JPH03119987A - Automatic fire extinguishing device for cigarette end - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable to always perform a perfect fire extinguishing action irrespectively of the length of an inserted cigarette end by dispersing a sensor for detecting the insertion of the cigarette end to actuate a fire extinguishing mechanism when the cigarette end is inserted and a mechanical control mechanism for holding the sensor in the action state while the cigarette end is placed in the automatically cigarette end fire-extinguishing device. CONSTITUTION:When a cigarette end 16 is inserted into the insertion hole 15a of a cigarette end insertion head 15 in the direction of A, a detection lever 39 is pressed with the cigarette end to press the actuator 5a of a microswitch 5, thereby connecting a motor 14 to a battery 11 to rotate the motor 14. The rotation force rotates the first and second rollers 30 and 31 in the mutually reverse directions, respectively, through a speed-reducing mechanism 29 to carry the cigarette end in the direction of A. The rotation of the first driving roller 30 allows a cam 41 to rotate in the direction of D, thereby bringing the other end 43c of a follower 43 falling in a depressed portion 41b in a state rotated in the direction of E into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the cam 41 to continuously press the actuator 5a.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic cigarette butt extinguishing system, and more particularly to a combination of a sensor and a control mechanism that maintains the sensor in an active state while a cigarette butt is in the automatic cigarette butt extinguishing system. This invention relates to an automatic cigarette butt extinguishing device which can completely extinguish cigarette butts by operating a fire extinguishing mechanism with a simple mechanism, and can tell the time with a built-in clock device, and which can be used for many purposes.

2. Description of the Related Art An automatic cigarette butt extinguishing device that extinguishes cigarette butts by pressing them with a pair of rollers that are biased toward each other has been proposed by the applicant of the present application (Masuita) as Japanese Patent Publication No. 6122948. In the device, the pair of rollers that perform fire extinguishing action are activated for a predetermined time after the insertion of a cigarette butt is detected by a sensor placed near the cigarette butt insertion port, and long cigarette butts are When a short cigarette butt is inserted, the fire extinguishing may not be complete, and when a short butt is inserted, it continues to open for a while even after the extinguishing action has finished, wasting the battery. There was room.

In addition, as a mechanism that has improved the above-mentioned drawbacks, there is a mechanism that is equipped with a sensor at each of the cigarette butt insertion port and the discharge port, and operates a pair of rollers only from the time the cigarette butt is inserted into the insertion port until it is ejected from the discharge port. Although this mechanism has been proposed, it requires two relatively expensive sensors, and the control circuit is complicated, making the automatic cigarette butt extinguishing system large and expensive.

Furthermore, since it had only one function of extinguishing cigarette butts, its range of use was narrow and there was room for improvement.

Purpose The present invention has been made to eliminate the drawbacks of the prior art described above, and its purpose is to provide a sensor that detects insertion of a butt and activates a fire extinguishing mechanism when a butt is inserted. By providing a mechanical control mechanism that keeps the sensor in operation while the cigarette butts are in the automatic cigarette butt extinguishing system, a simple device can be used to prevent the cigarette butts from being inserted into the automatic cigarette butt extinguishing system until they are ejected. The purpose of this is to ensure that the fire extinguishing mechanism is activated, so that a complete fire extinguishing action is always achieved regardless of the length of the inserted cigarette butt. In addition, after extinguishing extinguished cigarette butts, the extinguishing mechanism is immediately stopped to prevent battery consumption, and as a result, the automatic cigarette butt extinguishing system can be operated for a long period of time without replacing the battery. be.

Another purpose is to reduce the size of the device by simplifying the control mechanism of the fire extinguishing mechanism, and to significantly reduce the cost compared to the conventional example.

Still another object is to provide an automatic cigarette butt extinguishing device that can be used for multiple purposes and has high commercial value by arranging a timing device inside the automatic cigarette butt extinguishing device.

Structure In short, the present invention (claim 1) provides an automatic cigarette butt extinguishing device that extinguishes a cigarette butt by rotating a pair of rollers urged toward each other and pressing the cigarette butts with the pair of rollers, wherein the cigarette butt is inserted. a sensor that detects the insertion of the cigarette butt and becomes activated to operate a drive device that rotates the roller; and a substantially circular sensor that rotates in synchronization with one of the rollers and has at least one concave portion formed on the outer peripheral surface of the roller. a plate-shaped cam; and a follower whose one end is slidably and swingably mounted on the outer peripheral surface of the cam, and which makes the sensor inactive when the one end swings along the shape of the recessed part. and a swinging member that swings together with the second roller and the other roller to prevent one end of the follower from swinging along the recess while the butt is in the inserted state. The invention is characterized in that it is equipped with a control mechanism.

Further, the present invention (claim 3) provides an automatic cigarette butt extinguishing device for extinguishing cigarette butts by rotating a pair of rollers urged toward each other and pressing the cigarette butts with the pair of rollers,
A bottom plate made of a thin plate formed to be able to be placed under a general-purpose ashtray, a rising part fixed to one end of the bottom plate and extending upward from the bottom plate in a substantially vertical direction, and a rising part formed continuously with the bottom plate. a main body consisting of a mechanism chamber that protrudes in an overhanging manner from the rising portion upwardly inside the ashtray, and the cigarette butts discharged from the pair of rollers into the mechanism chamber fall into the ashtray. The apparatus is characterized in that a fire extinguishing mechanism including the pair of rollers and a timing device are disposed in the apparatus.

The present invention will be described below based on the embodiments shown in the drawings.6 The automatic cigarette butt extinguishing device 1 according to the present invention includes a bottom plate 2, a main body 3,
It includes a fire extinguishing mechanism 4, a microswitch 5 which is an example of a sensor, a control mechanism 6, and a timing device 8.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, the bottom plate 2 is intended to be placed under the ashtray 9 and installed on a table (not shown), etc., and is made of metal such as stainless steel or resin material. It is a thin plate, and its size is, for example, about 7 en+ in width, 12 aa in length, and 11 in thickness. A cut and bent portion 2b is formed at one end 2a to prevent the head 10a of the screw 10 for fixing the main body 3 from protruding below the bottom plate 2.

The main body 3 is manufactured by injection molding, for example, ABS resin, so that the fire extinguishing mechanism 4, battery 11, and timing device 8 can be housed therein. It consists of a portion 3a and a mechanism chamber 3b that is formed in connection with the rising portion and projects upwardly inside the ashtray 9 from the rising portion 3a in an overhanging manner. Rising part 3
3c at the end of a is daring Fi! , 2 and screws 1o, and the inside of the rising portion 3a is formed as a battery chamber 3d, in which the battery 11 is held and stored between the metal plate 12 and the coil spring 13, and the microswitch 5 is fixed. The function is to supply or cut off power to the motor 14 and rotate the motor only when necessary.

The mechanism chamber 3b is for holding the fire extinguishing mechanism 4 in an overhanging manner above the inside of the ashtray 9,
A butt insertion cap 15 is screwed onto the upper surface 3e, and the inserted butt 16 is passed through a pair of rollers 18 and 19 of the extinguishing mechanism 4.
It is designed to guide you in between. In addition, a cigarette butt drop opening 3g is formed on the lower surface 3f to ensure that the fire extinguishing cigarette butts 16 discharged from the rollers 18 and 19 fall into the ashtray 9.

The fire extinguishing mechanism 4 removes the lit cigarette butts 16 from a pair of rollers 18.
．． A pair of gears 23 and 24 are pivotally connected to bottles 21 and 22 that are fixed to a mechanism stand 20 that is fixed to the mechanism room 3b.
The gears 25, 26, and 28 are meshed together by a speed reduction device 29 such that the motor 14 drives the gears 25, 26, and 28. Sprocket-shaped first and second drive rollers 30 and 31 are fixed to the gears 23 and 24, respectively, and are rotatably attached to the first drive roller 30 and a bin 32 fixed to the mechanism table 2o. A first belt 33 made of metal such as stainless steel is wound between the driven roller 18 and a swing member 34 that is swingably disposed around the second drive roller 31 and the bin 22. The bottle 3 fixed to the intermediate part 34a of
A second belt 35 made of metal such as stainless steel is also wound around the roller 19 rotatably mounted on the belt 4b. In addition, the tip 34c of the swinging member 34 and the mechanism base 2
A tension spring 36 is stretched between the swinging member 34 and the swinging member 34.
By urging the roller 19 toward the roller 18, the roller 19
is pressed against the roller 18 with enough force to crush the butt 16.

When the rollers 18 and 19 of the motor 14 are driven in the directions of arrows B and C to convey the butts 16 while pressing them in the direction of arrow A, the rollers 19 and the swinging member 34 are moved by the tension springs depending on the thickness of the butts. While stretching the cigarette butt 36, it swings in the direction of separating from the roller 18, thereby absorbing variations in the thickness of the butt 16. and roller 18,1
The cigarette butts 16 are made to fall (in the direction of the arrow) into the ashtray 9 from the cigarette butt drop opening 3g which is opened below the position where the cigarette butts are pressed and discharged.

The microswitch 5 is shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 when the butt 1G is inserted into the butt insertion cap 15 (in the direction of arrow A).
The device detects this, closes a circuit (not shown) that electrically connects the battery 11 and the motor 14, supplies power from the battery 11 to the motor 14, and rotates the motor, A detection lever 39 is attached to a bin 38 fixed to the mechanism base 20 so as to be able to freely swing around the bin.
A two-pronged pressing piece 40 is mounted below and faces the actuator 5a of the micro switch 5 and swings integrally with the detection lever 39. When the sensor lever 39 is inserted into the microswitch 5, the detection lever 39 is pushed down in FIG. It has become.

Referring to FIG. 3, when the motor 14 starts rotating, the control mechanism 6 is for continuing the rotational movement until the cigarette butts 16 are ejected from the cigarette butt falling port 3g, and is configured to perform a first drive. The bottle 21 to which the roller 30 is fixed has an outer peripheral surface 4.
A disk-shaped cam 41 having at least one concave portion 41b formed on the top of the first drive roller 3 is fixed.
0, it rotates in the direction of the arrow. Further, a boss portion 43a of a follower 43 is attached to a bin 42 fixed to the mechanism stand 20, and an arrow E with the bin as the center is attached.
Or it can swing freely in the F direction. and follower 43
One end 43b faces the other arm 40b of the pressing piece 40, and the other end 43C faces the outer peripheral surface 41a of the cam 41.
When the other end 43c of the follower 43 is sliding in contact with the outer circumferential surface 41a of the cam 41, the follower 43 is rotated in the direction of the arrow F, and the one end 43b of the follower 43 is pressed against the microswitch 5 via the pressing piece 40. The electric circuit of the motor 14 is closed by pushing down the actuator 5a of the motor 14. Further, the other end 43C of the follower 43 is hooked to and connected to a locking portion 34d formed integrally with the swinging member 34, and when the swinging member 34 swings in the direction of arrow C, the butt ends. 16 is inserted), the other end 43c of the follower 43 is prevented from rotating in the direction of arrow E.

The clock device 8 is a known so-called clock that displays the time, and is disposed at a position where it can be easily seen from the outside of the mechanism room 3b. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment in which an analog type timekeeping device 8 is provided, and FIG. 5 shows an embodiment in which a digital timekeeping device 8 is provided.

Function The present invention is constructed as described above, and its function will be explained below. In Figures 2 and 4, butts 1
6 is inserted into the insertion hole 15a of the butt insertion cap 15 in the direction of arrow A, the butt 16 pushes the detection lever 39, which pushes the actuator 5a of the micro switch 5 and connects the motor 14 and the battery 11. The control circuit (not shown) is turned on and the motor 14 starts rotating. Motor 1
4 rotates the first and second drive rollers 30, 31 in opposite directions (directions of arrows B and C) via the deceleration mechanism 29.
Referring also to FIG. 3, as the first driving roller 30 rotates, the cam 41 also rotates in the direction of the arrow A. The other end 43C of the follower 43, which has fallen into the concave portion 4Ib and rotated in the direction of the arrow E, is rotated in the direction of the arrow F and slides while contacting the outer peripheral surface 41a of the cam 41. Then, one end 43b is connected to the other arm 4 of the pressing piece 40.
Since you press 0b, one arm 40a is connected to the micro switch 5.
Hold the actuator 5a in a depressed state.

Therefore, even if the cigarette butt 16 is conveyed past the position of the detection lever 39 and the detection lever returns to its original position to release the pressing action of the actuator 5a, the motor 14 continues to rotate and moves the cigarette butt 16 in the direction of arrow A. continue to be transported. When the cigarette butt 16 is conveyed to the position of the rollers 18 and 19, the roller 19 crushes the cigarette butt 16 to extinguish the fire, and swings in the direction of arrow C while stretching the tension spring 36 to absorb the thickness of the crushed cigarette butt. do.

As the swinging member 34 swings in the direction of arrow C together with the swinging of the roller 19, the locking portion 34d locks the other end 4 of the follower 43.
3c to prevent the driven member from moving in the direction of the arrow E. Therefore, while the butt 16 is between the rollers 18 and 19, the cam 41 rotates (in the direction of the arrow) and engages with the recessed portion 41b and the driven member. Even when the other end 43C of the child 43 reaches the position where it coincides with the other end 43C, the other end 43C does not fall into the concave portion 41b, and the actuator 5a of the microswitch 5 continues to be pressed down, and the motor 14 also rotates. Continue.

After crushing the cigarette butts 16 and extinguishing the fire, the cigarette butts fall 3g
When the roller 19 and the swinging member 34 return to their original positions and release the follower 43, the other end 4
3c is still sliding in contact with the outer circumferential surface 41a of the cam 41, the microswitch 5 is in a pressed state, the motor 14 continues to rotate, the cam 41 further rotates, and the concave portion 41b is moved to the other end. 43C, the other end 43C of the cough falls into the concave portion 41b, rotates in the direction of arrow E, releases the pressure on the actuator 5a of the microswitch 5, and moves the motor 1.
4 stops rotating.

As mentioned above, insert the lit butt 16 into the butt insertion nozzle 15.
By simply inserting the cigarette butt into the ashtray, the cigarette butt is crushed, the fire is completely extinguished, and the cigarette butt is discharged into the ashtray 9. Since the extinguishing mechanism 4 automatically detects the length of the cigarette butt 16 and operates only for the necessary time, the extinguishing mechanism 4 does not completely extinguish the fire or continue to operate for an unnecessarily long time, thereby consuming the battery.

In addition, since the timing device 8 is arranged in an easily visible position on the main body 3, you can know the time at any time, and the automatic cigarette butt extinguishing device can be placed in a reception room, bedroom, etc. and used effectively. The value increases.

Effects The present invention provides a sensor that detects the insertion of a butt when a butt is inserted and activates the extinguishing mechanism as described above, and a mechanical sensor that maintains the sensor in an operating state while the butt is in the automatic butt extinguishing device. Since the control mechanism is equipped with a simple device, the extinguishing mechanism can be operated reliably only from the time cigarette butts are inserted into the automatic cigarette butt extinguishing device until they are ejected. It has the effect of always providing a complete extinguishing effect regardless of the length of the cigarette butt. In addition, since the extinguishing mechanism stops operating immediately after extinguishing extinguished cigarette butts, battery consumption can be reduced, and as a result, the automatic cigarette butt extinguishing system can be operated for a long period of time without replacing batteries. There is. In addition, since the control mechanism of the fire extinguishing mechanism has been simplified, the device can be made more compact, and as a result, it can be installed anywhere, and it is also significantly cheaper than conventional systems. This has the effect of reducing the amount of waste. Furthermore, since a timing device is disposed inside the automatic cigarette butt extinguishing device, it is possible to provide an automatic cigarette butt extinguishing device that can be used for multiple purposes and has high commercial value.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings relate to embodiments of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the automatic cigarette butt extinguishing device, FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the internal mechanism, and FIG. 3 is a side view showing the configuration of the control mechanism. , 4th
The figure is a perspective view showing the state of use, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 1 showing another embodiment. 1 is an automatic cigarette butt extinguishing device, 2 is a floor plate, 3 is a main body, 3a is a rising part, 3b is a mechanism room, 4 is a fire extinguishing mechanism, 5 is a micro-swivel which is an example of a sensor, 6 is a control mechanism, and 8 is a timing device , 9 is an ashtray, 11 is a battery, 14 is a motor, 16 is a butt, 18 and 19 are a pair of rollers, 34 is a swinging member, 41
41a is a cam, 41a is an outer peripheral surface, 41b is a concave portion, 43 is a follower, and 43b is one end of the follower.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In an automatic cigarette butt extinguishing device that extinguishes a cigarette butt by rotating a pair of rollers that are biased toward each other and pressing the cigarette butts with the pair of rollers, when the cigarette butt is inserted,
a sensor that detects the insertion of the cigarette butt and becomes activated to operate a drive device that rotates the roller; and a generally disk-shaped sensor that rotates in synchronization with one of the rollers and has at least one concave portion formed on an outer circumferential surface of the roller. a cam; and a follower whose one end is slidably and swingably mounted on the outer peripheral surface of the cam, and which makes the sensor inactive when the one end swings along the shape of the recess; and a swinging member that swings together with the other roller to prevent one end of the follower from swinging along the recess while the butt is in the inserted state. A cigarette butt automatic fire extinguishing device characterized by comprising a mechanism. 2. The automatic cigarette butt extinguishing device according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is configured with a microswitch that cuts off or supplies power to a DC motor. 3. In an automatic cigarette butt extinguishing device that extinguishes cigarette butts by rotating a pair of rollers that are biased toward each other and pressing the cigarette butts with the pair of rollers, a thin plate that can be placed under a general-purpose ashtray. a bottom plate, a rising portion fixed to one end of the bottom plate and extending upward from the bottom plate in a substantially vertical direction; and a rising portion formed continuously with the rising portion and protruding upwardly inside the ashtray from the rising portion in an overhang shape. A fire extinguishing mechanism including the pair of rollers and a timing device are arranged in the mechanism chamber so that the cigarette butts discharged from the pair of rollers fall into the ashtray. An automatic cigarette butt extinguishing system characterized by the following: