JPH08229230A - Cigarette end collection processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To collect s cigarette end after completely putting out, to form the installation space of a collection part compactly more than ever and to easily and sanitarily perform the disposal of the cigarette end after collection. CONSTITUTION: A collecting hopper 21 to receive the cigarette end thrown in from the terminal part of a trough 11 is installed in the inside of a cigarette end collection box 20. A crash means 22 comprised of rollers 23. 24 oppositely rotating facing inward in a state pressurized contact with each other is installed just underneath the opening of the funnel shape bottom part of the collecting hopper 21.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is designed to convey the cigarette butts of a cigarette smoked by a player in a game machine such as a pachinko machine to a butts collecting section by a conveying means so that the butts can be collected without manual labor. More specifically, the present invention relates to an improved butts collection container installed in the butts collection section.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a game machine such as a pachinko machine is provided with an ashtray for each game machine in consideration of the fact that many gamers have a smoking habit. The capacity of this ashtray is so small that it will soon fill up with cigarette butts, so employees at pachinko parlors regularly patrol to clean the ashtray. However, manual cleaning is a complicated task,
Not only was it labor-intensive for the workers, but it was not well-received by the players who receive the service.

[0003] Therefore, a cigarette butt collection processing apparatus (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-16962) in which a cigarette butt of a cigarette smoked by a game player is conveyed to a butt collection section by a conveying means and the butt is collected without manual labor. , Actual Kaihei 5-91
No. 780) has been proposed. In this butts processing device, when the butts put in from the butts input port are transported to the butts collection section at the end of the game machine installation stand by the carrying means and collected, the butts are extinguished in the collecting section and stored. Therefore, a water tank is installed as a container for collecting butts.

[0004]

However, as described above, when the butts are put into the water tank of the collection processing section to carry out fire extinguishing recovery, the butts can be completely extinguished at the initial stage, Since the butts are not submerged in the water and float on the surface of the water, the butts that are thrown in one after another will accumulate on the floating butts, and the penetrating power of the water will also decrease, so the fire extinguishing function will gradually decline. There was a point.

Further, since the amount of butts collected as a collecting container is reduced by the amount of stored water, the container itself is rather large. Therefore, there is also a problem in that it is not possible to cope with the demanded compact installation mode, considering that the installation space on a so-called island where a game machine such as a pachinko machine is installed is originally small.

Further, by collecting the butts in the water tank, components such as nicotine are eluted and adhered to the water tank, or the butts themselves contain water, and thus the cleaning process can be simply performed. There wasn't. In particular, during the play of game players, the work of replacing the tank filled with butts
It has to be done carefully, and the more often it is replaced,
This is a work that is mentally burdensome to the workers and is not a pleasant work for the game players.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the butts collected by the butts collecting means can be completely extinguished by fire extinguishing, the installation space of the collecting portion can be made more compact than before, and the disposal of the butts after collection is simple and hygienic. It is an object of the present invention to provide a butts recovery processing device that can be used for the above.

[0008]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a butts collecting and processing apparatus, wherein a butts introduced from a butts insertion port formed in a storage table at the front of the game machine is transferred to the end of the game machine installation table by a conveying means. In a butts collection processing device for carrying and carrying out collection processing to a butts collection box installed, the butts collection box is provided with a crushing means for crushing the butts carried by the carrying means and put into the collection box. .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the butts recovery processing apparatus, wherein the crushing means according to the first aspect is composed of a pair of roller members which are counter-rotated inward in a state of being pressed against each other.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a butts recovery processing apparatus, wherein the pressure contact surfaces of the roller members according to the second aspect are formed as meshing surfaces which mesh with each other.

[0011]

According to the structure of the first aspect, since the butt collection box is provided with the crushing means for crushing the butt transferred by the transfer means and put into the recovery box, the butt is crushed under pressure. At this time, it is possible to completely extinguish the ash of the butt that has been conveyed without being extinguished because the contact with air is cut off again. Further, the butt is crushed and crushed into pieces, so that the collection capacity of the butt in the collection box is reduced.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the crushing means is composed of a pair of roller members that counter-rotate inwardly in a state of being pressed against each other, when the butts pass through the mutual pressing portion. In addition, the butts are crushed by driving the roller member inwardly and counterclockwise, the contact with the air is blocked at the pressure contact surface, and the unextended fire is completely extinguished.

According to the third aspect of the invention, since the pressure contact surfaces of the roller members are formed as mesh surfaces that mesh with each other, when the butts pass through the pressure contact portions of the roller members, they are crushed by the mesh surfaces. Since it is crushed while it is crushed, it works more reliably, and it is possible to completely digest the fire butt of the butts that have been conveyed without being digested,
A large meshing force acts on the pressure contact portion, so that not only the butts but also other inputs such as the knob of the aluminum can container can be crushed, and foreign substances other than the butts can be treated.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a view showing a state in which a plurality of game machines (pachinko machines) 2 each having a cigarette butt collecting device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention installed side by side on an installation stand 3 called an island. In the figure, reference numeral 4 denotes a storage table provided at the front part of a plurality of pachinko machines 2 arranged side by side so that a case for accommodating the pachinko balls, a property of a game player, or the like can be mounted thereon. Storage table 4
On the upper surface of the game machine, there are formed butts insertion openings 5 penetrating the back surface of the object table 4 at predetermined intervals corresponding to the installation intervals of the game machine 2. An ashtray is formed at the inlet of the cigarette butts inlet 5, and the inlet is covered with a cover 6. Also,
Reference numeral 7 is a so-called number lamp provided on the upper frame 8 of the installation table 3, and 9 is a curtain plate which is provided so as to be connected to the upper frame 8 and which incorporates a pachinko ball conveying / supplying unit.

The cigarette butts collecting and processing apparatus 1 is installed on the back side of the object storage table 4, and receives the butts introduced from the butter port 5 and conveys them to the end of the object storage table 4, that is, the end of an island. The transport device 10 and a buttocks collection box 20 installed at the end of the storage table 4 for collecting the butts transported by the transport device 10 are provided.

The butt transporting device 10 is made of a steel plate and has a cross section of approximately U.
It is configured as a vibrating transfer device including a trough 11 formed in a V shape and a vibrating device 12 for vibrating the trough 11,
It is installed in a mounting member 13 suspended in a gutter shape along the back surface of the shelf 4. Trough 11 is each butts inlet 5
Butt input port 5 so as to receive the butts put in from
The vibrating device 12 is disposed immediately below the vibration plate 12 by vibrating the movable iron core 15 away from the vibrating plate 1 by the vibrating coil 14.
6 is vibrated, and the vibration is applied to the trough 11 by the flip-up conveyance force generated by the return of the vibration adjusting spring 17 to convey the object to be conveyed on the trough 11. Further, the butts transporting device 10 may be configured to transport the butts by an ordinary transport belt.

As shown in FIG. 2, a collection hopper 21 for receiving butts inserted from the end of the trough 11 is installed inside the butts collection box 20. The collecting hopper 21 is installed in a funnel shape in the upper part of the butts collection box 20, and once receives the butts to be put therein and collects them in the funnel-shaped bottom part. Immediately below the opening of the funnel-shaped bottom of the collecting hopper 21, a crushing means 22 composed of rollers 23 and 24 that counter-rotate inward in a state of being pressed against each other is installed. The roller 23 is supported by the elastic member while being pressed toward the roller 24, and the roller 24 is attached to the drive shaft of the drive motor.

As described above, since the crushing means 22 is installed just below the bottom opening of the collecting hopper 21, the butt sucked into the butt collecting box 20 is transferred from the collecting hopper 21 to the rollers 23, 24 of the crushing means 22. It is sent to the pressure contact part,
Will be crushed by the rollers 23, 24,
It will be affected again by massaging. At this time, when the butts are conveyed without being completely rubbed by the ashtray, the butt of the butt is blocked by the crushing action of the rollers 23 and 24, and the butt is completely extinguished.

The crushed butts have rollers 23, 2
From the pressure contact part 4 to the recovery container 25, which is removably installed at the bottom of the butts recovery box 20, the recovery container 2
It is accumulated in 5 and if a certain amount is accumulated, it is a collection container 25
Is taken out and discarded. In this way, since the butts are crushed and accumulated in the collection container 25, the capacity of the butts after collection in the collection box is reduced and the collection amount is increased.

According to the cigarette butt collection processing apparatus 1 of the embodiment of the present invention, as described above, the roller 2 which rotates counterclockwise inward while being pressed against each other in the cigarette butt collection box 20.
Since the crushing means 22 composed of 3, 24 is installed, the butts are crushed when passing through the pressure contact portions of the rollers 23, 24, and are again subjected to the rubbing action, so that the rubbing is not completely rubbed. It is possible to completely extinguish the cigarette butt that has been transported.

Further, since the butts are crushed and crushed into pieces, the collection capacity of the butts in the collection box is reduced. For this reason, since the butts collection box 20 itself can be installed without taking up space, a compact installation mode can be implemented at the end of the island. In addition, compared to the conventional method of collecting butts floating in a water tank, it can be collected as a dry type, components such as nicotine elute and adhere to the water tank, and the butts themselves contain water and fall apart. Since it does not exist, the disposal can be performed simply and hygienically.

In the above-described embodiment, the pair of rollers 2 which counter-rotate inward with the crushing means 22 pressed against each other.
However, the pressure contact surfaces of the rollers 23 and 24 may be formed as meshing surfaces that mesh with each other. In this case, a large force acts on the press contact portion, so that not only the butts, but also other input materials such as a knob of the aluminum can container can be crushed, and foreign matter other than the butts can be recovered. .

Further, the crushing means 22 may be composed of two sets of roller members installed in upper and lower two stages, and the pressure contact surfaces of the upper stage side rollers 23 and 24 are formed as meshing faces which mesh with each other, and the lower stage side roller 26. If 27 and 27 are used as normal pressure contact surfaces, the butts crushed by the upper roller will be further crushed at the lower side, so that the function of crushing the butts can be further enhanced.

A nozzle for spraying is provided in the recovery container 25 for the residue of the butts thus rubbed off in this manner, and water is regularly sprayed to provide a proper moistening treatment, thereby completely removing the residue. You may try to digest. Further, a temperature sensor may be provided so that the digestive agent is sprayed by the detection of the temperature sensor when the cigarette butt residue in the collection container 25 is not completely digested.

In addition, above the opening of the butts collection box 20,
A pachinko ball removing device or the like using a magnetic material is installed, and the pachinko balls that may be mixed by the ashtray opening and transferred by the butts transfer device 10 are put into the butts collection box 20, and the roller member is used. It is also possible to take measures so as not to hinder the action of crushing the butts by the.

[0027]

According to the butt collecting and processing apparatus of the present invention, the butt collecting box is provided with the crushing means for crushing the butt transferred by the carrying means and put into the collecting box. When the butts are crushed under pressure, they will be subjected to the action of extinguishing again, and it is possible to completely extinguish the fire of the butts that have been conveyed without being extinguished because the contact with the air is blocked.

Further, since the butt is crushed and crushed, the collection capacity of the butt in the collection box is reduced, so that the butt collection box itself can be installed without taking up space and is compact at the end of the island. Various installation modes can be implemented. Furthermore, as compared with the conventional method of collecting the butts floating in the water tank, the residue of the rubbed butts can be collected and processed in a dry state, and the components such as nicotine may elute and adhere to the water tank or the butts. The water itself will not fall apart as it contains water, and its disposal can be performed simply and hygienically.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an island on which a cigarette butt collection processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed.

FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the configuration of a cigarette butts collection box.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 butts collection processing device 2 game machine 3 installation table 4 shelves 5 butts inlet 6 cover 7 number lamp 8 upper frame 9 curtain plate 10 butts transport device 11 trough 12 vibrating device 20 butts collection box 21 collecting hopper 22 crushing means 23 , 24 rollers

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A butt collection in which a butt loaded from a butt insertion port formed in a storage table in the front of the game machine is transferred to a butt collection container installed at the end of the game machine installation table by a transfer means for recovery processing. In the processing device, the butts collecting container is provided with a crushing means for crushing the butts that are transported by the transporting means and put into the collection container. 2. A device for collecting butts as claimed in claim 1, wherein the crushing means is composed of a pair of roller members which counter-rotate inward in a state of being pressed against each other. 3. The butts collecting and processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the pressure contact surfaces of the roller members are formed as mesh surfaces that mesh with each other.