JP2008253246A - Flush ashtray - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a flash ashtray surely extinguishing fire of cigarette ends by water current and having a mechanism for purifying smoke of cigarette. <P>SOLUTION: The flush ashtray comprises an ashtray unit 2 for generating water flow by jetting a fire-extinguishing liquid in one direction from above the inner circumference plane, a cigarette end-discharge port 3 opening on the bottom surface of the ashtray unit 2, a liquid discharging curved surface portion 8 surroundingly installed in a taper shape toward outside along the opening edge of the cigarette end discharge port 3, a cigarette end-receiving unit 24 for collecting only the cigarette ends having been extinguished with the fire-extinguishing liquid and falling from the cigarette end discharge port 3, a fire-extinguishing liquid-holding tank 5 for holding the fire-extinguishing liquid separated from the cigarette ends by the liquid discharging curved surface portion 8, and a circulation pump 19 for recirculating the fire-extinguishing liquid held in the fire-extinguishing liquid-holding tank 5 as the fire-extinguishing liquid of the ashtray unit 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a flushing ashtray. Specifically, the present invention relates to a flushing ashtray having an air cleaning function capable of separating cigarette butts and flushing water and purifying tobacco smoke.

  Conventionally, when extinguishing with water in a large ashtray, water is often stored inside the ashtray, and the smoked butts are dropped and digested. In such ashtrays, the butts are stored in the water as they are. Since nicotine and the like dissolve in water and give off a bad odor, it cannot be left for a long time, and it is necessary to regularly exchange the butt with water regardless of the amount of butt.

  In recent years, in order to prevent adverse effects on non-smokers, it is also required to consider the environment of the entire facility where the smoking corner is installed, and either a ventilation fan or an air purifier is installed in the smoking corner, or an air cleaning function is provided. Development of large ashtrays equipped with

  As a large ashtray having this air cleaning function, for example, there is one as shown in FIG. In the present invention, the injection nozzle 102 is provided so as to face the inside of the collection box 101 for storing the cigarette butts. The electric pump 104 is operated at regular intervals set in the control unit 103 to inject the liquid from the injection nozzle 102 in the form of a mist. On the other hand, a fan 105 and an ozone generator 106 that inhale and purify contaminated air are provided. As a result, it is possible to automatically and reliably extinguish the cigarette butt and the like, and it is not necessary to store water for extinguishing in the collection box, so that the accommodation capacity is increased. That is, the frequency of collection of butts can be reduced, and the labor and cost for maintenance and management can be reduced. Moreover, it is possible to inhale and purify contaminated air containing smoke, and the entire facility where the smoking corner is installed can be maintained in a favorable environment (see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-318424 (Abstract, Fig. 1)

  However, in the ashtray unit, it is said that it is possible to automatically and surely extinguish a cigarette butt or the like that is injected into the recovery box by spraying liquid into the recovery box. The mist-like liquid evaporates instantaneously and is very difficult to disappear. In some cases, smoke may get trapped in the collection box due to contact between the cigarette fire and the mist-like liquid.

  Therefore, in order to extinguish a butt that has been lit, it is necessary to immerse the lit part in a liquid or to spray a liquid that is not in the form of a mist but in the form of a shower. is expected. For example, when a shower-like liquid is sprayed, the butts in the collection box are immersed in the liquid, which may cause a bad odor. In addition, the liquid stored in the storage tank is consumed in a short time, and there is a problem that maintenance such as replenishment of liquid becomes complicated.

  On the other hand, smoking by smokers gathered around ashtrays installed in smoking rooms, etc., releases a large amount of cigarette smoke at a time. In the ashtray unit, the smoke purification means is sucked by a fan and purified by a chemical reaction by an ozone generator. The ozone generator has a purifying action for accumulated smoke, but is sucked by a fan. However, there is a problem that sufficient purification cannot be achieved by purification.

  The present invention was devised in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to provide a flushing ashtray having a mechanism for ensuring the extinction of a cigarette butt by a water flow and purifying tobacco smoke. It is.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the flushing type ashtray according to the present invention has an ashtray part for injecting a fire extinguishing liquid in one direction from an upper part of an inner peripheral surface thereof, and an opening at the bottom of the ashtray part. A suction outlet, a liquid discharge curved surface portion tapered around the opening edge of the suction outlet, and only the suction shell extinguished by the fire extinguishing liquid falls from the suction outlet. And the collected buttercup receiving part, the fire extinguishing liquid water storage tank for storing the fire extinguishing liquid separated from the cigarette butt by the liquid discharge curved surface part, and the fire extinguishing liquid stored in the fire extinguishing liquid water storage tank again to extinguish the ashtray part. A circulation pump that circulates as a liquid is provided.

  Here, the cigarette butt in a fired state dropped on the ashtray part is extinguished by the water flow generated on the inner peripheral surface of the ashtray part, and then immediately, the cigarette butt and the extinguishing liquid are The liquid can be reused by separating it into a fire extinguisher and circulating it as a fire extinguishing liquid. Further, by performing solid-liquid separation after surely extinguishing the fire with a fire extinguishing liquid, it is possible to prevent the nicotine tar from leaking, which causes a bad odor, without immersing the butt in the fire extinguishing liquid for a long time.

  In addition, the ashtray part includes an inhalation unit for inhaling cigarette smoke and a purification unit for purifying the smoke inhaled by the inhalation unit, and the purification unit stores the smoke inhaled by the inhalation unit in the extinguishing liquid storage water By adopting a mechanism for bubbling in the tank, it is possible to surely purify the smoke by sucking tobacco smoke during smoking and bubbling with a submersible pump in the fire extinguishing liquid.

  In addition, a strainer filled with a filter medium containing cigarette ash and nicotine tar adhering to the fire extinguishing liquid during fire extinguishing by providing means for filtering and purifying cigarette ash and nicotine tar contained in the fire extinguishing liquid The fire extinguisher stored in the fire extinguishing liquid storage tank can be always sprayed to the ashtray part.

  In addition, by providing a mooring ridge portion for mooring foreign matter thrown in addition to the cigarette butt along the peripheral edge portion of the cigarette butt outlet of the ashtray part, foreign matter such as a very light match stick other than the cigarette butt is dropped Even when a lightweight foreign matter gets over the mooring ridge by changing the water flow by the mooring ridge, it is separated from the water flow and dropped into the sucker outlet of the ashtray part. Become.

  According to the flushing type ashtray of the present invention, by dropping a butt in a fired state, after the fire extinguisher is instantaneously extinguished by the water flow of the fire extinguishing liquid generated on the inner peripheral surface of the ashtray part, only the butt is received by the butt. By being collected by the part, it is possible to minimize the elution of nicotine tar due to the fact that the butts are immersed in water as in the prior art, and to prevent the generation of malodor.

  Moreover, the fire extinguishing liquid that has been separated into solid and liquid is filtered by a strainer filled with a filter material, so that the purified fire extinguishing liquid can always be sprayed to the inner peripheral surface of the ashtray part, and the fire extinguishing liquid without bad odor Can be reused.

  In addition, by performing the bubbling process in the fire extinguishing liquid water storage tank in which the smoke from the cigarettes during smoking is sucked and the fire extinguishing liquid is stored, it is possible to reliably purify the smoke without leaking out.

In addition, when throwing a very light match stick other than the butts, the liquid discharge curved surface portion does not perform solid-liquid separation between the match stick and the fire extinguishing liquid by moving in a state of flowing water, and the liquid In many cases, the discharge curved surface portion is in a state where a match stick is attached. Therefore, by providing a mooring ridge portion along the peripheral edge of the sucker outlet of the ashtray portion, the water flow is changed by the mooring ridge portion. When the match rod gets over the mooring ridge, it is separated from the water flow and dropped into the sucker outlet, and stored in the lower end of the sucker receptacle.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings to provide an understanding of the present invention.
Example 1
1 is a cross-sectional explanatory view showing an example of a water-washed ashtray to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a circulation function in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a solid-liquid separation function in FIG. FIG.

  The apparatus main body 1 shown here includes a ball-shaped ashtray part 2, a butt receiving part 4 disposed below the butt outlet 3 of the ashtray part 2, and the ashtray part from the fire extinguishing liquid storage tank 5 by a circulation pump 6. The fire extinguisher sprayed horizontally from the upper part of 2 is collected, filtered and recirculated.

  The ashtray portion 2 has a semi-spherical shape, and a cigarette butt discharge port 3 is opened at a lower center portion thereof. Then, a semi-circular spherical liquid discharge curved surface portion 8 is formed so as to spread outwardly from the lower end of the sucking cup discharge port 3. Under the open end 9 of the liquid discharge curved surface portion 8, a donut-shaped receiving collar portion 10 is disposed along the open end 9. A discharge pipe 11 is connected to the receptacle 10, and the ash in the butts is removed by the strainer 12 through the discharge pipe 11 and collected in the fire extinguishing liquid storage tank 7.

  In addition, the bottom portion or the whole of the butt receiving portion 4 is formed in a mesh shape, so that the butt dropped in the butt receiving portion 4 allows moisture adhering to the butt to be placed below the butt receiving portion 4. The septic tank 13 is dropped, filtered with a purification chip 14 provided in the septic tank 13, collected by a tray 15 disposed at the lower part of the septic tank 13, and the odor of nicotine tar is prevented from being dissolved into water. The structure prevents the occurrence of

On the other hand, the fire extinguishing liquid in the fire extinguishing water storage tank 5 is detected by the flow sensor 16 for both drought and full water and managed by the control panel 17.
The control panel 17 has a switch 18 (for full operation) timer (intermittent use). The fire-extinguishing liquid in the fire-extinguishing liquid storage tank 7 is filtered by the purification chip 14A, passes through the circulation pipe 19 by the circulation pump 6, and is directed toward the circumferential direction of the upper inner peripheral surface of the ashtray portion 2. It is sprayed more and a water flow is generated on the inner peripheral surface of the ashtray part 2.

  In this way, a spiral water flow is generated on the inner peripheral surface of the ashtray part 2 to prevent the ashtray part 2 from being soiled, and the butt is quickly extinguished. And liquefied water and fire extinguishing water (in this case, ash flows into the liquid as a floating substance) to minimize the dissolution of nicotine tar and the like into the fire extinguishing liquid, to increase the purification speed and as a fire extinguishing liquid It can be reused.

  Further, by performing solid-liquid separation at the liquid discharge curved surface portion 8, the ashtray portion 2 can be easily recovered regardless of the structure that facilitates recovery of the cigarette butt and dramatically improves the recovery efficiency and completely extinguishes with water. The liquid discharge curved surface portion 8 directly connected shortens the contact time of the cigarette butt with water, thereby making it easy to reuse the fire extinguishing liquid and suppressing the generation of malodor.

Example 2
4 is a perspective view showing an example of a water-washing ashtray with an air cleaning function to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional explanatory view in FIG.

  The apparatus main body 1 shown here includes a ball-shaped ashtray part 2, a butt receiving part 4 disposed below the butt discharge port 3 of the ashtray part 2, and the ashtray part by a circulation pump 6 from the fire-extinguishing water storage tank 5. The fire extinguishing liquid sprayed horizontally from the top of 2 is collected, filtered and recirculated, and smoke is smoked by sucking the smoke of cigarettes during smoking and bubbling in the fire extinguishing water in the fire extinguishing liquid storage tank 5. It is set as the structure which performs this washing | cleaning.

  The ashtray portion 2 has a semi-spherical shape, and a sucker outlet 3 is opened at a lower center portion thereof. Then, a semi-circular spherical liquid discharge curved surface portion 8 is formed so as to spread outward from the lower end of the sucking cup discharge port 3. Under the open end 9 of the liquid discharge curved surface portion 8, a donut-shaped receiving collar portion 10 is disposed along the open end 9. A discharge pipe 11 is connected to the receptacle 10, and the ash in the butt is removed by the strainer 12 filled with the filter medium 21 through the discharge pipe 11 and collected in the fire extinguishing liquid storage tank 7.

  Further, a lid portion 22 is attached to the upper opening end of the ashtray portion 2. The lid portion 22 includes a heat-resistant glass 23 provided at the center portion thereof, and a lattice-shaped buttocks holder portion 24 provided around the heat-resistant glass 23.

  Further, an annular exhaust duct 25 is provided along the upper opening end of the ashtray portion 2. The exhaust duct 25 has a slit-like suction port 26 formed on the inner peripheral surface thereof. An exhaust pipe 27 is connected to the exhaust duct 25.

  One end of a suction fan box 28 is connected to the exhaust pipe 27. The suction fan box 28 is provided with an axial fan 30 in a cylindrical box, and suction force is generated in the box by the rotation of the axial fan 30, and smoke is sucked from the exhaust duct 25. The other end of the suction fan box 28 is connected to a connection pipe 31 that communicates with the inside of the fire-extinguishing liquid storage tank 5.

  On the other hand, a bubbling submersible pump 32 is installed in the fire extinguishing liquid storage tank 5. A T-shaped elbow pipe 33 is connected to the submersible pump 32, and the other end of the connection pipe 31 is connected to a branch pipe of the T-shaped elbow pipe 33. A bubbling pipe 34 is connected to the tip of the T-shaped elbow pipe 33. The bubbling pipe 34 has a plurality of bubbling nozzles 35, 35,... Pierced along the longitudinal outer wall surface thereof, and the tip of the bubbling pipe 34 is closed, and the extinguishing liquid sucked by the submersible pump 32. And the smoke sucked in by the suction fan box 28 are mixed and ejected as bubbles from the bubbling nozzles 35, 35,... So that smoke odor, nicotine, tar and other components dissolve in the fire extinguishing liquid. It becomes possible to perform cleaning.

In addition, a circulation pump 6 for injection is provided in the digestive fluid storage tank 5. The extinguishing liquid in the extinguishing liquid storage tank 5 is sprayed from the injection port 20 provided in the circumferential direction of the upper inner peripheral surface of the ashtray part 2 by the circulation pipe 19 connected to the circulation pump 6, and the ashtray part. A water flow is generated on the inner peripheral surface of 2.
A flow rate adjusting valve 36 is provided in the middle of the circulation pipe 19, and the flow rate adjusting valve 36 serves as a mechanism for adjusting the flow rate of the fire extinguishing liquid ejected from the injection port 20.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, by providing a linear mooring ridge 37 along the periphery of the butterfly outlet 3 of the ashtray portion 2, the water flow is changed by the mooring ridge 37. When a smoker throws in a very light match rod unrelated to the butts, when the match rod gets over the mooring protrusion 37, it is separated from the water flow and dropped into the butcher outlet 3 The liquid discharge curved surface portion 8 is not subjected to solid-liquid separation between the match stick and the fire extinguishing liquid, and the liquid discharge curved surface portion 8 is prevented from having a match stick attached thereto. To do.

  By the way, a butt receiving part 4 is provided below the butt discharge port 3 of the ashtray part 2 and its bottom surface is formed in a mesh shape, so that the butt dropped in the butt receiving part 4 becomes a butt. The adhering moisture is dropped to a drip receptacle 38 provided at the lower part of the sucker receptacle 4, and only the moisture containing components such as nicotine and tar collected in the drip receptacle 38 is passed through the communication pipe 39 to store the fire-extinguishing liquid. By draining into the tank 5, a mechanism for preventing the generation of odors such as nicotine and tar is provided.

  It should be noted that nicotine tar and the like dissolved in the fire extinguishing liquid in the fire extinguishing liquid storage tank 5 are jetted from the jet port 20 in the circumferential direction of the upper inner peripheral surface of the ashtray part 2 to quickly extinguish the butts. After the fire extinguishing, the liquid discharge curved surface portion 8 immediately separates the butt and the fire extinguishing liquid (in this case, the ash flows into the liquid as a floating substance). The ash and nicotine tar are removed by the filter medium 21 of the strainer 12 through the discharge pipe 11 and collected in the fire extinguishing liquid storage tank 7 so that it can be reused as a fire extinguishing liquid.

  In the flushing type ashtray having the air cleaning function of the present invention having the above-described configuration, as shown in FIG. 4, the cigarette butt is in a fired state and the cigarette butt of the lid portion 22 provided at the upper opening end of the ashtray unit 2. By inserting from the inside of the insertion portion 24, the butt falls to the inner peripheral surface of the ashtray portion 2.

  The butt is quickly extinguished by the water flow generated on the inner peripheral surface of the ashtray part 2, and after the extinguishing, the liquid discharge curved surface part 8 quickly separates the butt and the extinguishing liquid into solid and liquid (in this case, ash is By flowing into the liquid), it is possible to minimize the dissolution of nicotine, tar and the like into the fire extinguishing liquid, increase the purification rate, and reuse it as fire extinguishing water.

  In addition, the said sucking cup receiving part 4 can be easily taken in and out, and the sucking cup collected in the said sucking cup receiving part 4 can be discarded periodically.

It is a section explanatory view showing an example of a washing type ashtray to which the present invention is applied. It is explanatory drawing which shows the circulation function in FIG. FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional explanatory view showing a solid-liquid separation function in FIG. 1. It is a perspective view which shows an example of the water-washing type ashtray with the air washing function to which this invention is applied. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional explanatory view in FIG. 4. It is principal part expansion explanatory drawing of the ashtray part in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the washing-type ashtray with the conventional air washing function.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Apparatus main body 2 Ashtray part 3 Sucking cup discharge port 4 Suction cup receiving part 5 Fire extinguisher storage tank 6 Circulating pump 8 Liquid discharge curved surface part 9 Open end 10 Receiving part 11 Drain pipe 12 Strainer 13 Septic tank 14, 14A Purification chip 15 Sink 16 Flow Sensor 17 Control panel 18 Switch 19 Circulation pipe 20 Injection port 21 Filter material 22 Lid part 23 Heat-resistant glass 24 Butt shell insertion part 25 Exhaust duct 26 Suction port 27 Exhaust pipe 28 Suction fan box 29 Box 30 Axial flow fan 31 Connecting pipe 32 Submersible pump 33 Elbow pipe 34 Bubbling pipe 35 Bubbling nozzle 36 Flow control valve 37 Mooring ridge 38 Drip receiving part 39 Communication pipe

Claims (5)

An ashtray for injecting fire extinguishing liquid in one direction from the top of the inner peripheral surface to generate a water flow;
A butt outlet that is opened at the bottom of the ashtray part,
A liquid discharge curved surface portion that is provided around the opening edge of the cigarette butt discharge port in a tapered shape toward the outside thereof;
A butt receiving portion for collecting only the butt that has been extinguished by the fire extinguishing liquid is dropped and collected from the butt outlet,
A fire-extinguishing liquid storage tank for storing a fire-extinguishing liquid separated from the cigarette butt by the liquid discharge curved surface portion;
A water-washing ashtray comprising a circulation pump for circulating the fire-extinguishing liquid stored in the fire-extinguishing liquid storage tank again as a fire extinguishing liquid in the ashtray unit. Inhalation means for inhaling cigarette smoke into the ashtray part,
The flushing-type ashtray according to claim 1, further comprising purification means for purifying smoke sucked by the suction means. The flushing ashtray according to claim 2, wherein the purifying means causes the smoke sucked by the sucking means to bubble in the fire extinguisher liquid storage tank. The flushing ashtray according to claim 1, 2 or 3, further comprising means for filtering and purifying cigarette ash and nicotine tar contained in the fire extinguishing liquid. 5. A mooring ridge is provided along the peripheral edge of the butt shell outlet of the ashtray part to drop a foreign matter introduced in addition to the butt shell into the butt outlet. Washable ashtray as described.

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