JP2902562B2 - Automatic cigarette butt collection device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic cigarette butt collecting apparatus suitable for installation in a place where a large number of ashtrays are juxtaposed, for example, a game room of a pachinko game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an automatic device for collecting cigarette butts of this kind, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No.
As described in JP-A-91780, a gutter section which communicates with an ashtray with a top lid installed on each game machine or a base plate, and presents a conduit in which an ashtray transferring means is installed integrally with the base plate. The cigarette butts put into the gutter section from the ashtray are automatically collected in the collecting container via the transfer means, and an air inlet opening inside the ashtray is provided, and the smoke of the cigarette sucked from the air inlet is provided. 2. Description of the Related Art It is known that the air is discharged to the outside through an exhaust fan connected to a gutter or a small-diameter duct provided along the gutter.

[0003]

In this known cigarette butt automatic recovery apparatus, the smoke suction capacity differs depending on the distance between the exhaust fan and each of the ashtrays. Since the suction ability is inferior, there is a problem that it is impossible to completely prevent the cigarette smoke from leaking from the entrance of the distant ashtray to the outside.

[0004] In the amusement arcade, air pollution caused by tobacco smoke may be caused by smoke exhaled by a smoker. Smoke accounts for a large proportion. It has been pointed out that smoke rising from a lit cigarette is called a sidestream and has high carcinogenicity. Therefore, taking care to prevent smoke from lit cigarettes from filling the stadium as much as possible is one of the major improvement items to pay attention to the health of players and attract many players including women. I have.

[0005] In the above-mentioned known art, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No.
In the case of using a small-diameter duct dedicated to exhaust gas of −91780, there is a problem that this duct is quickly clogged with a dust in addition to the above-mentioned problem, and therefore, the distance between the ashtray and the duct is reduced. A filter with a filter piece was developed.However, the filter piece had to be replaced and the duct had to be removed and replaced. Another problem is that it costs money.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to substantially completely prevent smoke rising from a smoked cigarette placed on an ashtray or a lit cigarette thrown into a gutter from leaking into the yard from the entrance of the ashtray. An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic tobacco cigarette butt collection device in a game arcade such as a pachinko game arcade that takes particular consideration into account.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a plurality of ashtrays corresponding to a plurality of gaming machines, the plurality of ashtrays covering the upper portion being provided. A gutter is provided so as to form a conduit integrally with or separate from the base plate provided at the front of the row, and a collecting container for cigarette butts is installed in the gutter, and the collecting container is provided in the gutter. The ashtray is provided with a transfer means for transferring the butts, and an air curtain is provided at the entrance of each of the ashtrays for blowing gas inward .

According to the present invention, an air curtain is formed by providing a ventilation pipe along the gutter, guiding the gas in the ventilation pipe to each ashtray, and jetting the gas from a jet port provided at the entrance. It is.

According to the present invention, a gas outlet is provided on both sides of the inlet of the ashtray so as to face each other, or the gas ejected to the inside from the inlet of the ashtray is guided to the gutter together with the smoke. An air curtain can be formed by ejecting the gas sucked by the fan through the vent through the vent pipe from the inlet of the ashtray and recirculating the gas.

[0010] Further, the present invention further guides the gas ejected to the inside from the inlet of the ashtray to the gutter, and discharges the gas to the outside by using an exhaust fan with a filter, or to the inside from the inlet of the ashtray. The ejected gas can be guided to the gutter, and can be naturally exhausted from the gutter to the outside through a filter.

According to the present invention, the gutter portion can be configured to be detachable from the base portion or provided with a cover that can be opened and closed.

[0012]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, smoke rising from the smoke that has been placed at the entrance of the ashtray or the cigarette that has not been extinguished and that has been put into the gutter will cause the smoke to escape from the entrance of the ashtray. Is shut off by the air curtain, is sent to the gutter side through the ashtray and the communication hole, and does not leak out from the inlet of the ashtray.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the gas is guided to each of the ashtrays through the ventilation pipe, and is jetted from the jet port provided at the entrance to form an air curtain.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the gas ejected from the ejection port is blown toward the inside of the ashtray, and does not leak to the outside from the entrance of the ashtray toward the gutter through the communication hole. .

[0015]

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[0018]

[0019]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. In FIGS. 1 to 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a base for installing a gaming machine, which is generally called an "island". For example, gaming machines 2, 2,... Called pachinko gaming machines or pachislots are juxtaposed to form a machine row 2a. Each of the gaming machines 2, 2,...
・ ・ Ashtrays 33... Are installed corresponding to.
A gutter 4 with a detachable cover body 4a is provided below the base plate 1a along the line of each gaming machine 2 so as to form a conduit 4b integrally with the base plate 1a by overlapping with the base plate 1a. And
The right and left ends of the base 1 are reached. When the gutter section 4 is configured in this manner, most of the existing pachinko game machine amusement arcades use the wooden base plate 1a, so that the equipment can be used as it is, and the production work cost can be reduced. There are advantages. The conduit 4b is composed of the base plate 1a and the cover 4
a is hermetically sealed by packing or other means not shown.

Between the gutter section 4 and each of the ashtrays 3, especially FIG.
As shown in (1), communication holes 5 are provided, and ash and butts introduced from the inlets 3c of the ashtrays 3 are dropped onto the gutters 4 through the communication holes 5.

As shown in FIG. 1, a fire extinguishing water 7 is provided in a box 6 installed at the left end of the base 1.
The collection container 8 containing the container is placed, and one end of the gutter 4 is opened at an upper portion of the collection container 8. A drive motor 9 having a speed reduction mechanism is installed on the side of the gutter 4 opposite to the side on which the collection container 8 is installed, and a chain 11 is suspended around a sprocket 10 fixed to the rotation shaft of the drive motor 9. I have.
The chain 11 is suspended on a sprocket 12 installed in the box 6 through the inside of the gutter 4.

A scraping plate 13 is attached to the chain 11 at appropriate intervals. The scraping plate 13 causes cigarette butts, ash, etc., which fall from the ashtray 3 into the gutter portion 4 through the communication hole 5 through the ashtray 3. Is transported along the pipeline 4b in the direction of the collection container 8.

In this manner, the drive motor 9 and the scraper 1
The transfer means 14 is constituted by the chain 11 to which 3 is attached. The ashtray 3 has an upper lid 3a for covering the upper part thereof. A small-diameter inlet 3c is provided following the cigarette holder 3b, and gas injection ports 15, 15 are provided on both sides of the inlet 3c.
Are provided with their tips facing inward. The entrance 3c is desirably formed with a small diameter when the smoke blocking effect is enhanced by an air curtain having a weak wind pressure. The injection ports 15 are connected to a small-diameter ventilation pipe 17 installed along the gutter 4 via the communication pipes 16. still,
Set置個offices and shape and Suto the injection ports 15, 15 is not limited to the embodiment is one example. It may be installed in one side only, in the upper and lower part or on the side or one of the bevels in various shapes. Further, the ventilation pipe 17 may be formed integrally with the gutter 4 as described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 5-91780.

In particular, as shown in FIG. 3, a filter 19 connected to the gutter 4 through a detachable communication pipe 18 is provided.
And a fan 20 having an air inlet 20a connected to the filter 19, and an outlet 20 of the fan 20.
The b side is connected to the ventilation pipe 17 via the communication pipe 21 . Inside off Iruta 19, such as glass fibers, de-smoke filter 19 made of heat-resistant resin, or ceramics such as
a and a deodorizing filter 19b made of, for example, activated carbon, are detachably filled.

Therefore, the smoke which rises from the crater of the tobacco A which is inserted from the entrance 3c of the ashtray 3 and is placed on the cigarette holder 3b or rises from the lit cigarette in the gutter 4 The smoke that fills the ashtray 3 is injected into
It is blocked by an air curtain formed by the gas to be injected, and reaches the gutter 4 from the ashtray 3 through the communication hole 5 without leaking from the inlet 3c to the outside. Filter 19
To the communication pipe 2 from the discharge port 20b of the fan 20.
The air reaches the ventilation pipe 17 through the first pipe 1 and is again injected from the injection ports 15 and 15 through the communication pipes 16 and 16. Thus, the gas forming the air curtain repeats circulation. In the meantime, the smoke removal filter 19a of the filter 19 removes smoke and adsorbs and removes tars, and the deodorization filter 19b removes odor.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment, in which the base plate 23a on which the ashtray 22 with the upper lid 22a is installed is not made of thick wood as in the above-mentioned embodiment but made of stainless steel plate. A gutter section 24 that is installed along a line 35a of gaming machines 35 juxtaposed above and that forms a conduit 24a integrally with the stainless steel base plate 23a.
Is detachably attached to the base plate 23a. The transfer means 25 is not a chain and a scraping plate, but is constituted by a refractory endless belt 26 and a drive motor (not shown), and 27 is a communication hole. The gutter part 24 and the ventilation pipe 28 are integrally formed.

In this embodiment, the same operation as in the previous embodiment is performed, and smoke rising from the crater of the tobacco A which is inserted from the entrance 22c of the ashtray 22 and placed on the cigarette holder 22b, The smoke rising from the lit cigarette in the gutter 24 and filling the ashtray 22 is blocked by the air curtain formed by the gas injected from the injection port 29, and does not leak to the outside from the inlet 22c. From the ashtray 22 to the gutter 24 via the communication hole 27, it is sucked by the fan 30 to reach the communication pipe 31 and the filter 32, and further from the discharge port 30 a of the fan 30 to the ventilation pipe 28 via the communication pipe 33. Then, the fuel is injected again from the injection port 29 through the communication pipe 34. Thus, the gas forming the air curtain repeats circulation. In the meantime, the smoke removal filter 32a of the filter 32 removes smoke and adsorbs and removes tars.
Deodorization is achieved.

When implemented in this manner, in the case of an existing pachinko game arcade, it is necessary to remove a commonly used wooden base plate and reconstruct the work, thereby increasing costs, but effectively utilizing a narrow space. There are advantages that can be done.

The transfer means is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but may be any of various types such as a type using a cord instead of a chain, a type using a self-propelled device that runs on a screw or a gutter, and the like. Things are conceivable.

Although not shown, the gas forming the air curtain is guided to the gutter together with the smoke, and is discharged from the gutter to the outside through a filter through a filter, or the wind pressure in the gutter is utilized. Can be naturally exhausted to the outside.

Further, the automatic cigarette butt collecting apparatus according to the present invention may be installed in other places, such as various game places where a large number of ashtrays are juxtaposed, other than the game halls of pachinko machines. it can.

[0032]

As described above, the present invention has the following advantages.

According to the first aspect of the invention, smoke that leaks from the entrance of the ashtray can be blocked by the air curtain and almost completely prevented from leaking outside.
It is possible to prevent the indoor air from being polluted by the smoke rising from the lit cigarette, and the smoke rising from the cigarette is weak. Because the smoke can be sufficiently treated without increasing the pressure so much, it is placed on an ashtray with a very effective light regardless of the installation position of the ashtray without using a large blower or a fan, or Can process the smoke of the tobacco put into the gutter .

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the gas is injected toward the inside of the ashtray, it is possible to further prevent the smoke inside the ashtray from leaking to the outside, and the vent pipe exclusively serves as a gas for the air curtain. Since it is sent, there is no clogging with tar or ash, so cleaning is unnecessary.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to further completely prevent the smoke from leaking from the entrance of the ashtray. .

[0036]

[0037]

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[0039]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional front view showing an installation example of an automatic recovery apparatus for cigarette butts according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view showing a main part of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan sectional view showing the internal structure of the ashtray.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view for explaining another embodiment of the automatic collecting apparatus for cigarette butts according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A cigarette 1,23 base 1a, 23a base plate 2,35 gaming machine 2a, 35a train 3,22 ashtray 3a, 22a top lid 3c, 22c entrance 4,24 gutter 4a cover 4b, 24a conduit 5,27 Communication hole 8 collection container 9 drive motor 10,12 sprocket 11 chain 13 scraping plate 14,25 transfer means 15,29 injection port 17,28 ventilation pipe 19,32 filter 19a, 32a smoke removal filter 19b, 32b deodorization filter 20, 30 fan 26 endless belt

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of ashtrays covering an upper part are provided corresponding to a plurality of juxtaposed gaming machines, and are connected to the ashtrays so as to be integrated with a base plate provided at a front portion of a row of the gaming machines. A gutter portion is provided so as to form a separate conduit, a collecting container for cigarette butts is provided in the gutter portion, and a transfer means for transferring cigarette butts to the collecting container is provided in the gutter portion. , Wherein an air curtain for ejecting gas inwardly is installed at an entrance of each of the ashtrays, wherein the cigarette butt is automatically collected. 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of: providing an air curtain along the gutter, providing a ventilation pipe along the gutter, guiding gas from the ventilation pipe to each ashtray, and ejecting the gas from an outlet provided at an entrance thereof. The automatic cigarette butt collecting apparatus according to claim 1. 3. The automatic cigarette butt collecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when the air curtain is provided, gas jet ports are provided on both sides of the inlet of the ashtray so as to face each other.