JPS603757Y2 - car ashtray - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to an ashtray for automobiles, and particularly to an ashtray installed in the driver's seat.

Conventionally, the ashtray provided in the driver's seat is of the so-called manual extraction type that is operated in the front and rear directions.

The present invention automatically performs this manual extraction, and has a convenient structure in which the ashtray is automatically rotated and pulled out to use when the cigarette lighter is pushed in to light the cigarette. It is.

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

1 is an instrument panel, and 1a is an ashtray storage recess formed in this instrument panel 1.

A semicircular ashtray 2 is rotatably installed in this storage recess 1a.

This ashtray 2. As is clear from FIG. 2, the installation structure is such that a bracket 5 is fixed to the lower surface of the storage recess 1a, a motor 6 with an auto-stop that rotates 180 degrees and stops is attached to the lower surface, and the rotation shaft 3 of the motor 6 is attached to the lower surface of the bracket 5. protrudes onto the bracket 5.

Then, a rotary plate 7 having the same shape as the ashtray 2 is fixed to the rotary shaft 3, and a guide groove 9 recessed in the bottom of the ashtray 2 is fitted into a guide rail 8 protruding from the rotary plate 7. It rotates integrally with the rotary plate 7 and is attached so as to be slidable on the rotary plate 7 in the direction of the guide rail 8.

Further, the motor 6 is electrically connected to the contacts of the cigarette lighter 4, and is also provided with a separate activation switch 10 in consideration of the case where the ashtray 2 is used without using the cigarette lighter 4.

Since the present invention has the above-described structure, the ashtray 2 is normally stored with the half-arc surface facing toward the storage recess 1a and the flat surface facing forward.

In this state, when the cigarette waste in the ashtray 2 is to be thrown away, the ashtray 2 is pulled out by the guide rail 8 and the guide groove 9 and removed from the rotary plate 7 by pulling it out forward.

When using the ashtray 2, the cigarette lighter 4 is pushed in to close the contacts in order to light a cigarette.

As a result, the motor 6 is energized and the ashtray 2 is rotated together with the rotary plate 7.
It is rotated 180° and automatically pulled out from the storage recess 1a into a state of use.

If you do not use cigarette lighter 4, press activation switch 1.
A similar state can be obtained by manipulating 0.

After use, the ashtray 2 can be quickly put into the stored state by manually rotating it 180 degrees.

In this way, the present invention is extremely convenient because the ashtray is automatically put into use by operating the cigarette lighter or a dedicated activation switch, eliminating the need to manually draw it out as in the past, and also prevents littering from the car window. be able to.

Further, when cleaning the ashtray, it can be removed manually, so it has the advantage of not causing any inconvenience.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the same. 1...Instrument panel, 1a...
... Storage recess, 2 ... Ashtray, 3 ... Rotating shaft, 4 ... Cigarette lighter, 5 ... Bracket, 6 ... Motor , 7... Rotating plate, 8... Guide rail, 9... Opening inner groove, 10
・・・・・・Activation switch.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An ashtray for an automobile, characterized in that a semicircular ashtray is provided on an instrument panel so that it can be rotated and pulled out by a motor, and the motor and a cigarette lighter contact are electrically connected.