JP2008132158A - Cigarette butt extinguishing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cigarette butt extinguishing device capable of extinguishing a cigarette butt without using water so as to eliminate discharge of contaminated water. <P>SOLUTION: Inside a case 26, a plurality of fixed cutting blades 24 are installed with a prescribed angular interval in multiple stages. A plurality of rotary cutting blades 25 are installed on a rotary shaft 23 at a center of the case 26 at a prescribed angular interval in multiple stages. As the rotary shaft 23 is rotated, a cigarette butt 8 put from a cigarette butt port 21 receives shearing force between the fixed cutting blades 23 and the rotary cutting blades 25 to be finely cut, thereby it is extinguished. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a suitable butt extinguishing apparatus used for extinguishing a cigarette butt of a pachinko machine ashtray.

  Pachinko players often operate pachinko machines while smoking, and each pachinko machine has an ashtray. Pachinko shop clerks clean the ashtray every time the butts are collected in the ashtray. Such ashtray cleaning work is troublesome and troublesome. Thus, for example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a butt collection device has been proposed in which the butt of the ashtrays of a plurality of pachinko machines is conveyed by a belt and collected in a collection box.

  FIG. 15 shows an example of such a conventional butt collection device. In FIG. 15, a plurality of pachinko machines 102 are arranged in parallel at the game facility 101. Each pachinko machine 102 has a handle 104 for playing a game by operating a pachinko ball, and a tray 103 for temporarily stocking the ball discharged from the pachinko machine 102. Each pachinko machine 102 is provided with an ashtray 105 for processing tobacco smoked by the player.

  Below the ashtray 105 of the plurality of pachinko machines 102 arranged side by side, a conveyor belt 107 for conveying the cigarettes 108 that have dropped from the ashtray 105 is disposed. The conveyor belt 107 is formed of a flame retardant member and is driven by a motor (not shown). When processing the ashtray 105 of each pachinko machine 102, the cigarette butt 108 of each ashtray 105 is dropped onto the transport belt 107. The cigarette butt 108 dropped onto the conveyor belt 107 is conveyed to one end 107 a of the conveyor belt 107.

  A collection box 140 is disposed at the position of one end 107 a of the conveyor belt 107. The recovery box 140 contains water 141. The cigarette butt 108 transported to the one end 107a of the transport belt 107 falls into a recovery box 140 containing water 141 and is extinguished and recovered.

On the other hand, butts collection devices provided at airports, stations, companies and public places, and butts provided in smoking rooms or the like are now to some extent installed with butts collection devices containing water.
JP-A-2005-130714

  As described above, in the conventional cigarette butt collection device, the cigarette butt 108 conveyed by the conveyor belt 107 is dropped into the collection box 140 containing the water 141, so that the fired butt 108 can be reliably extinguished and recovered. I am doing so.

  However, if the cigarette butt 108 is placed in the recovery box 140 containing the water 141, it is necessary to treat the cigarette butt 108 and the water 141 separately when disposing of the butt sucked up in the recovery box 140. In addition, nicotine and tar dissolve into the water 141 of the recovery box 140 and become contaminated water. When the polluted water is poured directly into the sewage, there is a problem that the river is contaminated and microorganisms in the septic tank may be killed, thereby deteriorating the environment. In addition, water contaminated with nicotine or tar has a problem of generating malodor.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus that can extinguish a cigarette butt without using water and does not discharge water contaminated with nicotine or tar. . The present invention can also be used in smoking rooms and the like in airports, stations, businesses and public places.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a columnar case, a plurality of stages and a plurality of fixed cutting blades attached at predetermined angular intervals inside the columnar case, and a center of the case. The rotating shaft is equipped with multiple stages and multiple rotating cutting blades mounted at predetermined angular intervals alternately with the fixed cutting blades, and the rotating shaft is rotated to finely separate the butts between the fixed cutting blades and the rotating cutting blades. It is characterized by extinguishing the butts by cutting and making the fire type fine.

  Preferably, a plurality of irregularities are formed on the side edges of the fixed cutting blade and the rotary cutting blade.

  Preferably, a rotary ring is provided below the outer end of the rotary cutting blade, and a cut piece receiving rib for receiving a cut piece of the cut butts is provided below the rotary ring inside the housing.

  According to the present invention, a plurality of stages and a plurality of fixed cutting blades attached to the inner side of a columnar casing at predetermined angular intervals, and a fixed cutting blade alternately on a rotating shaft at the center of the casing, With multiple stages and multiple rotating blades attached at angular intervals, and rotating the rotating shaft to cut the butts between the fixed and rotating blades to extinguish the butts Without using water, the cigarette can be extinguished, water contaminated with nicotine and tar is not discharged, and odor caused by nicotine and tar dissolved in water can be prevented.

  Further, according to the present invention, a plurality of irregularities are formed on the side edges of the fixed cutting blade and the rotary cutting blade, and therefore, particularly, cigarette paper, filters, and the like can be reliably cut.

  In addition, according to the present invention, the rotating ring is provided below the outer end of the rotary cutting blade, and the cutting piece receiving rib for receiving the cutting piece of the cigarette butt is provided below the rotating ring inside the casing. Is received by the rotating ring and the cutting piece receiving rib, and the cutting piece can be discharged downward after securing the residence time for the cutting piece to extinguish the fire.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an outline of a butt collection device including the butt extinguishing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a plurality of pachinko machines 2 are arranged in parallel at a game facility 1. Each pachinko machine 2 has a handle 4 for playing a game by operating a pachinko ball, and a tray 3 for temporarily stocking the balls discharged from the pachinko machine 2. Each pachinko machine 2 is provided with an ashtray 5 for processing tobacco smoked by the player.

  Under the ashtray 5 of the plurality of pachinko machines 2 arranged side by side, a conveyor belt 7 for conveying the cigarettes 8 is disposed. The conveyor belt 7 is formed of a flame retardant member and is driven by a motor (not shown). When processing the ashtray 5 of each pachinko machine 2, the cigarette butt 8 of each ashtray 5 is dropped onto the conveyor belt 7. The cigarette butt 8 that has dropped onto the conveyor belt 7 is conveyed to one end 7 a of the conveyor belt 7.

  At the position of one end 7 a of the conveyor belt 7, a cigarette collection part 10 is arranged. As shown in FIG. 2, the butt collection part 10 includes a collection box 15, a butt extinguishing device 20 according to the present invention, and a motor 30.

  In FIG. 1, the butt 8 conveyed to the one end 7a of the conveyor belt 7 is dropped at the position of the butt collection part 10 and introduced into the butt extinguisher 20 from the butt inlet 21 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the pulley 12 is attached to the rotating shaft 23 of the cigarette butt extinguishing device 20. As shown in FIG. 4, the pulley 14 is attached to the rotating shaft 31 of the motor 30. As shown in FIG. 2, the belt 16 is suspended between the pulley 12 of the cigarette butt extinguishing device 20 and the pulley 14 of the motor 30.

  FIG.5 and FIG.6 is the top view which shows the structure of the cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus 20, and its sectional side view. In addition, the rotary cutting blades 25a-1 to 25c-1, 25a-2 to 25c-2, 25a-3 to 25c-3 (hereinafter referred to as 25) are shown by AA line cross sections, and the fixed cutting blades 24a-1 -24c-1, 24a-2 to 24c-2, 24a-3 to 24c-3 (hereinafter referred to as 24) are shown in a cross section taken along line BB.

  5 and 6, the cigarette butt extinguishing device 20 has a columnar casing 26 having an opening on the bottom surface, and a cigarette butt opening 21 is provided on the upper surface 22 thereof. 1 to 13, the planar shape of the casing 26 is drawn in a cylindrical shape, but as shown in FIG. 14, the planar shape of the casing 26 may be a prismatic shape such as a square or a hexagon.

  Inside the casing 26, a plurality of (for example, three) fixed cutting blades 24 are attached over a plurality of stages (for example, three stages) at a predetermined angular interval (for example, 120 degrees).

  A rotating shaft 23 is rotatably disposed at the center of the housing 26. A plurality of (for example, three) rotary cutting blades 25 are attached to the rotary shaft 23 in multiple stages (for example, three stages) at a predetermined angular interval (for example, 120 degrees) alternately with the fixed cutting blades 24.

  FIG. 7 is a detailed perspective view of the rotating portion of the cigarette butt extinguishing device of the first embodiment of the present invention. Here, the rotating part is a general term for the rotary cutting blades attached to the rotary shaft 23 and its periphery. In FIG. 7, the rotary cutting blade 25 is fixed by being divided into three equal parts around the rotary shaft 23. The fixing method is usually welding, but the whole may be configured as an integral type. The rotary cutting blade 25 is configured in a plate shape. You may provide the tooth | gear for finely cutting the cigarette shell 8 in the upper end and the lower end.

  FIG. 8 is a partial detailed perspective view of a fixing portion of the cigarette butt extinguishing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Here, the fixed portion is a generic name for the casing 26 and the fixed cutting blade 24 attached thereto. In FIG. 8, the fixed cutting blade 24 is divided into three equal parts around the casing 26 and fixed. The fixed cutting blade 24 is formed in a plate shape. You may provide the tooth | gear for finely cutting the cigarette shell 8 in the upper end and the lower end.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a belt 16 is suspended between the pulley 12 of the cigarette butt extinguishing device 20 and the pulley 14 of the rotating shaft of the motor 30. Therefore, when the motor 30 rotates, the rotation is transmitted to the rotating shaft 23 via the belt 16. When the rotary shaft 23 rotates, the rotary cutting blade 25 rotates accordingly.

  In FIG. 6, the cigarettes 8 conveyed on the belt 16 fall from the cigarette butts 21 and are put into the housing 26. When the rotary shaft 23 rotates and the rotary cutting blade 25 rotates, the sucking shell 8 put in from the sucking cup insertion port 21 receives a shearing force between the fixed cutting blade 24 and the rotary cutting blade 25 and is finely cut. The

  That is, the butts 8 that have fallen from the butcher inlet 21 are first cut finely by receiving a shearing force between the fixed cutting blades 24a-1 to 24c-1 and the rotary cutting blades 25a-1 to 25c-1. The blades are dropped, further subjected to shearing force between the rotary cutting blades 25a-1 to 25c-1 and the fixed cutting blades 24a-2 to 24c-2, and further dropped downward. In response to the shearing force between the rotary cutting blades 25 and being dropped, the cutting is further finely cut.

  Some of the butts 8 that are put into the butterfly slot 21 are still on fire, but the butts 8 that are still on fire are connected to the butterfly extinguishing device 20 from the butterfly slot 21. Even if it is put in, the cigarette butt 8 is finely cut as described above, so that the ignited cigarette butt 8 is immediately burned out and extinguished.

  After the fire has extinguished, the rotary cutting blade 25 is rotated, so that the cutting piece flies in the housing 26 or after it has moved in the housing 26, the side surface inside the housing 26, the fixed cutting blade 24, and the rotation. After adhering to the cutting blade 25, it falls from the bottom surface 35 of the housing 26 and is put into the collection box 15. Further, the cut pieces that have not been extinguished also adhere to the side surface, the fixed cutting blade 24 and the rotary cutting blade 25 inside the housing 26 after the inside of the housing 26 burns out or burnt out. After being burned out, it falls from the bottom surface 35 of the casing 26 and is put into the collection box 15. Thus, in the cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus 20, the extinguishing process of the cigarette butt 8 where the fire is not extinguished is performed by finely cutting the cigarette butt 8.

  It should be noted that by adjusting the number of rotations of the rotating shaft 23, it is possible to adjust how the cut pieces that are cut in the housing 26 rise. In the embodiment of the present invention, the rotational speed of the rotary shaft 23 is set to such a speed that the cut pieces that are not extinguished are sufficiently burned out and fall down, specifically 400 to 1500 rpm, for example.

  In FIG. 1, the butt piece 9 finely cut and extinguished by the butt extinguishing device 20 is collected in the collection box 15. Since the cigarette butt pieces 9 collected in the collection box 15 do not contain moisture, they can be treated in the same manner as ordinary combustible materials.

  As described above, in the butt extinguishing apparatus 20 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the extinguishing process of the butt 8 is performed by finely cutting the butt 8 without using water. For this reason, the water polluted by nicotine and tar is not discharged, and malodor caused by nicotine and tar dissolved in water can be prevented.

Second embodiment.
FIG. 9 shows a cigarette butt extinguishing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a plurality of irregularities 29 are provided on the side edges of the fixed cutting blade 24 and the rotary cutting blade 25. As described above, when the plurality of irregularities 29 are provided on the side edges of the fixed cutting blade 24 and the rotary cutting blade 25, the sucking shell 8 between the fixed cutting blade 24 and the rotary cutting blade 25 is cut like a saw. The cigarette butt 8 can be cut more reliably. When a plurality of projections and depressions 29 are provided on the side surfaces of the fixed cutting blade 24 and the rotary cutting blade 25, in particular, cigarette paper, filters, and the like can be reliably cut.

Third embodiment.
FIG. 10 shows a cigarette butt extinguishing device according to a third embodiment of the present invention. In the cigarette butt extinguisher of the first embodiment described above, as shown in FIG. 5, three fixed cutting blades 24 a-1, 24 b-1 and 24 c-1 are arranged inside the columnar casing 26. ing. In contrast, in the cigarette butt extinguisher of the third embodiment, five fixed cutting blades 24a-1, 24b-1, 24c-1, 24d-1, and 24e-1 are arranged inside the casing 26. Has been established. About another structure, it is the same as that of the above-mentioned buttocks extinguishing apparatus of 1st Embodiment. The number of fixed cutting blades and the number of rotary cutting blades are not limited to this, and any number may be used. Further, the number of fixed cutting blades and the number of rotating cutting blades may be any number.

Fourth embodiment.
11 to 13 show a cigarette butt extinguishing device 20 according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of a butterfly extinguishing apparatus according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a rotating portion of the cigarette extinguishing apparatus according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. It is a fragmentary perspective view of the fixing | fixed part of the buttocks extinguishing apparatus of 4th Embodiment of this. In the fourth embodiment, a rotary ring is provided below the outer end of the rotary cutting blade, and cut piece receiving ribs 28 a and 28 b are provided below the rotary ring in the circumferential direction of the casing 26. The rotary ring 34 is attached by welding or the like below the outer end of the rotary cutting blade. The cut piece receiving ribs 28a and 28b are formed in a ring shape and have a predetermined width in the center direction. If this width is too narrow, the retention time of the cut pieces is shortened and the fire extinguishing rate is deteriorated. If this width is too wide, the retention time of the cut pieces is increased and the processing efficiency of the cut pieces is deteriorated. This width is chosen to be the optimum value at which the cut pieces will burn out.

  In the butt extinguishing device 20 of the first embodiment described above, the cut pieces are directly discharged from the bottom of the butt extinguishing device 20 after cutting. On the other hand, in the cigarette butt extinguishing device 20 of the fourth embodiment, the cut pieces that have been cut but have not yet extinguished are received by the rotating ring 34 and the cut piece receiving rib 28, and after the time for the cut pieces to burn out is held. The exhaust from the bottom 35 of the cigarette butt 20 is discharged. Thereby, it is possible to more reliably extinguish the cigarette butt 8 where the fire has not been extinguished. About another structure, it is the same as that of the above-mentioned 1st Embodiment.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and applications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

The present invention is also used as a butt collection device that extinguishes the butt of an ashtray in a pachinko parlor, a butt collection device installed in an airport, a station, a company or a public place, and a butt collection device provided in a smoking room Is possible.
Is available.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a front view used for outline | summary description of the game facility provided with the cigarette extinguishing apparatus of 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the butt collection device provided with the butt extinguishing device of a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the cigarette butt extinguishing device of a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of a motor used for a cigarette butt extinguishing device of a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view of the cigarette butt extinguishing device of a 1st embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a cigarette butt extinguishing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a detailed perspective view of the rotation part of the cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus of 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a partial detailed perspective view of the fixing | fixed part of the butterfly extinguishing apparatus of 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus of 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view of the cigarette butt extinguishing device of a 3rd embodiment of the present invention. It is sectional drawing of the cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus of 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the rotation part of the cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus of 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a fragmentary perspective view of the fixing | fixed part of the cigarette extinguishing apparatus of 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view which shows the housing | casing of the prism of the butt extinguishing apparatus of embodiment of this invention. It is a front view used for outline | summary description of the game facility provided with the conventional cigarette butt collection | recovery apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game facility 2 Pachinko machine 3 Tray 4 Handle 5 Ashtray 7 Conveyor belt 8 Butt shell 9 Butt shell piece 10 Butt shell collection part 12 Pulley 14 Pulley 15 Collection box 16 Belt 20 Butt shell fire extinguishing device 21 Butt shell input port 22 Upper surface 23 Rotating shaft 24 Fixed cutting blade 25 Rotating cutting blade 26 Housings 28a, 28b Cutting piece receiving rib 29 Concavity and convexity 30 Motor 31 Rotating shaft 34 Rotating ring 35 Bottom of housing

Claims (3)

A columnar housing;
A plurality of stages and a plurality of fixed cutting blades attached at predetermined angular intervals to the inside of the columnar housing;
The rotating shaft at the center of the housing comprises a plurality of stages and a plurality of rotary cutting blades attached at predetermined angular intervals alternately with the fixed cutting blades,
A butt extinguishing device for extinguishing a butt by rotating the rotating shaft and finely chopping a butt between the fixed chopping blade and the rotating chopping wing.   The butt extinguishing device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of irregularities are formed on side edges of the fixed cutting blade and the rotary cutting blade. 2. A cutting ring receiving rib for receiving a cutting piece of the cut cigarette butt is provided below the rotating ring inside the casing, and a rotating ring is provided below the outer end of the rotating cutting blade. The cigarette butt extinguishing device described.

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