JPH0870841A - Ashtray - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide an ashtray easy to handle similarly to conventional common ones, capable of cleaning itself through suction of the smoke of a cigarette put on an ash dump and the smoke from cigarette ends fallen from the opening of the ash dump into a holding space. CONSTITUTION: The upper end of a case 12 is furnished with an ash dump plate 14 having an opening through which cigarette ash and/or cigarette ends are allowed to fall and capable of temporarily putting lighting cigarette(s) thereon. A holding body 16 for ash and cigarette ends is set up a somewhat under the plate 14 in the case 12. A suction port 18 is provided on the upper part of the outer peripheral wall of the holding body 16. An exhaust fan 28 is placed on the lower part of the case 12 to suck the smoke of the cigarettes put on the plate 14 via the opening through the port 18 and the smoke of the cigarette ends in the holding body 16 through the port 18. And a smoke filter 22 is placed in between the exhaust fan 28 and the holding body 16.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ashtray capable of sucking and cleaning cigarette smoke placed on an ash drop section and smoke from a cigarette butt dropped from an opening of the ash drop section to a storage section. Regarding

[0002]

[Prior Art and Problems to be Solved] In recent years, cigarette smoke has been increasingly shunned. However,
In an ashtray with a structure in which the ash and butt dropped from the opening of the ash drop section is stored in the storage section, if the cigarette butt is dropped into the storage section while the cigarette fire does not extinguish, from the opening of the ash drop section Smoke may rise for a long time. Occasionally, fire burns into other butts contained in the containment unit, and a large amount of smoke rises again from the opening of the ash drop unit.

In order to prevent this, it is sometimes necessary to collect water in the storage unit to extinguish the fire of the butts dropped in the storage unit. In this case, the components of the cigarette are dissolved in the water or the cigarette is rotted. It may also cause an unpleasant odor, and the inconvenience of disposing of the butts with water and making disposal troublesome. Also, if cigarettes accumulate in the storage area and rise above the surface of the water, the cigarette fire will not go out.

As a means for preventing smoke from drifting around by sucking the smoke of the cigarette and purifying the smoke rather than extinguishing the cigarette with water, a suction fan is provided above the ash drop section. The cigarettes placed on the ash drop section and the smoke from the butts inside the storage section are sucked, purified by a filter, etc., and then discharged, or a cover is provided above the ash drop section and placed on the ash drop section. Smoke and smoke from the cigarette butts in the storage area are retained under the cover, and an upward-opening suction port is provided under the cover. It is possible to employ a means of sucking, purifying with a filter or the like, and then discharging.

However, if a suction fan, a cover or the like for sucking the cigarettes placed on the ash removal section or the smoke from the butts in the accommodating section is provided above the ash removal section, the ash removal section is provided. The work of dropping the ash of the cigarette, dropping the butts from the opening of the ash drop section to the storage section, and temporarily placing the cigarette on the ash drop section removes the smoke above the ash drop section. The structure for sucking in is an obstacle and it is difficult to do smoothly, and ashes fall out of the ash drop section to pollute the surroundings, or on the outer peripheral part of the suction fan above the ash drop section, the cover, etc.
Tobacco is pressed to extinguish the fire, and ash is dropped, which tends to stain the whole body. Such an inconvenience is particularly remarkable in a so-called stand type ashtray which is directly placed on the floor surface and used while standing.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems existing in the prior art. The object of the present invention is to provide the smoke of cigarettes placed in the ash drop section and the ash drop section. It is intended to provide an ashtray which is as easy to use as the conventional ashtray and which can be cleaned by sucking in smoke from the butts dropped from the opening of the container to the accommodation part.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, an ashtray according to the present invention is provided with a storage portion for storing cigarette ash and / or cigarette butt, and a cigarette ash located above the storage portion. And / or an ash dropper that has an opening for dropping the butts into the containment part and on which a lit cigarette can be temporarily placed, and an ash drop part and the bottom part of the containment part It is possible to suck the smoke of cigarettes placed in the ash drop section with the smoke suction port provided between them and the ignited state to the smoke suction port through the opening of the ash drop section, and it is ignited. Suction force generating means that can suck the smoke of the cigarette butts housed in the housing part to the smoke intake port in the state, and clean the air containing smoke between the smoke intake port and the time it is exhausted from the exhaust part And a cleaning means for doing so.

[0008]

[Function] When a cigarette in a lit state is placed on the ash drop section while the suction force generating means is activated, the smoke emitted by the cigarette placed on the ash drop section is opened at the ash drop section. Is sucked downward through the part to the smoke inlet,
Smoke emitted by the butts dropped into the accommodating portion through the opening of the ash drop portion in the state of emitting smoke is sucked upward and is sucked into the smoke suction port. The air containing smoke sucked into the smoke suction port is cleaned by the cleaning means before being sucked from the smoke suction port and discharged from the discharge portion.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show a stand ashtray as an embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a perspective view and FIG. 2 is an operation explanatory view thereof.

An ash drop plate 14 (an example of an ash drop section) having a large number of vertically penetrating openings 14a so as to cover the entire upper end opening of a rectangular box 12 forming the outer shell of the stand ashtray 10. ) Is detachably mounted horizontally. The part of the ash drop plate 14 omitted in FIG.
It is constructed similarly to the parts described. Note that various known forms can be appropriately adopted as the forms of the ash drop portion and the opening.

A box-shaped container 16 having an opening upward is provided at a position slightly below the ash-falling plate 14 in the box 12.
It is arranged so that it can be detached from the upper end opening of 2. The outer peripheral portion of the upper end of the container 16 is formed as an outward projecting portion 16 a that is hooked inside the box 12.

At the upper portions of the four outer peripheral walls of the container 16 (that is, above the bottom of the container 16), horizontally elongated smoke suction ports 18 are formed so as to be open in a substantially horizontal direction over substantially the entire width of each outer wall. It is set up. The smoke suction port may be provided with a filter such as a wire mesh for preventing ash or the like from being sucked. Between the outer surface of each outer peripheral wall of the container 16 and the inner surface of the box 12, there is formed a gap through which air containing smoke sucked from the smoke suction port 18 can flow. The lower side of the ash falling plate 14 and the outer surface of each outer peripheral wall substantially communicate with each other only through each smoke suction port 18. If the smoke inlet opens in a substantially horizontal direction, smoke from cigarettes placed on the ash drop section and smoke emitted from the butts dropped into the storage section through the opening of the ash drop section will enter the smoke inlet from above and below. Can be effectively aspirated. Further, in the case where the accommodating portion is composed of a detachable accommodating container having a smoke suction port provided on the peripheral wall, maintenance of the smoke suction port can be easily performed.

The inside of the container 16 constitutes a container. The inner peripheral surfaces of the outer peripheral walls of the accommodating portion which face each other are connected to each other by a connecting rod 20 which can be used for attachment and detachment work. The smoke suction port 18 may of course be provided between the container 16 and the ash removal plate 14. Further, when the smoke suction port is provided in the outer peripheral part as in this embodiment, if the opening of the ash removal plate is not provided in the central part but is provided in the outer peripheral part, the smoke of the cigarette placed on the ash removal plate is also provided. Can be sucked into the smoke suction port with higher certainty.

Below the container 16, the inside of the box 12 is divided by a partition 24 having a smoke filter 22 for adsorbing smoke particles. In the lower part of the partition body 24 inside the box 12, that is, in the lower part 12a of the box,
An ozone generator 26 for deodorization is provided. The air containing ozone generated by the ozone generator 26 is supplied to the lower part 12 of the casing by the electric circulation fan 26 a of the ozone generator 26.
circulate a.

At the lower end of the lower part 12a of the box, the smoke of the cigarette placed on the ash drop plate 14 in a fired state can be sucked into the smoke suction port 18 through the opening of the ash drop plate 14. At the same time, the smoke of the cigarette butt housed in the housing part in a lit state is sucked into the smoke suction port 18, the air containing the smoke is sucked into the lower part 12a of the box body through the smoke filter 22, and the box body 12 is further drawn. An electric exhaust fan 28 (an example of a suction force generating means) for discharging to the outside of the outer peripheral wall of is provided. An ozone filter 30 is provided on the intake side of the exhaust fan 28 to prevent ozone from leaking to the outside.

In this embodiment, the smoke filter 22 and the ozone generator 26 mainly constitute the cleaning means, but the cleaning means is not limited to this. This stand ashtray 10
Is used with the exhaust fan 28 and the ozone generator 26 activated. When the ignited cigarette is placed on the ash removal plate 14 by the operation of the exhaust fan 28, the smoke emitted by the cigarette placed on the ash removal plate 14 is directed downward through the opening of the ash removal plate 14. Smoke that is sucked toward the smoke suction port 18 and that is emitted from the cigarette butt dropped into the storage portion through the opening of the ash drop plate 14 in the state of emitting smoke is suctioned upward and is sucked into the smoke suction port 18. . Of course, the smoke of the cigarette that is dropping ash on the ash removal plate 14 is directed downward through the opening of the ash removal plate 14 to the smoke suction port 18
Can be sucked into.

The smoke-containing air sucked into the smoke suction port 18 passes between the outer surface of each outer peripheral wall of the container 16 and the inner surface of the box 12, and passes through the smoke filter 22 so that smoke particles are substantially formed. After being rejected above, it reaches the lower part 12a of the casing, and after being deodorized by ozone generated by the ozone generator 26, clean air devoid of smoke and odor is discharged to the outside through the exhaust fan 28. . Lower part of the box 12
The leakage of ozone to the outside in a is caused by the ozone filter 3
Prevented by 0.

A structure for absorbing smoke is used as an ash drop plate 1.
Since it is not located above 4, it is no different from the conventional stand ashtray and is extremely easy to use. Therefore, the stand ashtray 10 itself and its surroundings are not easily contaminated by ash or the like.

FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory view of a stand ashtray as another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the inside of the box 12 below the container 16 has a smoke filter 40 for adsorbing smoke particles and an electric exhaust fan 42.
It is partitioned by a partitioning body 44 having. The electric exhaust fan 42 can suck the smoke of the cigarette placed on the ash removal plate 14 in a lit state through the opening of the ash removal plate 14 to the smoke suction port 18, and also in a lit state. Smoke suction port 18 for smoke from cigarette butts housed in the housing
The smoke-containing air through the smoke filter 40 to the lower part 12a of the box body, and further, the lower part 12a of the box body.
It is discharged to the outside of the outer peripheral wall of the box 12 through the ozone filter 46 provided at the lower end of the box.

As described above, the efficiency of ozone deodorization can be improved by providing the suction force generating means at a stage prior to the portion where ozone deodorization is performed. Incidentally, the dimensions, the number, the material,
The shape, the relative arrangement, etc., are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention to them only, unless otherwise stated, and are merely illustrative examples.

[0021]

[Effects of the Invention] The smoke of cigarettes placed on the ash drop section and the smoke emitted by the butts dropped into the containing section through the opening of the ash drop section are both sucked into the smoke suction port from above and below, and the smoke is contained. Since the clean air is discharged after being cleaned by the cleaning means, it is effectively prevented that cigarette smoke drifts around and causes discomfort to non-smokers. In addition, since the smoke suction port is provided between the ash drop section and the bottom of the accommodating section, unlike the case where the structure section for sucking smoke is provided above the ash drop section, the ash of the cigarette drop is removed at the ash drop section. The structure for sucking smoke does not get in the way when dropping it, dropping a cigarette butt from the opening of the ash drop section to the storage section, or temporarily placing a cigarette on the ash drop section, As easy to use as a regular ashtray. Further, unlike the case where a structure part for sucking smoke is provided above the ash drop part, a cigarette is pressed against the structure part for sucking smoke above the ash drop part in order to extinguish a cigarette or ash is removed. To be dropped,
As a result, ash is not scattered around and dirt is not noticeable on the whole.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view.

FIG. 2 is an operation explanatory diagram.

FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory view of another embodiment.

[Description of sign]

 12 box body 14 ash falling plate 16 housing body 18 smoke inlet 22 smoke filter 28 exhaust fan

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A storage unit for storing cigarette ash and / or butts, and an opening located above the storage unit for dropping the cigarette ash and / or butts to the storage unit. An ash dropper that can temporarily place cigarettes with a mark on it, a smoke suction port provided between the ash dropper and the bottom of the storage unit, and a ash dropper that is lit The smoke of cigarettes placed on the part can be sucked into the smoke suction port through the opening of the ash drop part, and the smoke of the cigarette butts stored in the storage part in a lit state can be sucked into the smoke suction port. An ashtray comprising a suction force generation means capable of cleaning and a cleaning means for cleaning the air containing smoke between the smoke suction port and the discharge portion before discharging the air. 2. The ashtray according to claim 1, wherein the smoke suction port opens in a substantially horizontal direction. 3. The ashtray according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the accommodating portion is constituted by a detachable accommodating container having a smoke suction port provided on a peripheral wall thereof.