2 is always counterclockwise as shown in FIG. It is rotating at a slow speed of about 1 rotation per second. Of course, the rotation speed may be other than that, and the rotation speed may be freely set.

  The first pressure plate 3 is made of a metal spring material having substantially the same width as the roller 2 and forms a curved surface with a curvature slightly larger than the curvature of the roller 2 as shown in FIG. The gap 4 is gradually narrowed along the direction. The cigarette butt 5 dropped into the gap 4 is pressed against the roller 2 by the first pressure plate 3, so that the cigarette butt 5 is crushed by the rotation of the roller 2 while being compressed, the air is shut off, and the fire type is extinguished. However, the heat of the fire type is taken away by the roller 2 and the first pressure plate 3, and the cigarette butt 5 is surely extinguished.

  Similarly, the second pressure plate 6 is made of a metal spring material having substantially the same width as the roller 2 and continuously crushes the butts 5 crushed by the first pressure plate 3 as shown in FIG. Accordingly, the curved surface is formed with a curvature slightly larger than the curvature of the roller 2, and the gap 7 is gradually narrowed along the rotation direction of the roller 2. The cigarette butt 5 passing through the first pressure plate 3 and sent to the gap 7 is pressed against the roller 2 by the second pressure plate 6, so that the cigarette butt 5 is compressed and rubbed by the rotation of the roller 2. While being crushed and shutting off the air to extinguish the fire species, the heat of the fire species is taken away by the roller 2 and the second pressure plate 6 so that the butts 5 are surely extinguished.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the first pressure plate 3 and the second pressure plate 6 are each formed with two slits 12, and, for example, two slits 12 are formed in the base direction from the tip. Each of the first pressure plate 3 and the second pressure plate 6 is divided into three parts, and each of the divided parts is independently pushed according to the fire part, leaf part, and filter part of the butts 5. The butt can be crushed or the plurality of butts 5 can be crushed independently at the same time, and the butt can be extinguished more reliably. That is, even if the filter part of the butt 5 that is most difficult to crush passes through the left piece 3a of the first pressure plate 3, the middle piece 3b of the first pressure plate 3 crushes the leaf portion, and further the first piece The right piece 3c of the pressure plate 3 can crush the fire type portion independently. Even when a plurality of butts 5 are dropped on the cigarette extinguishing apparatus 1 at a time, the left piece 3a, the middle piece 3b, and the right piece 3c of the first pressure plate 3 crush the butts 5 independently. A large amount of butts 5 can be extinguished reliably.

  FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment of the cigarette extinguishing apparatus of the present invention. In this cigarette extinguishing apparatus, slits 12 are formed in the pressure plates 3 and 6 in the above-described embodiment, and the width of the roller 2 is shown. Rather than providing a plurality of independent pressure functions in the direction, three independent first pressure plates 13 in the width direction of the outer peripheral surface of the roller 2 are arranged side by side, and then the second pressure is added in series at intervals. Three pressure plates 14 are arranged side by side. Even with this configuration, the same action as in the first embodiment can be exhibited. Other components are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  In the above-described embodiment, two pressure plates are provided in series at intervals, but the present invention is not limited to this, and three or more pressure plates may be provided in series. It ’s good. More than one pressure plate can extinguish the butts more reliably.

It is explanatory drawing of the 1st Example of the tobacco flame extinguishing apparatus of this invention. It is a principal part exploded explanatory drawing of the 1st Example of the tobacco flame extinguishing apparatus of this invention. It is a principal part exploded explanatory drawing of the 2nd Example of the tobacco flame extinguishing apparatus of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cigarette flame extinguishing apparatus 2 Roller 3 1st pressurization plate 4 Gap 5 Cigarette butt 6 2nd pressurization plate 7 Gap 8 Guide plate 9 Cigarette butt tank 10 Convex convex part 11 Cam 12 Slit 13 1st pressurization plate 14 2nd addition Pressure plate

Claims (7)

  It consists of a rotating roller and a pressure plate protruding toward the outer peripheral surface of the roller, and extinguishes fire by crushing a cigarette butt dropped in the gap between the roller and the pressure plate with the roller and the pressure plate. A cigarette flame extinguishing apparatus characterized by:   2. The cigarette flame extinguishing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pressure plate protrudes while gradually narrowing a gap with the outer peripheral surface of the roller.   3. The cigarette flame extinguishing according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a plurality of pressure plates are provided in series at intervals in the rotation direction of the roller, and the butt is crushed continuously a plurality of times between the roller and the pressure plate. apparatus.   The cigarette flame extinguishing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the pressure plates are formed in a divided manner, and a plurality of the pressure plates are arranged side by side in the width direction of the outer peripheral surface of the roller.   4. The cigarette flame extinguishing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pressure plate is formed in a divided shape by forming a slit in the base direction from the tip of the plate body.   A guide plate that is inclined toward the gap between the roller and the pressure plate is disposed at the portion where the butts on the upper part of the roller are dropped, and the guide plate is intermittently moved up and down by a cam provided on the roller. 4. The cigarette extinguishing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cigarette butt placed on the guide plate is moved in the gap direction.   4. The cigarette flame extinguishing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the roller is formed with a winding convex portion for feeding the cigarette butt into a gap between the roller and the pressure plate.

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