JP3048932U - Storage type ashtray with inner lid - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] In a retractable ashtray, it is necessary to prevent ash from spilling or scattering when the ashtray is removed from the storage part, and to handle the ashtray with the minimum necessary operation. In addition, it provides an ashtray with less contamination. [Structure] An ashtray container that is made to fit in the storage part as a storage-type detachable ashtray, and an inner lid that can cover the opening of the ashtray container as required. In addition, fasteners for fixing the ashtray container to the storage portion as necessary are provided, and the fasteners are released simultaneously with the operation of the inner lid.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a storage ashtray, and more particularly to an ashtray attached to a driver's seat, a seat, and the like of a vehicle.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In the storage ashtray that is currently in general use, the ashtray container itself is removed from the ashtray container storage section in order to discard the ashes accumulated in the ashtray or to clean the ashtray, and cover the ashtray container when carrying it out. Because there is no lid, it is easy for ash to spill or splatter.

In order to remove the ashtray container body from the storage portion, the ashtray container body may be simply pulled up, or the ashtray container body may be placed in an outer container enclosing the ashtray container, and the ashtray container may be pulled out. In the case of a structure that uses an eaves-shaped lever), or by pressing down the eaves-shaped lever attached to a part of the ashtray container body with a hinge with a spring by hand, the trigger provided on a part of the eaves-shaped lever However, it is possible to remove the ashtray container from the storage unit by releasing the fastening action with the fastener on the outer wall of the storage unit. In this case, the eaves-shaped lever with the trigger must be pushed down by hand. The inconvenience is doubled by the fact that ash comes on the reed-shaped lever, the ash remains in the storage section, spills, or scatters.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

 In a conventional ashtray, there is no ashtray in which the inner lid is attached to the ashtray container itself and which can be removed from the storage portion while the inner lid is kept closed.

[0005] In the conventional ashtray, when the ashtray container is removed from the storage portion, it is necessary to remove the ashtray container while pressing down the lever with the trigger with a finger when the ashtray container is supported by a fastener such as a trigger. In addition, there are bothersome and inconvenient operations as described above.

[0006] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to close the opening of the ashtray container with an inner lid having a structure that covers the entire opening of the ashtray container when the ashtray is removed from the storage section and carried out. To provide an ashtray capable of preventing ash from splashing from the ashtray when the ashtray container is removed from the storage section.

[0007] Further, in order to remove the ashtray from the storage portion, an operation of closing the inner lid is performed first, and the operation of closing the inner lid is automatically performed by a fastener such as a trigger. An object of the present invention is to provide an ashtray having a structure capable of releasing a support.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has an openable inner lid so that the entire upper opening of the ashtray can be covered when necessary. In the case of an ashtray that requires the ashtray container and the storage part to be fastened by a trigger, etc., it is necessary to keep the ashtray closed, as described above. And an ashtray container with an inner lid, which has a structure in which the support by the trigger or the like is released at the same time as the closing operation of the ashtray.

[0009]

【Example】

 Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an ashtray with a sliding inner lid according to an embodiment of the present invention, showing an ashtray container body with its inner lid 22 opened. FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which the inner lid 22 is opened in an ashtray embodiment in which an inner lid 22 is attached to a structure in which an ashtray container main body 21 is housed in an outer container 20. It is a perspective view of the appearance showing a state. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the ashtray container main body 21 shown in FIG. 2 taken out of the outer container 20 of the storage section. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the sliding inner lid 22 of the ashtray container in the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the ashtray container main body 21 with the inner lid removed in the same embodiment. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the ashtray container 21 with the sliding inner lid 22 opened. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the sliding inner lid 22 of the ashtray container is pulled forward and closed. FIG. 8 is a plan view of the ashtray container with the sliding inner lid 22 opened with respect to the ashtray, as viewed from above. FIG. 9 is a plan view of the ashtray container with the inner lid 22 of the ashtray closed, as viewed from above. FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing the positional relationship between the inner lid 22 and the trigger 26 cut along the line AB in FIG.

Referring first to FIG. 1, as an embodiment of the present invention, an ashtray is shown with an inner lid 22 attached and opened. The inner lid 22 is of a sliding type, and a knob 23 for operating the inner lid is provided in front of the sliding type.

FIG. 2 shows an ashtray main body housed in an outer container 20, and an ashtray main body 21 having a structure capable of being easily taken out upward if necessary, with an inner lid attached. The inner lid is almost open, and the inner lid 22 is provided with a knob 23 for operating the inner lid.

FIG. 3 shows the ashtray container body 21 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 taken out of the outer container 20 shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of the inner lid 22. In this embodiment, a rectangular window hole 24 is formed in an end portion of the inner lid 22 in the front-rear direction. The width of this window hole is slightly larger than the width of the trigger described below.

In the body of the ashtray container shown in FIG. 5, a flat surface to which a trigger 26 is attached is provided at the edge of the opening of the ashtray, and the flat surface 25 extends to just before the ashtray opening. It is provided. Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the flat surface is shown so as to cover almost half of the opening of the ashtray container, and the flat surface 25 is integrated with the above-mentioned edge surface to form the opening. Although it is designed to cover a part of the periphery, it has a purpose of supplementing the effect of covering the sliding inner lid 22 and a purpose of strength as a part of the support. Actually, it is sufficient to set the structure as preferable in consideration of the size of the opening of the ashtray container, the range in which the inner lid is slid, the overall strength, and the like.

FIG. 6 shows a state in which the sliding inner lid 22 is opened with respect to the ashtray container. This shows a state in which the ashtray is simultaneously pulled out of the storage portion and used as an ashtray. It is shown. The operation of pulling out the ashtray container from the storage section to use it as an ashtray can be manual, or it can be pushed forward by the action of pushing the front of the ashtray container. Are well-known, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted. When the ashtray of the present invention is protruded forward or manually pulled out, the sliding inner lid 22 remains at the front position when stored in the storage unit. Leave it open. This structure may be such that the hook 23 is kept in close contact with the front wall of the storage section between the tab section 23 in front of the inner lid 22 and a strong external force. If it is acceptable to use a fastener with a shape like a magnet, a combination of a magnet and a piece of metal is provided between the knob 23 of the inner lid and the front wall of the corresponding storage part (part of the vehicle body structure) so that they are in close contact with each other. You may put it so that it works. These are commonly performed on a daily basis, and are well-known, so that detailed description will be omitted.

FIG. 7 shows a state where the sliding inner lid 22 of the ashtray container is pulled forward and the opening of the ashtray is closed. At this time, the head of the trigger 26 is pushed downward by the back end of the window hole 24 provided at the edge of the slide-type inner lid 22, and comes to a position where the action of the trigger is released. When the sliding inner lid 22 does not completely cover the ashtray, the trigger 26 of the ashtray protrudes from the rectangular window hole at the edge of the sliding inner lid 22. The ashtray container does not come off beyond a certain position, being blocked by the fastener provided at the corresponding position of the part. This solves the problem that the trigger 26 is simultaneously removed by the operation of closing the inner lid 22, which is one of the problems described above. Since the function and structure of the trigger 26 and the fastener are generally known, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In the description of the present embodiment, an edge portion is provided on the left end of the ashtray container in the front-rear direction so as to also serve as a mount for the trigger 26 and also to close a window hole of the sliding inner lid 22. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the extension portion is provided only on one side on the left side. However, it is also possible to provide the extension portion at another position or both right and left together with the position of the window hole 24 of the inner lid 22. It belongs to the embodiment of the invention.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the sliding inner lid has a flat surface (FIG. 4-22) or a slightly bulged surface (FIG. 3-22) according to the structure of the container body. Everything is within the scope of the embodiment. It is within the scope of the embodiment to arrange the position of the knob attached to the inner lid at a preferable position in terms of structure.

[0019]

[Effect of the invention]

 As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent ash from spilling or splattering when the ashtray is removed from the storage part in a retractable ashtray, and the ashtray can be handled. Since the minimum required simple operations are sufficient, an ashtray with less dirty hands can be obtained.

[0020]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of an ashtray with a sliding inner lid according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the ashtray with a sliding inner lid according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing only an ashtray container main body shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a sliding inner lid.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the ashtray container in the embodiment, but with a sliding inner lid removed.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the ashtray container with the inner lid opened as well.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the ashtray container with the inner lid closed as well.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the ashtray container with the inner lid opened as seen from above.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of the ashtray container with the inner lid closed, as viewed from above.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along a line AB in FIG. 8; However, for the sake of explanation, the scale is slightly enlarged in the drawing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 20 outer container of ashtray storage unit 21 ashtray container main body 22 sliding type inner lid 23 knob of inner lid 24 window hole of inner lid 25 flat surface provided at opening edge of ashtray container 26 trigger

Claims (2)

[Utility model registration claims] Claims 1. An ashtray that can be stored in a storage section provided in advance in a part of a driver's seat, a passenger seat, or the like of a passenger car or another vehicle. Accordingly, in a detachable ashtray in which the body of the ashtray container can be removed from the storage portion, when the ashtray container body is removed from the storage portion, the inner lid provided on the ashtray container main body is closed, and the ash is surrounded by the surroundings. A storage type ashtray with an inner lid characterized by a structure that can prevent splashing and spilling. 2. The ashtray container according to claim 1, wherein an operation of closing the inner lid is provided with a fastener such as a hook or a trigger for connecting the ashtray container and its storage portion as needed. (2) A storage with an inner lid, characterized in that it is also designed to be able to remove the fastener at the same time and to be able to remove the ashtray container main body from its storage part when the inner lid is closed. Type ashtray.