JP2998274B2 - Ashtray cleaner - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ashtray cleaner incorporated in a service box for a gas station installed at a gas station or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a refueling station for refueling automobiles or the like with gasoline or the like, as shown in Japanese Patent Application No. 1-225007, filed by the applicant, the service for the refueling station is arranged. There are many places where boxes are installed. As shown in FIG. 2, the service box 2 for a gas station is erected on the same island 1 side by side with a fixed-type refueling device 3 installed on the island 1.
It incorporates various service tools described below and an outdoor refueling data input / output device. The outdoor refueling data input / output device 5 is provided with a display 6, an operation board 7 on which operators of numeric keys and other switches are arranged, a card reader 8, and the like as conventionally known. In the figure, reference numeral 9 denotes a shelf for storing oil cans, other car supplies, towels and the like.

In the service box 2 for a gas station, an ashtray cleaner 10 is installed below the cabinet case 4 at a position different from the surface on which the outdoor refueling data input / output device 5 is installed. The ashtray cleaner 10 comprises an upper ashtray washing chamber 11 and a butts container 12 disposed below the ashtray washing chamber 11, and a water jet nozzle for washing and an ashtray sensor (not shown) are provided inside the ashtray washing chamber 11. It is provided. Then, in order to clean the ashtray in the car of the automobile, the ashtray is inserted into the ashtray washing room 11, the ashtray is turned upside down, and the butts inside are put into the butts container 12 below. At this time, the ashtray sensor detects the insertion of the ashtray, and a mixture of water and air is jetted from the water jet nozzle for washing for 3 seconds, for example, by the operation of a control device (not shown). Wash the ashtray. Thereafter, only the supply of water is stopped, and only the air is further sprayed, for example, for 5 seconds to dry the washed ashtray.

[0004]

Some cigarette butts to be put into the buttocks container are sometimes lit, and in such a case there is a danger that the butts may burn up in the buttocks container 12. Therefore, as a measure for extinguishing the lit butts, conventionally, for example, water is previously filled in the buttocks container 12, but this method not only requires time for pouring water but also puts it in the butts container 12. The butts will float on the water, detracting from its intended purpose. Water is sprayed from a washing water spray nozzle provided in the ashtray washing chamber 11, but this water is sprayed upward for washing the ashtray, and is directly sprayed on the butts in the lower butt container. Water that is not burned to other cigarette butts is not injected, and water for washing is not sufficient to extinguish a fire.

An object of the present invention is to eliminate the disadvantages of the prior art, and to prevent the transfer of flaming butts to other butts, even if a lit buttress is introduced from the ashtray washing chamber into the lower buttocks container. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an ashtray cleaner which can ensure the property and does not require any work such as filling a butt holder with water, and can surely extinguish a lighted butt.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided an ashtray cleaner comprising an ashtray washing chamber and a butts container disposed below the ashtray washing chamber. To provide a water injection nozzle for cleaning
The gist is to provide a water jet nozzle for fire extinguishing toward the butts container.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the butts in the ashtray inserted into the ashtray washing chamber are put into the lower butts container, and the ashtray is washed by the jet water jetted from the washing water jet nozzle. At the same time, water is sprayed from the water jet nozzle for fire extinguisher toward the butts container, so even if there is a lit fire in the butts, the fire extinguishing water will extinguish the fire and burn to other butts. Can be prevented.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment of an ashtray cleaner according to the present invention. The ashtray cleaner according to the present invention is also incorporated into a service box 2 for a gas station as shown in FIG. 2 as an example. Since the configuration of the box 2 has already been described, a detailed description thereof will be omitted here. However, the ashtray cleaner 10 of the present invention is also incorporated in the cabinet case 4, and is disposed above the ashtray washing chamber 11 and below. And a cigarette holder container 12.

An ashtray washing chamber 11 has an opening for inserting an ashtray at the front.
A chute portion 14 that opens to a butt holder container 12 is formed integrally with a lower portion of a main body portion 11a having a main body portion 11a.
The left and right side surfaces and the front surface are formed in a tapered shape so that the lower portion of a is slightly tapered toward the chute portion 14. The chute portion 14 has the same narrow width as the lower end of the main body portion 11a, and has an opening surface at the lower end thereof formed as an inclined surface that descends rearward.

A tapping rod 15 for dropping debris and the like in an ashtray 16 and an ashtray sensor 17 for detecting an ashtray 16 inserted into the main body 11a are provided inside the main body 11a. A water jet nozzle 18 for washing is provided which opens upwardly into the main body 11a, and a fire extinguishing water which opens downwardly toward the lower buttocks container 12 at the lower back of the main body 11a. An injection nozzle 19 was provided. The nozzles 18 and 19 have an ejector structure.

The buttocks container 12 has an opening on the upper surface which is slightly larger than the lower end opening surface of the chute portion 14 and which is formed on the inclined surface which descends rearward similarly to the lower end opening surface of the chute portion 14. It is located on the floor of the cabinet case 4 below the ashtray washing chamber 11 with the lower part of the chute part 14 slightly entering into the upper opening of the butt holder container 12 with the lower part of the chute part 14 easily inserted and removed. Is done. 20 in the figure
Is a door for entering and exiting the butts container 12, which is provided in the cabinet case 4.

A partition plate 21 is provided at the rear of the butt holder container 12, a water tank 22 is installed at an appropriate position such as further behind, and a water supply pipe 23 communicating with the water tank 22 is branched in the middle.
One water supply branch pipe 23a is connected to a water injection nozzle 18 for cleaning, and the other water supply branch pipe 23b is connected to a water injection nozzle 19 for fire extinguishing. An electromagnetic valve 24 is provided in the middle of the water supply branch pipe 23a. In addition,
At the end of the water supply pipe 23, a filter 31 is provided.
Attach a run-up valve to 31 if necessary.

Further, as an air supply device, for example, an air compressor 25 is provided at an appropriate position,
A branch of the air supply pipe 26 connected to 25 is connected, one air supply branch pipe 26a is connected to the water jet nozzle 18 for cleaning, and the other air supply branch pipe 26b is connected to the water jet nozzle 19 for fire extinguishing,
An electromagnetic valve 27 is provided in the air supply pipe 26 closer to the air compressor 25 than the branch portion.

Further, a smoke and flame sensor 28 for detecting smoke and flame in the butt holder container 12 such as the chute 14 of the ashtray washing chamber 11.
A fire extinguishing switch 29 for extinguishing fire when a smoke or a flame is found inside the cabinet case 4 is located above the opening 13 of the ashtray washing chamber 11 or the like. A control device 30 using a conventionally known microcomputer is provided, an ashtray sensor 17, a smoke sensor 28, and a fire extinguishing switch 29 are connected to the input terminal side of the control device 30, and the solenoid valves 24, 27 are connected to the output terminal side. Connected.

Next, usage and operation will be described.
To clean the ashtray 16 in the automobile, the ashtray 16 is inserted into the ashtray washing chamber 11 through the opening 13, and the ashtray is turned upside down to remove the butts and debris inside from the chute portion 14 to the butts container 12 below.
Discard the waste, and remove any remaining debris or the like attached to the ashtray 16 by hitting the ashtray 16 with the tapping rod 15.

At this time, the ashtray sensor 17 detects the insertion of the ashtray 16 by inserting the ashtray 16 into the ashtray washing chamber 11, and the control device is controlled based on the output from the ashtray sensor 17 to the control device 30.
Output from 30 to solenoid valves 24, 27 opens solenoid valves 24, 27. As a result, when air is sent from the air compressor 25 to the washing water jet nozzle 18 and the fire extinguishing water jet nozzle 19 via the air supply pipe 26 and the air supply branch pipes 26a and 26b, respectively, the nozzle 18 having the ejector structure is ejected. , 19, a suction negative pressure is generated in the water tank 22 through the water pipe 23 and the water supply branch pipes 23a, 23b.
More water is sucked in and sprayed in a mist. In this manner, the inside of the ashtray 16 is washed with jet water in which water and air injected from the washing water injection nozzle 18 are mixed, and, on the other hand, a fired butt is used for extinguishing a fire in case the butt is put into the butt holder container 12. Jet water is also jetted from the water jet nozzle 19 toward the butts container 12 below, and water is sprayed on the butts.

When the jet water is jetted from the jet nozzles 18 and 19 for a predetermined time, for example, 2 seconds, only the solenoid valve 24 provided on the water supply branch pipe 23a is closed, and the jet to the water jet nozzle 18 for washing is performed. Water supply stops. As a result, only air is jetted from the water jet nozzle 18 for washing, and the ashtray 16 after washing is dried by the air. During this time, the fire extinguishing water injection nozzle 19 keeps sucking water by the supplied air, and the fire extinguishing water 19 continues to spray fire extinguishing water toward the butts container 12 below. Then, for example, after 8 seconds, the air-side electromagnetic valve 27 is also closed, and the injection of air from the water injection nozzle 18 for cleaning and the injection of water from the water injection nozzle 19 for fire extinguishing are stopped.

If the butts in the butt holder container 12 continue to burn due to the water spray from the fire extinguishing water injection nozzle 19, smoke or flame rising from the butt container container 12 is detected by the flame sensor 28. Control unit 30 based on the output from
Is output to the solenoid valve 27, which opens. as a result,
Air is supplied from the air compressor 25 to the water injection nozzle 19, and water is sucked up from the water tank 22 by suction negative pressure generated inside the nozzle 19, so that the lower buttocks container 12 is sprayed in a mist form.
Injected toward. It is desirable that the water injection time is set slightly longer than the fire-extinguishing water injection time performed at the time of washing the ashtray so that the fire can be surely extinguished by one injection.

Further, if a lit cigarette is found in the cigarette holder container 12 or if smoke or a flame is found rising from the cigarette butt 12, the manual fire extinguishing switch 29 is depressed. Water for fire extinguishing is jetted from the water jet nozzle 19 toward the butts container 12 in the same manner as when the output from the flame sensor 28 is output.

In the above embodiment, at the time of washing the ashtray, water and air are sprayed from the water spray nozzle 18 for cleaning, and at the same time, water is sprayed from the water spray nozzle 19 for fire extinguishing. Alternatively, water may be injected from the water injection nozzle 19 only when the flame sensor 28 is activated or when the fire extinguishing switch 29 is pressed. In addition, water is supplied to the water tank 22
However, the water supply pipe 23 may be directly connected to the water supply. In this case, it is not necessary to refill the water, and the water can be reliably obtained.

[0021]

As described above, the ashtray cleaner of the present invention can be used even if the lit cigarette butts are discarded in the cigarette holder container.
Water can be sprayed on the butts to extinguish the fire reliably, so that dangers such as fire occurrence can be prevented beforehand and safe.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment of an ashtray cleaner of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of installation of a service box for a gas station incorporating an ashtray cleaner.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Island 2 ... Service box for gas station 3 ... Oil supply device 4 ... Cabinet case 5 ... Outdoor oil supply data input / output device 6 ... Display 7 ... Operation board 8 ... Card reader 9 ... Shelf 10 ... Ashtray cleaner 11 ... Ashtray cleaning room 11a… Body part 12… Bag holder 13… Opening 14… Chute part 15… Battering rod 16… Ash tray 17… Ash tray sensor 18… Water injection nozzle for cleaning 19… Water injection nozzle for fire extinguishing 20… Door 21… Partition plate 22 ... water tank 23 ... water supply pipe 23a, 23b ... water supply branch pipe 24 ... solenoid valve 25 ... air compressor 26 ... air supply pipe 26a, 26b ... air supply branch pipe 27 ... solenoid valve 28 ... smoke sensor 29 ... fire extinguishing switch 30 ... Control device 31 ... Filter

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-4-78756 (JP, A) JP-A-3-86659 (JP, A) JP-A-2-237845 (JP, A) (58) Field (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B60S 5/02 B60N 3/08 B60S 3/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An ashtray cleaner comprising an ashtray cleaning chamber and a butts container disposed below the ashtray cleaning chamber, wherein a water jet nozzle for cleaning is provided toward the ashtray cleaning chamber.
An ashtray cleaner characterized by providing a water jet nozzle for fire extinguishing toward the butts container.