JP3623226B1 - Tobacco cutting storage - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a cigarette cutting and storing tool capable of cutting the head with one touch, extinguishing the fire of the cut head, and storing the remaining cigarette.
A lower case (1) and an upper case (2) attached to the lower case (1) so as to be opened and closed by a hinge part (3) are provided. A cutting means comprising a fixed blade 7 and a movable blade 8 that opens and closes in conjunction with the opening and closing operation of the case 2 is installed, and a cigarette head bracket 10 and an upper case provided on the lower case 2 side in the vicinity of the cutting means A cigarette cutting and storing tool provided with a head crushing means comprising a cigarette head pressing metal fitting 11 provided on the second side. When the cigarette head with fire is put on the fixed blade 7 and the upper case 2 is closed, the cigarette head is cut by the movable blade 8 and is crushed and stored in the ash storage section with the lid 15.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a tobacco cutting container that can eliminate unnecessary burning of cigarettes (hereinafter simply referred to as “tobacco”), reduce the generation of tobacco smoke and carbon dioxide, and reduce the number of cigarettes smoked.

  Normally, when a smoker smokes a cigarette, the second third is only beaten without smoking. Some people have a habit of smoking a cigarette and then putting it in an ashtray with the fire on. In that case, depending on the flow of air, the smoke may be directed toward non-smokers and breathe dirty air. Or get into your eyes and make you feel bad.

  Moreover, even if a smoker smokes a cigarette, he or she smokes more than necessary due to the psychology that it is wasteful once it is lit.

  Therefore, after smoking a little, only the fired head of the cigarette may be rubbed with an ashtray to extinguish the fire and set aside for smoking, but if it does not disappear completely, it will burn again. However, it was dangerous.

  Under such circumstances, Patent Document 1 discloses a cutter for cutting off a fired head of a fired cigarette.

  Patent Document 2 discloses that a cutting blade is slid obliquely between a hole having a diameter approximately the same as the diameter of a cigarette and a holding hole, a cigarette cutting piece is used as a case, and the remainder is used as a cylindrical case. A tobacco cutter that is adapted to be held is disclosed.

  In Patent Document 3, an insertion hole for inserting a cigarette in the axial direction in the ashtray body, a cutting means for cutting the tip of the inserted cigarette, a tip storage chamber for storing the tip of the cut tobacco, There is also disclosed an ashtray provided with a suction-absorbing part storage chamber.

JP-A-9-248172 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 60-95893 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 2-998

  However, the cutter disclosed in Patent Document 1 is merely for cutting off the head of a cigarette that has been burned, and there is no means for treating the head of the cigarette that has been cut off and the remaining cigarette. There is a problem that the work must be performed in the vicinity of the ashtray and cannot be carried.

  In that respect, Patent Documents 2 and 3 can store the cut cigarette head and the remaining part in the case, respectively, but cutting operation is necessary to cut the tip, and after cutting the head, the remaining part is removed. Inconvenient in use, it must be manually inserted into the cylindrical case or the non-removable portion storage chamber.

  Therefore, the present invention does not require a special operation of cutting the head of a cigarette that has been burned, cuts the head with one touch, extinguishes the fire of the cut head, and leaves the remaining smoke. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cigarette cutting and storing tool capable of storing the cigarettes.

  In order to solve the above problems, a cigarette cutting and storing device of the present invention includes a lower case, an upper case that is attached to the lower case by a hinge portion so as to be openable and closable, and that is sealed with the lower case when closed. The lower case is provided with cutting means comprising a fixed blade and a movable blade that are opened and closed in conjunction with the opening and closing operations of the lower case and the upper case in the vicinity of the hinge portion, and the cutting means In close proximity, a head crushing means comprising a cigarette head bracket provided on the lower case side and a cigarette head pressing metal fitting provided on the upper case side is provided.

  In the present invention, when the upper case is opened, the upper part of the fixed blade is sucked to place the cigarette head, and when the upper case is closed, the movable blade that closes in conjunction with the upper case moves to the fixed blade side on the lower case side. So the cigarette head is cut. Since the cut head is crushed by the head crushing means, the fire is also extinguished. The remaining cigarettes whose heads have been cut are stored in the lower case side. If the upper case is opened, the remaining cigarettes with their heads cut are contained and can be smoked. When the upper case is closed, it is sealed and can be carried in a pocket or the like.

By providing the ash storage part in the case, ash is not scattered when the upper case is opened. When ash accumulates, you can open the lid and throw it away.
By adopting a configuration in which a concave portion is formed in the middle of the blade line of the fixed blade, the moving force applied to the cigarette head when cutting is reduced, and the cigarette head is reliably cut by the movable blade. Can do.
By providing the lower case with a wedge body housing portion that pushes in a wedge body made of an elastic body that presses the fixed blade against the movable blade, the adhesion between the fixed blade and the movable blade can be improved and the sharpness can be improved. it can.
By forming a protrusion that presses the head of the wedge body on the upper case, the wedge body is pushed in when the upper case is closed, so that the fixed blade is in close contact with the movable blade, and the sharpness can always be maintained. it can.
Of the closing walls formed around the lower case so as to be in a sealed state with the lower case when the upper case is closed, a mouthpiece of a long-sized cigarette is positioned on the portion of the closing wall facing the cutting means. By providing the concave portion, it can be used for a long-sized cigarette having a length exceeding the dimensions of the upper case and the lower case.

  According to the present invention, there is a lower case and an upper case that is attached to the lower case by a hinge portion so as to be openable and closable. A cutting means comprising a fixed blade and a movable blade that opens and closes in conjunction with the opening and closing operations of the lower case and the upper case is installed in the vicinity of the hinge portion, and is provided on the lower case side in the vicinity of the cutting means. Special operation of cutting the head of a lit cigarette is necessary by providing a head crushing means comprising a cigarette head bracket and a cigarette head presser fitting provided on the upper case side. Instead, it is possible to obtain a cigarette cutting container that can cut the head with one touch, extinguish the fire of the cut head, and store the remaining cigarette.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  1 is a perspective view of a state in which a lid is opened showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a state in which the lid is closed, FIG. 3 is a plan view of a case body, FIG. 4 is a front view thereof, FIG. 5 is a side view thereof, FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 3, FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 3, FIG. Is an explanatory view showing the operation of the cutter, FIG. 10 (a) is a plan view of the cigarette head support fitting, (b) is a front view thereof, FIG. 11 (a) is a plan view of the cigarette head press fitting, (b). Is a front view thereof.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the cigarette cutting and storing device of the present invention is configured such that the lower case 1 and the upper case 2 can be opened and closed by a hinge portion 3, and a closing wall 1 a provided around the lower case 1. , 1b, 1c, when the upper case 2 is closed, the inside is sealed. FIG. 2 shows a closed state, which can be stopped by a hook-and-loop fastener 4 so as not to open carelessly when it is put in a pocket or the like. Caps 5 are put on both sides of the hinge portion 3.

  In the lower case 1, a fixed blade positioning wall 6 for positioning a fixed blade 7 described later is formed in the vicinity of the hinge portion 3 in a direction substantially orthogonal to the hinge portion 3 (see FIG. 7). In the vicinity of one surface of the fixed blade positioning wall 6, a cutting means comprising a fixed blade 7 and a movable blade 8 that are opened and closed in conjunction with the opening and closing operations of the lower case 1 and the upper case 2 is installed. The fixed blade 7 and the movable blade 8 can be opened and closed by a pin 9. In the middle of the blade line of the fixed blade 7, a recess 7a is formed as shown in FIG. 9, which reduces the moving force applied to the head of the cigarette T when it is cut, and is generated near the auxiliary wall 16a described later. The cigarette T is prevented from being bent or broken, and the head of the cigarette T can be surely cut by the movable blade 8. In the central portion of the fixed blade positioning wall 6, a recess 6 a is formed corresponding to the recess 7 a of the fixed blade 7.

  The lower case 1 is provided with a wedge body housing portion 22 for pushing in a wedge body 20 made of an elastic body that presses the fixed blade 7 against the movable blade 8, and the wedge body 20 is attached to the wedge body housing portion 22. By doing so, the fixed blade 7 is pushed into the movable blade 8 to improve the adhesion between the two blades and improve the sharpness.

  The upper case 2 is formed with a wedge pressing convex portion 21 that presses the head of the wedge body 20, and the wedge body 20 is pushed into the wedge body accommodating portion 22 when the upper case 2 is closed. The blade 7 is in close contact with the movable blade 8, and the sharpness can always be maintained.

  Close to the cutting means, there is provided a head crushing means comprising a cigarette head receiving metal fitting 10 provided on the lower case 1 side and a cigarette head pressing metal fitting 11 provided on the upper case 2 side. As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the cigarette head bracket 10 and the cigarette head presser bracket 11 are formed by bending an iron plate, and the head of the cigarette with fire cut by the cutting means is used. They are crushed and extinguished. A flexible seal member 12 such as a sponge is provided so that ash does not enter the ends of the cigarette head bracket 10 and the cigarette head presser bracket 11 on the hinge 3 side.

  In order to form an ash storage part for storing the ash of the cigarette head crushed by the cigarette head support bracket 10 and the cigarette head presser bracket 11 at the upper part of the skirt of the cigarette head support bracket 10, the ash storage part A side wall 13 and a front wall 14 (see FIG. 6) are provided, and a lid that can be opened and closed by fitting protrusions into U-shaped cutouts 13a and 1d provided on the side wall 13 and the closing wall 1b of the ash storage section. 15 is provided.

  The lower case 1 is also provided with a tobacco head holding wall 16 orthogonal to the fixed blade positioning wall 6 in parallel with the hinge portion 3. The cigarette head holding wall 16 is provided with an L-shaped auxiliary wall 16a. The hinge portion 3 is provided with a rib 17 for guiding the position of the tobacco shaft. The upper case 2 is provided with a tobacco pressing wall 25 so as to prevent the tobacco shaft portion from escaping when the upper case 2 is closed. Further, the closing wall 1a of the lower case is provided with a recess 1e for positioning a long-sized cigarette having a length exceeding the distance between the fixed blade positioning wall 6 and the closing wall 1a.

  A movement prevention wall 18 is also provided at the bottom of the lower case 1. In FIG. 1, the convex portion 19 provided on the back surface of the upper case 2 is for forming a rectangular concave portion provided on the front side for attaching one of the hook-and-loop fasteners 4.

  The lower case 1 is provided with a lock portion 23 which is divided from the front wall surface and both sides, and the upper portion thereof can be flexed with elasticity. The protrusion formed on the lock portion 23 is engaged with a recess (not shown) formed on the inner side of the front wall surface of the upper case 2 so that the upper case 2 is locked. When opening the upper case 2, the lock portion 23 is pushed with a finger, and a finger is placed on the step on the front wall surface of the upper case 2 that overlaps with the finger hanging recess 24 formed in the center portion of the front wall surface of the lower case 1. By pushing up, the upper case 2 can be opened.

Next, the usage method of this Embodiment is demonstrated.
When cutting off the head of a cigarette that has been sucked and storing unsold cigarettes, the upper case 2 is opened as shown in FIG. 1, and the head of the cigarette T rests on the recess 7 a of the fixed blade 7. Set as follows. At this time, the shaft portion of the cigarette T is prevented from moving to the center by the auxiliary wall 16a of the cigarette head holding wall 16 and the ribs 17 are inclined so that the position of the cigarette T is automatically It is positioned at a fixed position.

  Next, when the upper case 2 is closed, the movable blade 8 is closed with the pin 9 as a fulcrum with respect to the fixed blade 7 as shown in FIGS. The head is cut. At this time, the head of the cigarette T receives a moving force in the left direction in the drawing, but the movement is prevented by the wall surface of the cigarette head holding wall 16, so that the head is surely cut. Simultaneously with the cutting of the cigarette head, the cigarette head presser fitting 11 provided on the upper case 2 covers the cigarette head catch 10 so that the lit cigarette head is crushed and extinguished. And crushed as ash.

  The crushed head ash is stored in the ash storage part formed by the ash storage part side wall 13, the front wall 14 and the inner side wall of the lower case 1. For this reason, ash is not scattered in the case even when the cigarette cutting storage tool is carried in a pocket. The ash collected in the ash storage part can be thrown into an ashtray or the like by opening the lid 15.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used as a cigarette cutting and storing tool that cuts the head with one touch, extinguishes the fire of the cut head, and stores the remaining cigarette.

It is a perspective view of the state where the lid which shows an embodiment of the invention was opened. It is a perspective view of the state where the lid which shows an embodiment of the invention was closed. It is a top view of the case main body which shows embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the case main body which shows embodiment of this invention. It is a side view of a case body showing an embodiment of the invention. It is sectional drawing in the AA of FIG. It is sectional drawing in the BB line of FIG. It is sectional drawing in CC line of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the cutter in embodiment of this invention. (A) is a top view of the tobacco head support metal fitting in embodiment of this invention, (b) is the front view. (A) is a top view of the tobacco head pressing metal fitting in embodiment of this invention, (b) is the front view.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Lower case 1a, 1b, 1c Closed wall 1d U-shaped notch 1e Concave part 2 Upper case 3 Hinge part 4 Hook fastener 5 Side cap 6 Fixed blade positioning wall 6a Recessed part 7 Fixed blade 7a Recessed part 8 Movable blade 9 Pin 10 Cigarette head Receiving bracket 11 Cigarette head pressing bracket 12 Seal member 13 Ash housing side wall 13a U-shaped notch 14 Front wall 15 Lid 16 Tobacco head holding wall 16a Auxiliary wall 17 Rib 18 Movement prevention wall 19 Protruding portion 20 Wedge body 21 Wedge body Pressing convex part 22 Wedge body accommodating part 23 Locking part 24 Finger hanging concave part 25 Cigarette pressing wall

Claims (5)

A lower case and an upper case that is attached to the lower case so as to be openable and closable by a hinge portion, and that is closed when closed.
The lower case is provided with cutting means comprising a fixed blade and a movable blade that open and close in conjunction with the opening and closing operations of the lower case and the upper case in the vicinity of the hinge portion.
The lower case is provided with a wedge body accommodating portion that pushes in a wedge body made of an elastic body that presses the fixed blade against the movable blade,
In addition, a head crushing means comprising a cigarette head bracket provided on the lower case side and a cigarette head press fitting provided on the upper case side is provided in the vicinity of the cutting means. Cigarette cutting storage.   2. The cigarette cutting and storing tool according to claim 1, wherein an ash storage portion with a lid for storing the ash of the cigarette head crushed by the cigarette head crushing means is provided in the lower case.   The cigarette cutting and storing tool according to claim 1, wherein a concave portion is formed in the middle of the blade line of the fixed blade. On said casing, tobacco cut storage equipment according to claim 1, characterized by forming a protrusion for pressing the head of the wedge member. Out of the closed walls formed around the lower case so as to be in a sealed state with the lower case when the upper case is closed, a mouthpiece portion of a long-sized cigarette is formed on a portion of the closed wall facing the cutting means. The cigarette cutting storage tool according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , further comprising a concave portion for positioning the head.

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