JP3057944U - Portable ashtray - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To allow a cigarette butt to be securely stored, to reduce the number of parts, and to facilitate assembly. SOLUTION: The portable ashtray 1 of the present invention is provided with axial guide grooves 21 and 22 on each of a front surface 2a and a back surface 2b of a hollow and prismatic ashtray main body 2, and has one side surface 2 of the ashtray main body 2.
e, butts insertion holes 25 are formed at predetermined positions on the peripheral surface 23 of the main body part from the respective guide grooves 21 and 22 to form
Is formed of an elastic material by opening one side face 4a of the bottomed rectangular cylinder, and guide ridges 41, 42 are provided inside the both side edges of the opened one side face 4a of the lid body 4. The lid 4 is formed by inserting one open side 4a of the lid 4 from one side 2e of the ashtray main body 2 and causing each of the ridges 41, 42 to enter the guide grooves 21, 22 by elastic force. Is slidably attached to the peripheral surface 23 of the main body part, and the lid 4 allows the butts insertion hole 25 to be freely opened and closed.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to a portable ashtray to be carried and used as an ashtray.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In recent years, portable ashtrays have gradually become widespread and are helping to prevent cigarette butts from being thrown away on the streets. In particular, cigarette filters are extremely slow in natural decomposition and remain indefinitely once thrown away, leading to environmental problems. The effects can be enormous.

[0003] As this portable ashtray, for example, a type in which a lid is opened around a hinge and a cigarette butt is stored on the receiving side, or a sliding lid is attached to a window hole formed in a part of the ashtray body. There is a type in which a sliding lid is slid linearly to open a window hole and to close it after use when storing butts.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

 However, among the above-mentioned conventional portable ashtrays, in which the former lid is opened with a hinge, the saucer is completely open, so that the stored butts fall out or the ash scatters by the wind. And the lack of cleanliness due to the visible butts.

In the latter type in which the lid is slid, the slide lid must be slidably attached to the ashtray main body, so that the number of parts for the slide mechanism is large, and the assembly man-hour is accordingly complicated. Had the problem of becoming

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and an object of the invention is to provide a portable ashtray capable of securely storing a cigarette butt, reducing the number of parts, and easily assembling.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above object, the portable ashtray of the present invention is provided with axial guide grooves on each of the front and back sides of a hollow and prismatic ashtray body, and each of the ashtray bodies is provided from one side of the ashtray body. A cigarette insertion hole is formed at a predetermined position on the peripheral surface of the main body portion up to the guide groove, and a lid covering the main body dividing surface is formed of an elastic material by opening one side surface of the bottomed square cylinder. Guide projections are formed inside both side edges of the open side of the lid, and the open side of the lid is inserted from one side of the ashtray body, and each of the projections is elastically inserted into the guide groove. The lid is slidably attached to the peripheral surface of the main body by being invaded by force, and the butt inlet hole can be opened and closed with the lid.

[0008]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the portable ashtray of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view thereof, FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway front view in a closed state, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of A, and FIG.

In these figures, a portable ashtray 1 of the present invention has a hollow, prismatic ashtray body 2 and a lid formed of an elastic material such as plastic and having one side 4a of a bottomed square cylinder opened. And a body 4.

The ashtray body 2 has a cap 3 for removably closing the upper surface of the opening. At substantially the center of the width of each of the front surface 2a and the rear surface 2b, axial guide grooves 21 and 22 are formed over a predetermined length from the top opening end 2c to the bottom surface 2d. The U-shaped peripheral surface 23 extending from one side surface 2e to the guide grooves 21 and 22 or the portion where the guide grooves 21 and 22 are extended as it is to the bottom surface 2d is formed from the other side surface 2f to the guide grooves 21 and 22 or the guide groove 21. , 22 extending to the bottom surface 2d as it is, the wall thickness is reduced with respect to the U-shaped peripheral surface 24. A step 241 is provided at the upper part of the peripheral surface 24, and the upper part thereof is formed to be thin. Recesses 28 and 29 for engagement are formed on the peripheral surface facing the step 241.

In the upper half of the peripheral surface 23, a cutout is provided at a corner formed by the one side surface 2 e and the front surface 2 a, and a butts inlet hole 25 is provided. A tobacco receiving seat 251 for receiving tobacco is cut out in a semicircular shape at the edge of one side surface 2e of the butts insertion hole 25. An engagement recess 26 is formed in the center of one side surface 2e in a curved shape.

The cap 3 is formed with ridges 31 and 32 which are fitted into the guide grooves 21 and 22 at substantially the center of the width of the inner surface of each of the front surface 3a and the back surface 3b. Protrusions 33 and 34 are provided to engage with the recesses 28 and 29 described above. In addition, a receiving seat 35 is formed in a U-shape on an inner peripheral surface of a portion of the lid 4, which faces an inscribed peripheral wall 4 c, which will be described later, and contacts and receives the inscribed peripheral wall 4 c.

The lid 4 has ridges 41 and 42 projecting inward on both side edges of one open side surface (side end opening surface) 4a. The ridges 41 and 42 are provided over a predetermined length downward from the upper end opening surface 4b. An inner peripheral wall 4c having a width smaller than that of the upper end opening surface 4b is provided along the inner edge of the upper end opening surface 4b. At the center of the inner surface of the other side surface 4d, an engaging convex portion 46 which is detachably engaged with the engaging concave portion 26 is provided in a curved shape. Further, on the outer surface of the other side surface 4d, finger hooks 47 for hooking a finger are provided in a row.

When the cap 3 is attached to the ashtray body 2 having the above configuration, the opening bottom surface 3 d of the cap 3 abuts on the step 241 of the ashtray body 2, and the projections 31, 32 of the cap 3 are guided by the guide grooves 21, 22. And the projections 33 and 34 engage with the recesses 28 and 29 of the step 241, whereby the cap 3 is integrally mounted on the ashtray body 2.

Next, in order to attach the lid 4 to the ashtray body 2, first, the elastic force of the lid 4 is used to open the side end opening surface 4 a outward, and in this state, the side end opening is opened. The face 4a is inserted from one side face 2e of the ashtray body 2. When the ridges 41 and 42 reach the guide grooves 21 and 22, the ridges 41 and 42 are recessed into the guide grooves 21 and 22 by elastic force. As a result, the peripheral surface 23 of the ashtray body 2 is covered with the lid 4, and the ridges 41, 42 are slidable along the guide grooves 21, 22 while being guided by the guide grooves 21, 22. Therefore, the lid 4 is also slidable with respect to the peripheral surface 23, and the butts insertion hole 25 can be freely opened and closed using the lid 4.

When the lid 4 is slid upward and completely closed, the bottom surface 4s of the lid 4 abuts against the bottom surface 2d of the ashtray body 2, and the inner peripheral wall 4c of the lid 4 is As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the lid body 4 abuts against the receiving seat 35 of the cap 3 and is smoothly connected to the ashtray body 2 on which the cap 3 is mounted, as shown in FIGS. Becomes

In this closed state, the engaging projections 46 of the lid 4 engage with the engaging recesses 26 of the ashtray body 2, so that the closed state can be stably held and the lid is opened. At this time, the cover 4 can be easily pulled out from the cap 3 by putting a finger on the finger hook 47 and pushing it down in the pulling direction. When the lid 4 is pushed down, the butts insertion hole 25 appears completely. When the lid 4 is further pushed down, the lower ends of the ridges 41 and 42 hit the ends of the guide grooves 21 and 22, so that the lid 4 is pulled out. Movement in the direction stops.

Further, since the ridges 41 and 42 of the lid 4 are recessed in the guide grooves 21 and 22 of the ashtray body 2, a direction perpendicular to the guide grooves 21 and 22 (leftward direction in FIG. 2) 4), the guide grooves 21 and 22 function as "dovetail grooves", and the resistance becomes extremely large, so that the lid 4 cannot be pulled out in that direction. That is, the lid 4 cannot be pulled out of the ashtray body 2 in any direction.

As shown in FIG. 5, the smoker puts the ash of the cigarette into the opened cigarette butt insertion hole 25 while putting a cigarette on the cigarette receiving seat 251. Finally, a finger is put on the finger hooks 47 to push up the lid 4 and close it.

As described above, in this embodiment, the lid 4 is slid so as to open and close the butts input hole 25, so that not the entire ashtray body 2 but only the butts input hole 25 is opened to open the butts and the like. Therefore, the butts can be stowed securely even in the windy outdoors.

Also, the number of parts is only three, that is, the ashtray body 2, the cap 3, and the lid 4, and these can be easily manufactured by injection molding. It can be performed by one-touch operation such as fitting without using. Therefore, a small number of parts can be assembled in a simple process, and the manufacturing cost can be significantly reduced.

Further, the ridges 41 and 42 of the lid 4 are recessed into guide grooves 21 and 22 having a predetermined length provided on the front surface 2 a and the rear surface 2 b of the ashtray body 2. 4 can be reliably prevented from being pulled out in the axial direction even if it slides on the ashtray body 2, and since the guide grooves 21 and 22 function as "dovetails", the guide grooves 21 and 22 can be moved in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction. The lid 4 can be reliably prevented from being pulled out, so that the user can freely use the lid 4 without worrying that the lid 4 slides down from the ashtray body 2.

In the above description, the protruding ridges 41 and 42 having a predetermined length are formed in the guide grooves 21 and 22. However, a plurality of protruding ridges having a short length are formed, and these are formed. The guide grooves 21 and 22 may be configured to be recessed.

[0025]

[Effect of the invention]

 As described above, according to the portable ashtray of the present invention, the lid is slid to open and close the butts charging hole. The cigarette butt can be stowed even when there is wind outside.

Also, the number of parts is small, and it can be easily manufactured by injection molding, and the assembling can be performed by one-touch fitting or the like without using a tool. Therefore, it is possible to assemble a small number of parts in a simple process, and it is possible to significantly reduce the manufacturing cost.

Furthermore, since the projection of the lid is recessed into the guide grooves of a predetermined length provided on the front and back surfaces of the ashtray main body, even if the lid is slidable on the ashtray main body. However, since the guide groove functions as a "dovetail groove", it is possible to reliably prevent the lid body from being pulled out in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction, so that the user can use the guide groove. The lid can be used freely without worrying about the lid falling off the ashtray body.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a portable ashtray of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the portable ashtray of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway front view of the portable ashtray of the present invention in a closed state.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a use state of the portable ashtray of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 portable ashtray 2 ashtray main body 2a front 2b back 2c top opening 2d bottom 2e one side 2f other side 3 cap 3a front 3b back 3d opening bottom 4 lid 4a side end opening 4b top opening 4c inscribed peripheral wall 4d The other side surface 4s Bottom surface 21 Guide groove 22 Guide groove 23 Peripheral surface 24 Peripheral surface 241 Step 25 Butt insertion hole 251 Tobacco receiving seat 26 Engaging concave portion 28 Recessed portion 29 Recessed portion 31 Protrusions 32 Protrusions 33 Protrusions 34 Protrusions 35 Reception seat 41 Projection 42 Projection 46 Engagement projection 47 Finger hook

Claims (2)

[Utility model registration claims] An axial guide groove is provided on each of a front surface and a rear surface of a hollow and prismatic ashtray body, and is provided at a predetermined position on a peripheral surface of the body portion from one side surface of the ashtray body to each of the guide grooves. A butter inlet hole is formed, and a lid covering the peripheral surface of the main body portion is formed of an elastic material by opening one side surface of the bottomed square cylinder, and is guided inside both side edges of the opened one side surface of the lid body. One of the open sides of the lid is inserted from one side of the ashtray body, and each of the projections is recessed into the guide groove by an elastic force so that the lid is placed on the peripheral surface of the main body part. A portable ashtray, which is slidably attached and whose lid allows the butts inlet to be opened and closed freely. 2. The portable ashtray according to claim 1, wherein each of the protruding portions is formed on both side edges of one side face of the opening of the lid and inwardly over a predetermined length.