JP3516266B2 - Butt holder - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a cigarette butt holder,
In particular, but not by way of limitation, it relates to portable butts containing cigarette butts. This cigarette butt holder is placed in a pocket, for example, and is used to store the cigarette butt when the cigarette is taken out from the pocket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art This kind of cigarette butt holder includes one that opens and closes a lid hinged to the main body and one that removes the lid by pulling the lower main body out of the upper lid, which has an extremely short and flat shape of the tea canister. is there.

[0003]

This kind of cigarette butter is usually used as an ashtray. That is, when a cigarette is smoked, the tip of the cigarette is pressed from the opening of the main body of the cigarette butt into the bottom of the main body and the tip is crushed to extinguish the fire. Then, insert a cigarette butt into the opening. When using a highly-sealed butler container, the butter may be inserted into the opening while the fire is on and the lid may be closed. In this case, normally, the heat is extinguished by the oxygen deficiency or the fired tip coming into contact with the metal container wall, whereby the fire is extinguished naturally.

By the way, the fire of a cigarette is a small lump, but the temperature is high inside, and when it is pressed, if the bottom is a synthetic resin, it is partially melted or the surface is rough, which is not good. Therefore, the body is made of metal. When the main body is made of metal, it has high thermal conductivity (heat absorption), so that it is easy to absorb the heat of smoking of the cigarette and the heat is easily dispersed throughout the main body, and local overheating is suppressed.

Therefore, it is preferable to use a metal material at a portion where the fire portion of the cigarette in the cigarette butt may come into contact.
However, if a metal case is used, its processing, especially the processing for cleaning the surface becomes expensive. Therefore, it is conceivable to insert or line the metal inner case without surface treatment into the synthetic resin case that can be manufactured inexpensively and cleanly.
In this case, the number of parts (materials) increases, and there is a concern that material costs and assembly costs will rise.

[0006] It is an object of the present invention to provide a butt holder having a high internal fire resistance and easy to assemble.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] (1) Outer case (1) made of synthetic resin having an upper end (1a) open and a bottom wall (1b) at the lower end; an inner bottom plate of a metal material inserted in the bottom of the outer case ( 2); an inner case (3) in which a metal plate is bent along the side of the inner wall of the outer case and inserted into the outer case; a lower end (4a) aligned with the upper end of the outer case opens, and a lid wall (4b) at the upper end. And a slide cylinder part (5a) that slides into the inner case and a head cylinder part (5b) inserted into the cover body are integrally continuous, and the inner case Middle case of metal material having a lower end (5c) that opens and a window opening (5d) for receiving the butts between the lower end and the head cylinder part
(5); In addition, there are outer protrusions (3a, 3b) protruding outward on the side surface of the inner case (3), and the inner case (3) is inserted into the outer case (1) to a predetermined position. Then, the recess that receives the protrusion
(1c, 1d) is on the side of the inner wall of the outer case (1);

In order to facilitate understanding, the reference numerals of the corresponding or corresponding elements of the embodiments shown in the drawings and described later are added in parentheses for reference. The same applies to the following.

According to this, when the inner case (3) is inserted into the synthetic resin outer case (1), the outer protrusions (3a, 3a) of the inner case (3) are inserted.
b) fits into the recesses (1c, 1d) of the outer case (1) made of synthetic resin. As a result, the inside of the outer case (1) made of synthetic resin is lined with the inner bottom plate (2) and the inner case (3) both made of a metal material. The metal inner case (3) is made by bending a metal plate along the inner wall side of the outer case.Since no surface treatment is required, it can be manufactured at extremely low cost, and the outer case (1) made of synthetic resin is also available. The work of assembling to is also easy.

The middle case (5) for receiving the butts is also made of metal, and its head cylinder part (5b) is inserted into the synthetic resin lid (4), and there is a window opening (5d) for receiving the butts. Slide cylinder
Since (5a) slides into the inner case (3), by inserting a cigarette butt in the window opening (5d) and pushing the lid (4) so as to close the upper opening of the outer case (1), the middle case (5) The sliding cylinder part (5a) of is slipped into the inner case (3). In the fully closed state where the lower end of the lid (4) is in contact with the upper end of the outer case (1), the slide tube part (5a) of the middle metal case (5) fits snugly into the inner metal case (3). And the heat from the butts is in the middle case (5) and the inner case
Dispersed throughout (3), synthetic resin outer case (1) and lid
(4) does not heat locally.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION (2) The inner bottom plate (2) is a metal plate separated from the inner case (3), and the outer case
The cigarette butt holder of (1) above, which is sandwiched between the bottom wall (1b) of (1) and the open lower end (3c) of the inner case (3).

According to this, the lower end of the inner case (3) presses the inner bottom plate (2) and contacts the inner bottom wall (1b) of the outer case (1). Since it is not necessary to integrate the inner bottom plate (2) with the inner case (3), the inner case (3) can be easily manufactured by bending a flat plate. No deep drawing is required, neither soldering nor welding.

(3) Protrusions (3a, 3a) on the side surface of the inner case (3)
b) and the recesses (1c, 1d) of the outer case (1) are relatively slippery on the slide that inserts the inner case (3) into the outer case (1), and taper that locks the slide in the opposite direction. The shape of the cigarette butt holder according to (1) or (2) above.

Since the inner case (3) can be attached to the outer case (1) only by slide insertion, the assembling is easy. Once inserted, the protrusions (3a, 3b) and the depressions (1c, 1d) are engaged with each other, which makes it difficult to extract the inner case (3) from the outer case (1). That is, the assembly is reliable.

(4) The inner case (3) has an inner protrusion (3d) protruding inwardly near the upper end opening thereof;
(5) has a leaf spring (6) that extends in the vertical direction and has an outward spring force, and this leaf spring (6) receives the inner protrusion (3d) and the lower end of the middle case (5). There is a recess (6a) that prevents the inner part from coming out of the inner case (3); The cigarette butter holder according to any one of (1) to (3) above.

When the lid body (4) is opened to the use position for inserting the butts, that is, when the middle case (5) is pulled out from the inner case (3), the depression of the leaf spring (6) of the middle case (5) When (6a) comes to the position of the inner protrusion (3d) of the inner case (3), the inner protrusion (3d) fits into the recess (6a), which makes it impossible to pull out the middle case (5). (5) is prevented from slipping out. If the middle case (5) slips out of the inner case (3), the bottom end of the middle case (5) is open, so the butts put in the front may spill out from there.
The engagement between the recess (6a) and the inner protrusion (3d) prevents this. When discarding the butts in the butts case, pull out the middle case (5) and stop the leaf springs (6).
The inner case (5) can be pulled out from the inner case (3) by pushing inwardly, so that the recess (6a) is disengaged from the inner protrusion (3d).

(5) The leaf spring (6) is shaped so that its upper end side is inclined in a direction away from the middle case (5) and bent so as to be substantially parallel, and the upper end of the outer case (1). In the lid closed state where the lower end of the lid body (4) hits, the bending (6b) is on the lower end side of the inner protrusion (3d) of the inner case (3), and the leaf spring (6) is tilted. The portion (6c) hits the inner protrusion (3d) and gives resistance to the opening movement of the lid body (4); (4) above
Butts.

When the lid is closed, the inner protrusion (3
The leaf spring (6) is pressed against the d). When the lid is fully closed, that is, when the lower part of the lid body (4) hits the upper end of the outer case (1), the outward protrusion of the leaf spring (6) is an inner protrusion (3d).
That is, the bend (6b) between the outward protrusion and the inclined portion (6c) passes through the inner protrusion (3d),
c) hits the inner protrusion (3d). This inclined portion (6c) is the inner protrusion (3
The component of the force that pushes d) outward pushes the inclined portion (6c) with respect to the inner protrusion (3d) downward (to close the lid (4)),
Force (4) to the closed position. Therefore, when opening the lid body (4), it is necessary to pull the lid body (4) away with a little strong force, but this forced closing position causes the lid body (4) to easily open due to contact or impact. Prevent.

Other objects and features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of embodiments with reference to the drawings.

[0020]

FIG. 1 shows the appearance of an embodiment of the present invention.
(A) is a front view in which a cigarette butt with the lid 4 fully closed is erected on a plane, and (b) is a plane in which the cigarette butt with the lid 4 opened to a use position is laid on the plane. FIG. 1C is a perspective view of the cigarette butt holder shown in FIG. In addition, (a), (b), and (c) of FIG. 1 show the same butts.

The outer case 1 of the cigarette butts shown in FIG. 1 is supported by, for example, the left palm and three fingers (forefinger, middle finger, ring finger), the belly of the thumb is pressed against the surface of the lid 4, and the thumb is raised. The lid 4 is opened by moving it slightly strongly in the direction z. By holding the outer case 1 with the left hand and the lid 4 with the right hand, and pulling the cover body 4 away from the outer case 1, as shown in FIGS. 1B and 1C, the window opening of the middle case 5 is formed. 5d
Appears, and the middle case 5 cannot be pulled out in this state. In this state or before this happens, the butt box is leveled as shown in (b). Window opening 5 for horizontal butts
From d, the cigarette butts are inserted into the middle case 5. By grasping the outer case 1 with the left hand, pressing the belly of the index finger of the right hand against the lid wall 4b at the upper end of the lid 4 and pushing toward the outer case 1, as shown in FIG. The case 1 is sealed.

When discarding the cigarette butt in the cigarette jar,
As shown in (b), by pressing the leaf spring 6 against the middle case 5 with the middle case 5 pulled out,
The middle case 5 can be further pulled out from the outer case 1 and pulled out. The lower end of the middle case 5 (the end on the side opposite to the lid 4) is open, and the butts and ash in the middle case 5 fall by turning the lower end downward. Further, the separated outer case 1 can be turned downward to drop butts and ash therein. After that, if necessary, the insides of the outer case 1 and the middle case 5 are rinsed with water and drained, and then the lower end of the middle case 5 is inserted into the upper opening of the outer case 1.
The outer case 1 is sealed with a lid 4 as shown in (a) of FIG.

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the cigarette butt holder shown in FIG.
Indicates parts. The outer case 1 is a bottomed cylindrical body (quadrangular cylinder with a bottom) made of synthetic resin having a rectangular frame-shaped cross section, and the outer surface has a quadrangular shape of 0.5 m for attaching an advertisement label.
There is a flat-bottomed depression 1e having a depth of about m. This outer case 1
There is a pair of cavities 1c and 1d facing each other on the inner wall surface of the. These recesses are shaped to receive and engage a pair of outer projections 3a and 3b ((f) of FIG. 3) that oppose each other on the outer surface of the inner case 3 described later. That is, the depression 1c,
1d is a taper shape having a slanted bottom surface that falls substantially perpendicularly to the inner surface at the upper end and becomes gradually shallower as it goes downward. The outer protrusions 3a, 3b of the inner case 3 have an outer shape that fits snugly into the depressions 1c, 1d, and stand upright at substantially the right angle from the outer surface at the upper end, and have a sloping surface that gradually decreases as going downward. It has a tapered shape.

The inner bottom plate 2 made of a metal material is for protecting the inner bottom surface of the outer case 1, and has the same shape as the plane shape of the bottom surface (provided that it fits perfectly on the bottom surface after entering the outer case 1). (Slightly small) is a metal plate punched out.

Similarly to the outer case 1, the lid 4 is also made of synthetic resin and has a rectangular frame-shaped cross section.
The inner surface has a recess into which the outer protrusions 5e and 5f ((b) of FIG. 3) on the crown 5b of the middle case 5, which will be described later, are fitted.

The inner case 3 is shown in FIGS. 3 (e) and 3 (f).
Is shown enlarged. (E) is a longitudinal sectional view and (f) is a left side view. The inner case 3 is formed by bending a strip-shaped metal plate by a press to form a square tube shape with both upper and lower ends open. The inner case 3 has a butt end in the middle of its short side, but it is not joined. Therefore, before inserting into the outer case 1,
Due to the rigidity of the metal plate, the butt ends are slightly open,
It is not a cylinder. The inner protrusion 3d is formed near the upper end of the short side where there is no butt end, and the tapered outer protrusions 3a and 3b are formed near the upper end of the long side by pressing.

The intermediate case 5 is shown in FIGS.
Is shown enlarged. (A) is a longitudinal sectional view and (b) is a left side view. In the middle case 5, a rectangular metal plate is formed by punching out the window opening 5d, bending the outer projections 5e, 5f, the spring receiving groove 5g and the depression 5h by pressing, and bending the strip at the upper and lower ends. Then, the butted ends are brazed to form a rectangular cylinder, and a square dish-shaped metal lid 5i is brazed to the upper end opening.

3 (c) and 3 (d) show the leaf spring 6 in an enlarged manner. (C) is a longitudinal sectional view and (d) is a left side view. In the leaf spring 6, a fixed base portion 6d is bent at a right angle from the main trunk portion along the groove 5g of the middle case 5, and the main trunk portion is switched to a right angle with the inclined portion 6c and the fixed base portion 6d which spread outward. Through the bent portion 6b, the portion that has returned to the fixed base portion 6d at a right angle, and the inclined portion that returns from there to the inside,
There is a hook-shaped engaging portion 6e at the lowermost end. In the portion that has returned to the right angle with the fixed base portion 6d, there is a recess 6a that is created by punching the tongue piece 6f inward. This depression 6a
Can be said to be a taper shape in which the spring falls at a substantially right angle from the spring surface on the lower side, and becomes closer to the spring surface as it goes up.

Next, the assembly of the cigarette butts will be described. The fixed base portion 6d of the leaf spring 6 is brought into contact with the metal lid 5i of the middle case 5, the main portion is aligned with the groove 5g of the middle case 5, and the lower end of the middle case 5 is inserted into the hook-shaped engaging portion 6e. The top portion 5b of the middle case 5 is press-fitted into the lid body 4 until the outer protrusions 5e and 5f are fitted into the depressions on the inner surface of the lid body 4, whereby the lid body 4, the middle case 5 and the leaf spring 6 are integrated. become. When coupled in this way, the tongue piece 6f of the leaf spring 6 is attached to the middle case 5
When pushing the leaf spring 6 toward the groove 5g of the middle case 5 so as to face the recess 5h of the groove 5g, the tongue piece 6f fits into the recess 5h. That is, the recess 6a of the leaf spring 6 can be retracted toward the bottom of the recess 5h.

The above-mentioned inner bottom plate 2 is dropped on the inner bottom wall surface of the outer case 1, and the inner case 1 is moved from its lower end 1b to the outer case 1.
When the inner case 1 is further pushed in after the lower end hits the inner bottom plate 2 on the inner bottom wall surface, the outer protrusions 3a, 3b of the inner case 3 are recessed in the inner wall surface 1c, 1d of the outer case 1.
And the inner case 1 does not come off from the outer case 1.

As described above, the leaf spring 6 and the lid 4 are integrally fixed to the outer case 1 (the inner case 3 inside thereof) to which the inner bottom plate 2 and the inner case 1 are attached, as described above.
When the lower end 5c of the inner case 3 is inserted, the leaf spring 6 abuts against the inner projection 3d of the inner case 3 and is pressed by the inner projection 3d so as to fit into the groove 5g.
In the fully closed state (FIG. 1 (a)), the inclined portion 6c hits the inner protrusion 3d, and when the lid is opened, the inner protrusion 3d is relatively bent to allow the bend 6b to get over. A large pulling force must be applied to the lid 4. This means that the lid 4 is difficult to open in the fully closed state.

When a large pulling force is applied to the lid body 4 in the fully closed state ((a) of FIG. 1), the lid body 4 opens (away from the outer case 1), and when the inner projection 3d is bent and the bending 6b gets over, the inner projection is formed. The sliding resistance of the leaf spring 6 with respect to 3d is small, the middle case 5 slides smoothly and lightly, and the window opening 5 appears. Then, when the recess 6a of the leaf spring 6 reaches the position of the inner protrusion 3d,
The inner protrusion 3d fits into the recess 6a, and the pressing force of the leaf spring 6 is reduced, so that the leaf spring 6 expands outward. As a result, the inner protrusion 3d engages with the recess 6a, and the movement of the leaf spring 6 (the middle case 5 and the lid 4) in the opening direction is stopped. The appearance of the cigarette butt holder at this time is shown in FIGS. 1 (b) and 1 (c).

In this used state ((b) and (c) of FIG. 1), when the leaf spring 6 is pushed in the direction of fitting into the groove 5g, the recess 6a is retracted in the direction of entering the recess 5h and is removed from the inner projection 3d. Since the recess 6a is removed, the middle plate case 3 can be extracted from the outer case 1 by further moving the lid 4 in the extraction direction.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows the appearance of a cigarette butt holder according to one embodiment of the present invention,
(A) is a front view of the lid body 4 placed in a fully closed position, (b) is a plan view of the lid body 4 opened and placed in a use position, and (c) is a lid body 4
It is a perspective view which opened and was put in the use position.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a component of the cigarette butt holder shown in FIG.

3 (a) and (b) are middle cases 5 shown in FIG.
2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view and an enlarged left side view of FIG. 2, (c) and (d) are enlarged longitudinal sectional views and an enlarged left side view of the leaf spring 6 shown in FIG. 2, and (e) and (f) are shown in FIG. Case 3
FIG. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view and an enlarged left side view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: outer case 1a: upper end 1b: bottom wall 1c, 1d: hollow 1e: flat bottom hollow 2: inner bottom plate 3: inner case 3a, 3b: outer projection 3c: lower end 3d; inner projection 4: lid 4a: lower end 4b : Lid wall 5: middle case 5a: slide cylinder portion 5b: head cylinder portion 5c: lower end 5d: window openings 5e, 5f: outer protrusion 5g: groove 5h: depression 5i: metal lid 6: leaf spring 6a: depression 6b: bend Bend 6c: Inclined portion 6d: Fixed base portion 6e: Engaging portion 6f: Tongue piece

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) Reference JP-A-9-327284 (JP, A) JP-A-2000-116369 (JP, A) JP-A-7-303515 (JP, A) JP-A-6-80630 (JP, A) JP 2002-335939 (JP, A) Actual development Sho 56-129299 (JP, U) Registered utility model 3030258 (JP, U) Registered utility model 3082990 (JP, U) Registered utility model 3039123 (JP , U) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A24F 19/00

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. An outer case made of synthetic resin having an open upper end and a bottom wall at the lower end; an inner bottom plate made of a metal material inserted into the bottom of the outer case; and a metal plate bent along a side surface of the inner wall of the outer case. An inner case inserted into the case; a synthetic resin lid body having a lower end aligned with the upper end of the outer case and having a lid wall at the upper end; and a slide cylinder part sliding into the inner case and a head inserted into the lid body. There is a middle case of a metal material, which is integrally continuous with the cylindrical portion, has a lower end that is inserted into the inner case, and has a window opening that receives the butts between the lower end and the head cylindrical portion; On the side surface, there is an outer protrusion protruding outward,
When the inner case is inserted into the outer case to a predetermined position, there is a recess on the inner wall side surface of the outer case for receiving the protrusion; 2. The cigarette butter holder according to claim 1, wherein the inner bottom plate is a metal plate separated from the inner case, and is sandwiched between a bottom wall of the outer case and an open lower end of the inner case. . 3. The projection on the side surface of the inner case and the depression of the outer case are relatively slippery on a slide for inserting the inner case into the outer case, and have a tapered shape to lock the slide in the opposite direction. The cigarette butt holder according to claim 1 or 2. 4. The inner case has an inner protrusion projecting inwardly near an upper end opening thereof; and the middle case has a leaf spring which extends vertically and has a spring force directed outward. The cup holder according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the leaf spring has a recess that receives the inner protrusion and prevents the lower end of the inner case from coming out of the inner case. 5. The cover having a shape in which the upper end of the leaf spring is tilted in a direction away from the middle case and bent so as to be substantially parallel, and the lower end of the cover hits the upper end of the outer case. 5. The cup holder according to claim 4, wherein, in the closed state, the bend is located on the lower end side of the inner protrusion of the inner case, and the inclined portion of the leaf spring contacts the inner protrusion to resist the opening movement of the lid body.