JPH067545A - Cigarette stump disposer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate disposal of cigarette stumps by a method wherein at a lower part of a front surface of a plurality of Japanese pinball game (pachinko) machines which are arranged side by side, a duct having cigarette stump throwing ports formed at an appropriate interval in its upper surface is provided along a pachinko machine arranging direction, and a collecting device to collect cigarette stumps by means of air discharging force is provided at one end of the duct. CONSTITUTION:At a lower part of the front surface of a plurality of playing machines 3 arranged side by side, a duct 1 having a flat upper surface which serves also for putting something on is provided along a playing machine arranging direction, and a plurality of cigarette stump throwing ports 4 are formed on the upper surface of the duct 1 at an appropriate interval. To one end of the duct 1 in the longitudinal direction, a cigarette stump collecting device is connected for collecting cigarette stumps thrown in the duct 1 by means of a wind fan 8 and throwing them into a water tank 9. The cigarette stumps throwing port 4 is opened and closed by an opening and closing valve 13 which is driven to open by a pushing up of an operation rod 41, whereby a protruding plate 21 is pushed up through the lever motion of a linkage plate 35 of a linkage mechanism 31. In addition, when the opening and closing valve 13 is opened, an ash tray 22 is tilted simultaneously, so that the cigarette stumps on the ash tray 22 are made to drop down into the duct 1 through the cigarette stump throwing port 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is capable of continuously treating cigarette butts smoked by a large number of people in a wide area in a narrow place such as a playground such as a pachinko machine using the existing space. In addition, the present invention relates to a cigarette butts processing device capable of preventing the surrounding air from being contaminated by the smoke of cigarettes sucked on an ashtray.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a room where a large number of people gather, such as a playground such as a pachinko machine, a large number of ashtrays are installed at appropriate intervals for smokers, for example, for each game machine. However, such a method has a problem that it takes a lot of time to process the butts of each ashtray.

Therefore, as a method for automatically treating the butts of each ashtray, for example, a conduit for discharging cigarette butts is provided, and an endless cord or a transfer belt for transferring the butts is provided in the conduit. A method of providing a transfer means has been proposed, but it requires an extra space for newly installing a device such as a transfer means and complicates the structure, so that it is not practically used widely.

In general, at a playground, an exhaust blower is installed on the wall or ceiling of the room to discharge smoke. However, such a method has a problem that it is not possible to sufficiently prevent air pollution by cigarettes. Some of the air pollution from cigarettes in the playground is caused by the smoker's exhalation, but since the percentage of smoke and ash on the ashtray is high, it is treated on the ashtray as the source. The effective prevention of air pollution in the playground has become a challenge.

Then, as a method for automatically treating the butts of each ashtray and discharging the smoke, for example, in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 62-2
As described in Japanese Patent No. 02196, an inlet is connected to a conduit line which is arranged in the back or the like of a game machine in a substantially horizontal or inclined shape, and an ashtray is formed on the upper part of the inlet port. A fan is connected to the discharge side, and the cigarette butts that are thrown into the conduit from the ashtray through the charging port are sucked by the fan and collected in the collection container along with the air flow, while the cigarette smoke is constantly swept by the fan. Has proposed a cigarette butts treatment device having a structure in which it is sucked into the conduit via the charging port and discharged to the outside of the room.

[0006]

However, in the cigarette butts processing apparatus having the structure described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 62-202196, a new conduit is provided at the back of the game machine for treating the butts and smoke. There is a problem in that a passage must be provided, which requires extra space and requires refurbishment and modification inside the playground in order to install the device.

Further, since the inlet is always opened at the upper part of the conduit, a suction airflow is generated near the inlet, which gives the player an unpleasant sensation and makes an abnormal noise due to the exhaust air. It also has a problem that it interferes with.

In order to solve the problems of the intake airflow and the exhaust air noise, it is possible to consider a method in which the inlet part is always closed and the butts are opened only when the butts are put therein. The fact is that it has not been put to practical use because the technology to put it into is not established.

Further, in the conduit, the flow of the air flow by the fan does not proceed smoothly, and in fact, swirl or stagnation may occur and cigarette butts and the like may stay in the conduit, and the butts and the like may be collected in the collection container. There is also a problem that it is difficult to reliably collect them.

On the other hand, the problem of cigarette butts and smoke pollution is the biggest problem that needs improvement at the present time when the general environment of the playground is improving year by year, and the shortage of manpower for cleaning Therefore, the demand for automatic processing of cigarette butts is becoming more and more urgent.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and utilizes the space of a playground effectively and collects cigarette butts and discharges smoke by an air flow transfer system without generating intake air flow or exhaust noise. The present invention provides a cigarette butts treatment device capable of continuously and reliably automatically treating.

[0012]

The cigarette butts processing device of the present invention as set forth in claim 1 is provided with a plurality of devices which communicate with an internal space at appropriate intervals above a hollow duct provided on the front surface of a game machine or the like. Is arranged, and at least one device for collecting butts is connected to the internal space at one end of this duct, and the device for collecting cigarette butts provided with an exhaust fan is connected to this collecting device. An inlet opening / closing valve that can open and close the inlet is provided in the upper part, and a rotation angle that is inclined so as to move the butts and the like to the inlet side at the same time as the opening operation of the inlet opening / closing valve is provided in the vicinity of the inlet. A movable ashtray is provided, a cover for covering the ashtray and the inlet opening / closing valve is provided, and an inlet formed in the cover is connected to the duct.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the cigarette butts processing device is provided with an air flow control valve in the air flow passage from the charging port to the exhaust fan via the internal space of the duct.

[0014]

According to the cigarette butts processing device of the present invention as defined in claim 1, a plurality of cigarette butts are disposed at appropriate intervals above the hollow duct provided on the front surface of the game machine or the like when the cigarette butts are put in. At the same time as the opening of the cigarette butts on the ashtray is opened by the inlet opening / closing valve provided at the upper part of the inlet of the cigarette butts, the ashtray is tilted and the cigarette butts on the ashtray are transferred to the inlet side, and the air blower is used. The generated exhaust air is surely thrown into the inside of the duct through the throw-in port, passes through the inside of the duct, and is transferred to a device for collecting butts at one end of the duct for processing.

Further, the cover of the ashtray prevents the smoke of the smoked cigarette on the ashtray from diffusing into the room, and the smoke always passes through the suction port provided in the cover and passes through the inside of the duct. Then, the air is discharged from one end of the duct by the blower.

In the cigarette butts processing apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, the vortex and stagnation of the air flow are prevented by changing the air flow rate inside the duct by the air flow rate adjusting valve.
The cigarette butts are reliably transferred to the recovery device for processing without stagnation.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The configuration of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 indicates, for example, a flat plate-like upper surface which is provided in parallel in the direction in which the pachinko machines 3 are arranged below the front surface of a plurality of pachinko machines 3 which are arranged side by side on an installation base 2 called an island. The duct 1 can also be used as a storage table, and the duct 1 is formed of a stainless steel plate or the like in a hollow shape having a rectangular cross section, and the top surface can be used for mounting pachinko balls, coins, belongings, and the like. On the upper surface of the duct 1, a plurality of butts inlets 4 are formed at appropriate intervals. In addition, a device 6 for collecting cigarette butts which communicates with the internal space 5 of the duct 1 is connected to one end of the duct 1. Further, between the one end of the duct 1 and the recovery device 6, there is provided an enlarged cross section 7 having a cross section larger than the cross section of the duct 1.

The butts collecting device 6 is provided with an air exhauster 8 for exhausting air from the inside of the duct 1. A water tank 9 is provided below the recovery device 6. Further, the wind blower 8 has a timer control means (not shown) on the front surface thereof and an openable / closable air flow rate adjusting valve 11 for adjusting the air flow rate inside the duct 1, and the front surface of the air flow rate adjusting valve 11 is nonflammable. A filter 12 is provided.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 13 denotes an inlet opening / closing valve capable of opening / closing the inlet 4, and the inlet opening / closing valve 13 is made of a heat-resistant resin, metal or the like, and is provided on the upper portion of the duct 1. A valve body 17 that is vertically rotatable by a hinge portion 16 supported by a shaft 15 mounted between the support rods 14 of the first embodiment.
The valve body 17 is always in contact with the upper edge of the inlet port peripheral portion 18 of the duct 1 at the periphery thereof to close the inlet port 4. Further, a shield plate portion 19 is vertically provided integrally with an end edge portion on the front side (right side in FIG. 3) of the valve body 17, and one side portion of the central portion of the shield plate portion 19 in the vertical direction (see FIG. 3). A projection plate 21 is provided in the horizontal direction at the inner part).

Reference numeral 22 is an ashtray provided in front of the charging port 4 and capable of holding smoked cigarettes. The ashtray 22 is made of heat-resistant resin or metal, and one end of which is provided above the duct 1. It is formed so as to be vertically rotatable by a hinge portion 25 supported by a shaft 24 attached between the two support rods 23, 23, and is always inclined so that the insertion port 4 side is slightly lower,
The tip portion is placed on the side of the buttocks insertion port 27 of the cover 26 described later. The cigarette butt held on the ashtray 22 is shielded by the shield plate portion 19 so that it does not enter the rear.

Reference numeral 31 denotes a link mechanism portion for linking and moving the inlet opening / closing valve 13 and the ashtray 22. The link mechanism portion 31 is on one side side near the ashtray 22 (back side in FIG. 3). A link plate portion 35 is formed rotatably in the vertical direction by a hinge portion 34 supported by a shaft 33 attached to a third support rod 32 provided on the upper part of the duct 1. Board
A substantially L-shaped protrusion 36 is provided downward at the center of 35. The lower projection 37, which constitutes the lower part of the projection 36, extends from one side of the ashtray 22 to the central part of the ashtray 22, and the tip thereof is always in contact with the ashtray 22 from below. The tip of the link plate portion 35 on the insertion port 4 side is sandwiched between the projecting plate 21 and the upper portion of the duct 1.

An operating rod 41 is formed on the upper portion of the link mechanism portion 31. This operation rod 41 is a cover described later.
It is inserted into an insertion hole 42 formed in the vicinity of the butts insertion opening 27 of 26, is formed so as to be movable in the vertical direction, and the lower end portion is supported by the link plate portion 35.

Further, an elongated suction port 43 for sucking tobacco smoke is opened in the upper part of the duct 1 and behind the charging port 4. Then, a suction port pipe 44 having a detachably formed step portion is attached to the suction port 43. In addition, an elongated filter such as a cylindrical or prismatic shape that traps the ash and a little of the cigarette is provided inside the suction pipe 44.
45 is installed.

Then, the length of these filters 45 is shortened from one end side to the other end of the duct 1 which communicates with the recovery device 6 provided with the air exhauster 8 so that the suction port
Adjust the air resistance of 43.

Further, the cover 26 is a substantially box-shaped cover having a hemispherical upper surface which covers the inlet opening / closing valve 13, the ashtray 22 and the inlet 43 provided in the inlet 4, and the cover 26 is made of heat-resistant resin or metal. Etc. Further, a part of the front portion of the cover 26 is cut out to form the cigarette butts insertion opening 27, and cigarettes to be sucked are inserted from the cigarette butts insertion opening 27.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the operation rod 41 is pushed down during the operation of inserting the cigarette butts, the lever mechanism of the link mechanism 31 causes the tip of the link plate 35 to open and close the inlet opening / closing valve.
The protrusion plate 21 of 13 is pushed up, the valve body 17 is pushed up, a gap is created between the valve body 17 and the inlet opening peripheral portion 18, and the inlet 4 closed at the peripheral edge of the valve body 17 is opened. It Simultaneously with the opening operation of the charging port 4, the ashtray 22 is pushed up by the tip of the lower protrusion 37 by the lever operation of the link mechanism portion 31 and is greatly inclined, that is, the charging port 4 side is low and the front side is considerably high, and The cigarette butts held on 22 are transferred to the inlet 4 side, that is, to the upper part of the inlet peripheral portion 18. The transferred cigarette butts pass through the inlet 4 as shown in the exhaust path 51 of FIG. 4 by the exhaust air generated by the exhaust fan 8 and are sucked into the duct 1 to be surely injected. . Then, after the cigarette butts are thrown in, the pressing of the operating rod 41 is released, and the operating rod 41 rises again.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG.
Is not pressed, and the internal space 5 of the duct 1 is sucked by the blower 8 to be a negative pressure. Therefore, the peripheral edge of the valve body 17 presses the inlet peripheral portion 18 of the duct 1, and the inlet 4 is confidential. Is blocked by. For this reason, the cigarette butts thrown into the internal space 5 of the duct 1 are sucked and transferred by the exhaust air generated by the exhaust fan 8, pass through the internal space 5 of the duct 1, and cross-section of one end of the duct 1. Although it passes through the enlarged portion 7, the speed of most of the butts decreases at the time of passing through the enlarged portion 7 of the cross section, falls on the front surface of the blower 8, and is directly collected in the water tank 9 of the collecting device 6 and extinguished.

Of the cigarette butts and ash that have passed through the internal space 5 of the duct 1, dust such as lightweight butts and ash collides with the non-combustible filter 12 on the front face of the exhaust fan 8 and the water tank 9
It is possible to prevent the fire butt and ash from falling outside the equipment.

Further, the air volume adjusting valve 11 is intermittently opened and closed by a timer control means or the like, and the internal space 5 of the duct 1 is opened.
By changing the air flow rate of the pulsating air from time to time, i.e., gently or intermittently, i.e., abruptly, the vortex and stagnation of the air flow are prevented, and the cigarette butts are secured to the recovery device 6 without stagnation. Be transferred to.

Further, by covering the cigarette placed on the ashtray 22 with the cover 26, the cigarette smoke on the ashtray 22 is prevented from diffusing into the room of the play room. Further, the internal space 5 of the duct 1 becomes a negative pressure by the exhaust fan 8, and the contaminated air containing the cigarette smoke placed on the ashtray 22 is sucked from the filter 45 as shown in the exhaust path 52, and the intake pipe 44. Pass through
After passing through the internal space 5 of the duct 1, it passes through the non-combustible filter 12 and the air flow rate adjusting valve 11 arranged at one end of the duct 1, and is discharged from the exhaust fan 8 to the outside. Alternatively, after passing through the air blower 8, the air is passed through an air purifier (not shown) provided separately from the air blower 8 to be recirculated into the room.

Furthermore, since the inlet 4 is closed at the periphery of the valve body 17 at all times except when the cigarette butts are put in, the cigarette butts are compared to the case where the opening is always open. The air blower 8 for sucking and collecting / exhausting smoke is relatively small, and the amount of exhausted air is also small. Therefore, exhaust noise and suction airflow near the ashtray 22 are hardly generated.

In addition, for some ashes of cigarettes, the intake pipe 44
Although it is captured by a filter 45 attached to, the filter 45 is inexpensive, the dirty filter 45 can be easily replaced, is easy to clean, and is economical.

Further, the duct 1 has a plurality of suction pipes 44.
The length of the filter 45 attached to each of the exhaust pipes 8 is shortened from one end side of the duct 1 provided with the exhaust fan 8 to the other end, and the air resistance of the intake port 43 on the exhaust fan 8 side is smaller than that of the exhaust fan 8 side. By adjusting the air resistance to be larger than the air resistance of the distant intake port 43, the amount of exhausted air from all the intake ports 43 to the internal space 5 of the duct 1 is made uniform.

In the above embodiment, the air flow rate adjusting valve 11 is provided between the non-combustible filter 12 and the exhaust fan 8. However, the position of the air flow rate adjusting valve 11 is from the inlet 4 to the duct 1. It may be provided in any of the air flow passages that reach the exhaust fan 8 via the internal space 5.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the butts collecting device 6 provided with the water tank 9 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to the water tank 9, and a collecting box is provided in the collecting device 6 and water is sprinkled in the collecting box. It is possible to extinguish a cigarette butt that has not been completely extinguished by providing a water sprinkling device, and continuously or intermittently sprinkling water by this water sprinkling device.

Further, although the pachinko machine has been described as the game machine in the above embodiment, the game machine is not limited to the pachinko machine and can be applied to a storage table provided on the front surface of various game machines, and is not limited to the game machine. It can also be applied to various types of storage stands.

[0039]

According to the invention as set forth in claim 1, when the cigarette butts are put in, a plurality of butts are placed at appropriate intervals above the duct provided on the front of the game machine or the like. At the same time that the inlet opening is opened by the inlet opening / closing valve provided at the top of either, the ashtray is tilted and the cigarette butts on the ashtray are transferred to the inlet side and input by the exhaust air generated by the blower. It is surely put into the inside of the duct from the mouth, passes through the inside of the duct and is transferred to the butts recovery device at one end of the duct for processing, so without using extra space in a narrow playground, etc. In addition, it is possible to continuously and cleanly treat cigarette butts, which are emitted from a large number of people who are present at appropriate intervals over a wide range, without any human intervention, without complicated modification and processing of game machines. You can do it Because of no use of mechanical transfer means it may be easily structure and maintenance easy.

Further, the cover for covering the ashtray prevents the smoke of the smoked cigarette on the ashtray from diffusing into the room, and this smoke always passes through the suction port provided in the cover and inside the duct. Since it passes and is discharged from one end of the duct by the exhaust fan, it is possible to effectively prevent the air in the playground from being contaminated.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the amount of air flow inside the duct is changed by the air flow control valve, so that the stagnation of the cigarette butts due to the vortex and stagnation of the air flow is prevented, and the cigarette butts are removed. It can be reliably transferred to the recovery device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory front view showing a cigarette butts processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention with a part thereof cut away.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory side view in which a part of the same is cut away.

FIG. 3 is a detailed sectional view showing the vicinity of the ashtray.

FIG. 4 is a detailed cross-sectional view showing the vicinity of the ashtray during the above-mentioned loading operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Duct 3 Pachinko machine as a game machine 4 Input port 5 Internal space 6 Recovery device 8 Air blower 11 Air volume control valve 13 Input port opening / closing valve 22 Ashtray 26 Cover 43 Inlet port

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of butts inlets communicating with the internal space are arranged at appropriate intervals above a hollow duct provided in the front of a game machine or the like, and at least the internal space at one end of the duct is at least In the cigarette butts processing device provided with an exhaust fan, a collecting device for one cigarette butt is connected, and a charging port opening / closing valve capable of opening and closing the charging port is provided above the charging port. In the vicinity of the mouth, a rotatable ashtray that is inclined so as to move the butts and the like to the inlet side at the same time as the opening operation of the inlet opening / closing valve is provided, and a cover that covers the ashtray and the inlet opening / closing valve. And a suction port formed in the cover communicated with the duct. 2. The cigarette butts processing device according to claim 1, wherein an air flow control valve is provided in an air flow passage from the charging port to the exhaust fan via the internal space of the duct.