JPH04356644A - Cigarette smoke disposal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a person to smoke a cigarette while sitting on a chair at a desk, not to contaminate surrounding environment and not to hinder another person. CONSTITUTION:A cigarette smoke discharging disposal chamber 2 is fixed to a desk 1. Filters 3, 4 and a circulation fan 5 are disposed in the smoke discharging disposal chamber 2. Clean air passed through the filters 3, 4 is discharged upwardly from nozzles 9, 9, 9 and 9 above the desk 1 to guide surrounding air so as to generate a swirl. An artificial tornade is produced at a negative pressure region generated in the discharging hood 11 disposed at an upper surface of the desk 1 and with the swirl. The air is purified by the filters 3, 4 while the cigarette smoke or irritating smell is sucked into the artificial tornade.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] This invention relates to a device for treating cigarette smoke, odor, etc., and in particular, it is possible to smoke while hanging it on a desk in an office, and to prevent pollution of the surrounding environment due to smoking. The present invention relates to a device for treating cigarette smoke, etc., as described above.

0002

[Prior Art] Generally, in an office, the air ejected from the air conditioner outlet goes around the office and flows toward the air conditioner inlet, or flows from the higher air pressure side to the lower air pressure side in the office. It flows. Therefore, when smoking in an office, cigarette smoke and a pungent odor are generated around the smoker, and the smoke and pungent odor are carried by the airflow within the office and diffuse into the office.

[0003] FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional type, where 20 is an air conditioning outlet, 21 is an air conditioning inlet, +pressure indicates a high pressure side, and -pressure indicates a low pressure side.

0004

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] Generally, when smoking in an office, as mentioned above, the smoke and pungent odor of the smoker's cigarettes are carried by the air currents within the office and diffuse into the office. At this time, the smoke and pungent odor not only contaminate desks, ceilings, walls, and other office supplies in the office, but also cause a great deal of inconvenience, especially to non-smokers.

[0005] Therefore, a technical problem has arisen that needs to be solved in order to be able to smoke just by hanging it on a desk in the office, without polluting the surrounding environment, and without causing inconvenience to others. , the present invention aims to solve this problem.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention has been proposed to achieve the above object, and includes a smoke exhaust treatment chamber that can be attached to an appropriate location such as a desk,
A filter and a circulation fan are disposed in the exhaust smoke treatment chamber, and an air duct for conveying air that has passed through the filter is connected to the exhaust smoke treatment chamber, and the air in the air duct is connected to the exhaust gas treatment chamber. A plurality of nozzles are provided on the desk, etc. to eject the smoke to the top of the desk, etc. to generate a swirling airflow, and an exhaust hood is disposed above the center line of the swirling airflow, and the exhaust hood is connected to the above-mentioned smoke exhaust. It is an object of the present invention to provide a processing apparatus for treating cigarette smoke, etc., which is characterized in that it is connected to a processing chamber through an exhaust duct or the like.

[0007]

[Operation] When smoking on a desk installed in an office, the circulation fan installed at the desk is turned on. In such a case, the air above the desk is drawn into the exhaust hood disposed above the desk by the negative pressure of the circulation fan, and is guided into the smoke exhaust treatment chamber through the exhaust duct. Then, a filter in the exhaust smoke processing chamber filters out smoke dirt and dust, and the deodorized air is discharged obliquely upward from the nozzle through the air supply duct by the circulation fan. By adjusting the amount and direction of air discharge from this nozzle,
A weak swirling flow is generated by attracting the surrounding air, and an artificial tornado is generated by the interaction with the negative pressure zone in the exhaust hood based on the circulation fan. At such times, cigarette smoke and pungent odors are sucked into the tornado, concentrated vertically in the center of the tornado, and sucked into the exhaust hood, and then into the aforementioned exhaust gas treatment chamber through the exhaust duct. guided by. By repeating the above-mentioned actions in this manner, cigarette smoke and pungent odors are efficiently removed.

[0008]

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. In the figure, 1 is a desk. The desk 1
A smoke exhaust treatment chamber 2 is attached to the lower surface of the top plate 1a. The exhaust gas treatment chamber 2 is provided with a deodorizing filter 4 connected to a pre-filter 3 from the left side in FIG. The pre-filter 3 is made of a synthetic resin material and filters air containing dust, tar in smoke, and the like. Furthermore, the deodorizing filter 4 connected to the pre-filter 3 is made of activated carbon, and when the air filtered by the pre-filter 3 passes through the deodorizing filter 4, it is not contained in cigarette smoke. It absorbs and deodorizes irritating odors, restoring the air to clean air. Moreover, the pre-filter 3 and the deodorizing filter 4 can be easily recycled by washing with water, and can be of a cassette type.

Further, a circulation fan 5 is attached to the exhaust gas processing chamber 2, and an air supply port is provided on the side of the circulation fan 5 for sending clean air that has passed through the pre-filter 3 and the deodorizing filter 4. 6 is opened, and a main air duct 7 is connected to the air inlet 6, and the main air duct 7 is connected to the desk 1.
It branches to the left and right at the front edge of the lower surface of the top plate 1a, and further,
Both ends of the main air duct 7 are connected to branch air ducts 8, 8 extending along both left and right edges of the lower surface of the top plate 1a. Nozzle 9 at both ends of
, 9, 9, 9. The nozzles 9, 9, 9, 9 are provided so as to protrude from the four corners of the top plate 1a toward the upper center of the front end of the top plate 1a, and are adjustable in direction.
It is configured so that the amount of air discharged can be freely adjusted. Further, by using linear nozzles 9, 9, 9, 9, an air curtain can be constructed, and smoke, etc. can be contained inside the air curtain and sucked into the tornado described later.

On the other hand, a support frame 10 is provided projecting from the top plate 1a of the desk 1, and an exhaust hood 11 is attached to the upper end of the support frame 10. Further, the exhaust hood 11 and the pre-filter 3 of the exhaust gas treatment chamber 2
The two sides are connected by an exhaust duct 12. Although a flexible exhaust duct 12 may be used, it may also be used for the same purpose as the support frame 10 to simplify the function or design.

Further, reference numeral 13 denotes a lighting fixture, which can be attached integrally with the exhaust hood 11. Since one embodiment of the present invention has the above-described configuration, when the user wants to smoke while hanging the desk 1, first the circulation fan 5 is turned on. In such a case, when the circulation fan 5 is activated, the air in the smoke exhaust treatment chamber 2 passes through the main air duct 7 and reaches the branch air ducts 8, 8, and the air flows to the ends of the branch air ducts 8, 8. Provided nozzles 9, 9, 9, 9
It is discharged upward from the desk 1. Here, by adjusting the discharge amount and discharge direction of the air from the nozzles 9, 9, 9, 9, the air around the desk 1 is induced to generate a weak swirling flow on the upper surface of the desk 1, and the swirling flow and the above-mentioned When the circulation fan 5 is activated, an artificial tornado is generated due to the interaction with the negative pressure zone generated in the exhaust hood 11 disposed on the upper surface of the desk 1. Therefore, the tornado attracts the smoke and irritating odor that would be diffused by smoking, concentrates it vertically in the center, and guides it from the exhaust hood 11 through the exhaust duct 12 into the smoke exhaust treatment chamber 2. In this flue gas treatment chamber 2, the air introduced into the flue gas treatment chamber 2 under negative pressure due to activation of the circulation fan 5 passes through a pre-filter 3 and a deodorizing filter 4 and is filtered. , which is returned to clean air. Then, the purified air is again passed through the nozzles 9 and 9 by the circulation fan 5.
, 9, 9 and create the aforementioned tornado. Therefore, by repeating such an operation, even if the smoker smokes while hanging the desk 1, the smoker will not deteriorate the surrounding environment and will not cause trouble to others.

0012

Effects of the Invention Since the present invention relates to a device as detailed in the above-mentioned embodiment, even if you smoke on your desk in an office, the smoke from smoking will not spread to the surrounding area, and the smoke will not spread around the desk. While being sucked into the center of the artificial tornado that is forming above, it is guided into the smoke exhaust treatment chamber through the exhaust duct, and
Here, it is cleaned and discharged onto the top of the desk again.

[0013] Therefore, by repeating such an operation, the smoker can smoke without leaving his/her desk, and this smoking does not pollute the surrounding environment or is particularly harmful to non-smokers. It doesn't cause any trouble at all.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, and is a front view thereof.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1.

[Figure 3] Explanatory diagram of the conventional type.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Desk 2 Smoke exhaust treatment chamber 3
Pre-filter 4 Deodorizing filter 5 Circulation fans 7, 8 Air supply duct 9 Nozzle 11 Exhaust hood

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: A smoke exhaust treatment chamber that can be attached to an appropriate location such as a desk, and a filter and a circulation fan are disposed in the smoke exhaust treatment chamber, and
An air supply duct for supplying air that has passed through the filter is connected to the smoke exhaust treatment chamber, and a nozzle is connected to the desk for blowing the air from the air supply duct to the upper part of the desk, etc. to generate a swirling airflow. cigarette smoke, characterized in that a plurality of cigarettes are provided above the swirling airflow, and an exhaust hood is further arranged above the center line of the swirling airflow, and the exhaust hood is connected to the smoke exhaust treatment chamber by an exhaust duct or the like. etc. processing equipment.