KR102237200B1 - Ashtray - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic fire extinguishing ashtray capable of automatically extinguishing cigarette butts and collecting the butts at once. The automatic fire extinguishing ashtray comprises: a housing having an ash tray through which an input hole is formed to insert a cigarette butt; a hopper installed inside the housing and having an auger screw to transfer the cigarette butts put into the input hole to an outlet; a roller unit having a pair of primary and secondary pressure rollers which are eccentrically arranged to elastically pressurize and extinguish the cigarette butts discharged to the outlet of the hopper; and a dust collection container for collecting the cigarette butts discharged to the roller unit. Accordingly, since cigarette butts are completely extinguished automatically as the butts pass through the roller unit, fires and indoor air pollution can be prevented. Since cigarette butts are collected in a garbage bag covered over the dust collection container, only the garbage bag can be conveniently disposed of at once after a cover is separated.

Description

Automatic fire extinguishing ashtray {ASHTRAY}

The present invention relates to an automatic fire extinguishing ashtray, and more particularly, to an automatic fire extinguishing ashtray capable of automatically extinguishing cigarette butts and collecting them at a time.

As is well known, an ashtray is a container for dropping cigarette ash, and in recent years, it is installed in a specific area or smoking room due to the limitation of smoking areas for public health.

These ashtrays must be dropped in a state that has been completely extinguished by rubbing the ashtray.If the ashtray is dropped into an ashtray without completely extinguishing the ashtray, it will catch fire again and cause a fire, or cigarette smoke will continue to bloom, contaminating the indoor air. .

As a prior art for solving the above problems, Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1588553 (Registration Date January 19, 2016)'Automatic Fire Extinguishing Sanitary Ashtray' and Korean Registration Patent No. 10-1913283 (Registration Date 2018 October 24, 2010)'Smart Automatic Fire Extinguishing Ashtray', etc., have been launched.

The above-described conventional techniques include a pair of rollers for extinguishing cigarette butts and a spring for elastically supporting the rollers, and extinguishing cigarette butts by compression.

However, in the prior art mentioned above, when a hard filter or foreign substance of a cigarette is caught between a pair of rollers, the pair of rollers is in close contact with a large force of a motor, and a gap is generated between them due to the elasticity of the spring. There was a problem that the butts could not be completely digested.

In addition, in the prior art, when cigarette butts that are not completely extinguished are collected as described above, it may lead to a disadvantage that cannot be prevented from the occurrence of fire and pollution of indoor air due to cigarette smoke, which were mentioned as problems of the prior art.

(0001) Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1588553 (Registration Date January 19, 2016) (0002) Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1913283 (Registration Date October 24, 2018)

The present invention has been conceived to solve the conventional problems as described above, and an object of the present invention is to completely extinguish a cigarette butt passing between a pair of rollers to prevent fire and indoor air pollution, It is to provide an automatic fire extinguishing ashtray that can conveniently collect collected cigarette butts at once.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises: a housing having an ashtray in which an input hole is formed to insert a cigarette butt; A hopper installed inside the housing and having an auger screw to transfer the cigarette butts injected into the input hole to the outlet; A roller unit in which a pair of primary pressing rollers and secondary pressing rollers are eccentrically arranged to elastically pressurize the cigarette butts discharged through the outlet of the hopper to extinguish and extinguish; It is a technical idea to include a; dust collecting bin for collecting the cigarette butts discharged to the roller unit.

The roller unit, a pair of primary pressure rollers interlocked to elastically pressurize and extinguish the tobacco pores discharged through the outlet of the hopper, eccentrically arranged to change the direction of the cigarette butts passing through the primary pressure roller It may include a pair of secondary pressure rollers engaged so as to be extinguished by elastic pressure, and a roller driving member connected to drive the primary pressure roller and the secondary pressure roller.

And the outer surfaces of the primary and secondary pressure rollers are made of a heat-resistant synthetic resin material such as silicone that is elastically deformed, so that the outer shape of the cigarette butt is elastically pressed evenly, so that the cigarette butt can be completely digested.
In addition, the roller unit may include a case for rotatably supporting the primary pressure roller and the secondary pressure roller.

In this case, the case may further include a discharge hole formed to discharge cigarette butts to the dust collecting container and an automatic damper installed to open and close the discharge hole.

An object detection sensor that transmits a detection signal for detecting an object placed on the upper surface of the housing, a flashing lamp that flashes according to a detection signal transmitted from the object detection sensor, and a speaker outputting an audio signal may be further included.

A cover having a communication hole formed thereon so as to communicate with the discharge port is detachably coupled to the open upper part of the dust collecting container, and an edge of the discharge hole for discharging cigarette butts from the roller unit is hermetically sealed at the upper edge of the communication hole. Can be provided.

It may further include a lifting member for lifting so that the communication hole of the dust collector is in close contact with the discharge hole of the lifting member.

In this case, the elevating member may include a crank rotatably installed in the housing to support and elevate the bottom surface of the dust collecting container, and a handle connected to rotate the crank.

The housing is provided with a plurality of intake ports provided on one surface of the hopper at predetermined intervals to intake smoke generated from a cigarette butt, a smoke duct connecting the plurality of intake ports to transfer, and clean air filtered through the smoke transferred to the smoke duct. It may include an air purifier exhausting to the outside of the.

According to the present invention implemented by the above-described solution, the cigarette butts are completely extinguished automatically as they pass through the roller unit, so that the occurrence of fire and pollution of the indoor air can be prevented, and the cigarette butts are collected in the garbage bag covered in the dust collector. After removing the cover, only the garbage bag can be conveniently disposed of at a time.The smoke generated from cigarette butts collected in the hopper is filtered with an air purifier and then exhausted to the outside of the housing in the form of clean clean air. There is a very useful effect that can prevent it.

1 is a perspective view showing an overall form according to an embodiment of the present invention from the front.
2 is a perspective view showing an overall form according to an embodiment of the present invention from the rear side.
3 is an exploded perspective view showing an exploded state according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a perspective view showing a hopper and a roller unit and a dust collector according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a perspective view showing a cross-sectional view of a hopper according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a right side view showing the right side of the roller unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a perspective view showing a lifting member according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 8 is an operation diagram showing the operating state of the lifting member according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a block diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to fully understand the present invention, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The embodiments of the present invention may be modified in various forms, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described in detail below. This embodiment is provided to more completely describe the present invention to those with average knowledge in the art.

Accordingly, the shape of the constituent elements expressed in the drawings may be exaggerated to emphasize a more clear description. It should be noted that in each drawing, the same member may be indicated by the same reference numeral. In addition, detailed descriptions of known functions and configurations determined to unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The automatic fire extinguishing ashtray of the present invention is a housing 100 having an ashtray 120 in which an injection hole 121 is formed so as to insert a cigarette butt, and a cigarette butt inserted into the injection hole 121 by being installed inside the housing 100 The hopper 200 having the auger screw 230 to transport the hopper to the outlet 220, a pair of one that engages to extinguish the cigarette butts discharged through the outlet 220 of the hopper 200 by elastically pressing The secondary pressing roller 310 and the secondary pressing roller 320 include a roller unit 300 eccentrically arranged, and a dust collecting container 400 for collecting cigarette butts discharged to the roller unit 300.

The housing 100 is a structure constituting the frame of the present invention, and the housing 100 is formed in the shape of an elongated rectangular parallelepiped in the transverse direction having a blank inside and a cover plate 110 on the top.

Referring to FIG. 3, a cover plate 110 having tray holes 111 formed on both sides of the housing 100 is provided, and ashtray 120 is detachably coupled to the tray holes 111 on both sides thereof. , In the ashtray 120, an input hole 121 having an inner diameter of about 1 to 2 mm larger than that of the cigarette butt is formed so that the cigarette butt can be put into the hopper 200.

The housing 100 is provided with an object detection sensor 130 to detect objects (including cigarette packs or tissue paper) placed on the upper surface of the cover plate 110 to transmit a flashing signal to the flashing lamp 170 or to transmit a flashing signal to the speaker ( 180), and the speaker 180 outputs a voice saying'Please remove the object'.

In addition, a radar sensor 135 is provided at the top of the housing 100 to detect a person approaching from the front and rear and left and right directions, and through the speaker 180,'welcome', please put the cigarette butt in the inlet ``automatic fire extinguishing ashtray It is possible to promote a campaign by outputting a guide voice such as ``Excessive smoking is harmful to health''.

In addition, in the interior of the housing 100, a horizontal installation space 101 is partitioned by a horizontal partition plate 140 arranged horizontally, and a hopper 200 is installed, and vertically at the right end of the horizontal partition plate 140. The vertical installation space 102 is partitioned by the connected vertical partition plate 150 so that the roller unit 300 and the dust collecting container 400 are installed, and at the bottom of the vertical installation space 102 in which the dust collecting container 400 is installed The bottom plate 160 is provided to support the bottom surface of the dust collecting container 400.

Referring to FIG. 1, an opening/closing door is rotatably connected to the front of the housing 100 so as to open and close the vertical installation space 102, thereby enabling the extraction of the dust collecting container 400.

Referring to FIG. 2, a plurality of exhaust holes 190 are formed on the rear surface of the housing 100 to exhaust clean air filtered by an air purifier 270 to be described later.

The hopper 200 collects and discharges the cigarette butts that have been put into the input hole 121 of the ashtray 120.

4 and 5, the hopper 200 is formed to be elongated along the long direction of the housing 100, and the upper portion of the hopper 200 has a funnel-shaped cross section and is formed to be wide as an input area of the cigarette butt. And, a bottom plate 210 curved in a semicircular cross-section is provided at the bottom so that the cigarette butts slide and gather.

Here, at the right end of the bottom plate 210, the outlet 220 is vertically connected to discharge the cigarette butts injected into the hopper 200 to the roller unit 300, and an auger screw 230 is rotatably installed therein. The cigarette butts that are put into the input hole 121 are forcibly transferred in the direction of the discharge port 220.

And the auger screw 230 is driven by the screw driving member 240, such a screw driving member 240 is connected to rotate the auger screw 230 belt 241 and pulley 242 and screw motor 243 ).

The auger screw 230 may be detachably installed on the hopper 200 for cleaning foreign substances in the housing 100.

Optionally, the screw driving member 240 may include a butt detection sensor 244 that detects cigarette butts that are put into the hopper 200 and outputs an operation signal to the screw motor 243.

Here, the butt detection sensor outputs an operation signal to the control unit 500, and the control unit 500 outputs a control signal for controlling the operation of the screw motor according to the operation signal received from the butt detection sensor. The controller 500 may output a blinking signal to the blinking lamp 170 or a voice signal to the speaker 180 according to a sensing signal received from the object sensing sensor.

Referring to FIG. 3, a plurality of intake ports 250 are provided at predetermined intervals on the upper rear surface of the hopper 200 to inhale smoke generated from cigarette butts, and the plurality of intake ports 250 It is connected by a duct 260 to collect and transport smoke to one place, and an air purifier 270 is connected to the smoke duct 260 to exhaust the clean air filtered out of the smoke through the exhaust hole 190 of the housing 100 Let it.

The roller unit 300 includes a pair of primary pressing rollers 310 and secondary pressing rollers 320 that are engaged to extinguish the cigarette butts by elastically pressing the cigarette butts discharged through the outlet 220 of the hopper 200. Includes.

4 and 6, the roller unit 300 is a pair of primary pressure rollers 310 that are engaged so as to elastically press and extinguish the cigarette cob discharged through the outlet 220 of the hopper 200. ), a pair of secondary pressure rollers 320, which are eccentrically arranged to change the direction of the cigarette butts that have passed through the pair of primary pressure rollers 310 and interlocked to be extinguished by elastic pressure, primary and secondary pressure It includes a roller driving member 330 connected to drive the roller 320.

The primary pressing roller 310, the secondary pressing roller 320, and the roller driving member 330 are installed in the case 340 having a discharge hole 341 at the lower part to discharge cigarette butts into the dust collecting container 400. In the case 340, an automatic damper 350 is installed to open and close the discharge hole 341 to regulate the discharge of smoke through the discharge hole 341, and the case 340 is coupled to the vertical installation space 102. It is fixed by the roller bracket 360.

The outer surfaces of the primary pressure roller 310 and the secondary pressure roller 320 are made of heat-resistant synthetic resin material such as silicone that is elastically deformed, and the outer shape of the cigarette butt is evenly and elastically pressed, so that the cigarette butt is completely digested. can do.

Cigarettes passing through the primary pressing roller 310 are so-called eccentric arrangements that do not coincide between the pair of primary pressing rollers 310 and the pair of secondary pressing rollers 320 and are skewed in either direction Since the direction of the butts is changed and guided to the secondary pressure roller 320, complete digestion of the cigarette butts can be achieved.

A first spur gear 312 is installed and engaged with each of the first rotation shafts 311 of the primary pressing rollers 310 formed of a pair, and a sprocket 331 is installed on one of the first rotation shafts 311.

Second spur gears 322 are respectively installed and engaged in the second rotation shaft 321 of the second pressing roller 320 made of a pair, and a sprocket 331 is installed on one of the second rotation shafts 321.

The roller driving member 330 is implemented by a sprocket 331 and a chain 332 and a roller motor 333 connected to rotate any one of the primary pressing rollers 310 and the secondary pressing rollers 320.

Here, the roller motor 333 may repeat the reverse rotation and the forward rotation several times when detecting a predetermined pressure or higher between the primary pressure roller 310 and the secondary pressure roller 320 due to the input of a hard foreign substance. .

At this time, if a foreign substance does not pass between the primary pressing roller 310 and the secondary pressing roller 320, the input current of the roller motor 333 is sensed and an abnormal signal is notified through flashing of a flashing lamp when an overcurrent occurs, or The notification is made through the speaker 180 and the roller motor 333 stops.

Optionally, the roller motor 333 may be interlocked by driving the screw motor 243.

Optionally, the roller driving member 330 may drive different rotational speeds of the primary pressure roller 310 and the secondary pressure roller 320.

At this time, the secondary pressure roller 320 is driven at a faster rotational speed than the primary pressure roller 310 to forcefully pull the cigarette butts passing through the primary pressure roller 310 toward the direction of the secondary pressure roller 320. I can.

The dust collector 400 is installed to be retractable in the vertical installation space 102 to collect the cigarette butts discharged to the roller unit 300 into one place.

Referring to FIG. 3, a cover 410 having a communication hole 411 formed thereon so as to be connected to and communicated with the discharge port 220 is detachably coupled to the open upper part of the dust collecting container 400 so that the garbage bag can be easily replaced. , A packing 420 is provided at the edge of the upper surface of the communication hole 411 of the cover 410 to airtightly seal the area around the discharge hole 341 of the roller unit 300. It is blocked so that smoke or odor does not leak to the outside of the housing 100 through the hopper 200.

And the dust collecting container 400 is raised or lowered so as to be in close contact with the discharge hole 341 of the roller unit 300 by the lifting member 430, this lifting member 430 as shown in Figures 7 and 8 , Includes a crank 431 rotatably installed on the upper surface of the bottom plate 160 of the housing 100 to support and elevate the bottom surface of the dust collecting container 400, and a handle 435 connected to rotate the crank 431 do.

The crank 431 is installed on the left and right sides of the upper surface of the bottom plate 160 and rotated around the crankshaft 432, and the crankshaft 432 rotates on the crank bracket 434 fixed to the bottom plate 160 It is possible to be coupled, and both cranks 431 are connected by a link 433 and rotated in the same direction at the same time.

The handle 435 is connected to any one crankshaft 432 and rotates the crank 431 as shown in FIG. 7 to lower the dust collecting container 400, or the crank 431 as shown in FIG. ) Is rotated to raise the dust collecting container 400.

In addition, a viewing window 440 is provided on the front of the dust collecting container 400 as shown in FIG. 3 to visually check the presence or absence of cigarette butts stacked in the garbage bag.

The operation and effect of the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The ashtray of the present invention is preferably installed in a specific area or smoking room, but may be installed in a smoking area if necessary.

First, when the cigarette butts smoked by the smoker are put into the insertion hole 121 of the ashtray 120, they are collected in the bottom plate 210 of the hopper 200.

And the butt detection sensor 244 detects the cigarette butt that is put into the hopper 200 and outputs a driving signal to the screw motor 243, and the auger screw 230 is rotated by the drive of the screw motor 243 to rotate the hopper. The cigarette butts collected on the bottom plate 210 of 200 are forcibly transferred to the outlet 220.

At this time, the smoke generated from the cigarette butt in the hopper 200 is inhaled through the intake port 250 and collected by the smoke duct 260, and then transferred to the air purifier 270, and the clean air filtered by the air purifier 270 It is exhausted to the outside of the housing 100 through the exhaust hole 190 in the form.

Next, the cigarette butt transferred to the outlet 220 is completely digested through elastic pressure and direction change while passing through the primary pressure roller 310 and the secondary pressure roller 320 of the roller unit 300.

Subsequently, the cigarette butts completely digested through the roller unit 300 are collected in the dust collecting bin 400 through the communication hole 411, and when a certain amount of cigarette butts are collected, the cover 410 is separated and the garbage bag Can be conveniently collected by taking it out of the dust collecting container 400.

Therefore, in the present invention, since the cigarette butts are completely extinguished while passing through the roller unit 300, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of fire and contamination of the indoor air, and the cigarette butts are collected in the garbage bag covered with the dust collector 400, so the cover 410 After separating ), it has the advantage of being able to conveniently dispose of it at once by removing only the garbage bag.

In addition, in the present invention, the smoke generated from the cigarette butts collected in the hopper 200 is filtered through the air purifier 270 and then exhausted to the outside of the housing 100 in the form of clean clean air, so that contamination of the indoor air can be prevented. There is an advantage.

The embodiments of the present invention described above are merely exemplary, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs will appreciate that various modifications and other equivalent embodiments are possible.

Therefore, it will be appreciated that the present invention is not limited to the form mentioned in the detailed description above.

Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical spirit of the appended claims. In addition, the present invention is to be understood as including the spirit of the present invention as defined by the appended claims and all modifications, equivalents and substitutes within the scope thereof.

100: housing 111: cover plate
121: input hole 120: ashtray
130: object detection sensor 200: hopper
210: bottom plate 220: outlet
230: auger screw 240: screw driving member
250: intake port 260: smoke duct
270: air purifier 300: roller unit
310: primary pressure roller 320: secondary pressure roller
330: roller driving member 340: case
400: dust collector 410: cover
430: elevating member 500: control unit

Claims (7)

A housing having an ashtray in which an input hole is formed to insert a cigarette butt; A hopper installed inside the housing and having an auger screw to transfer the cigarette butts injected into the input hole to the outlet; In the cigarette butt ashtray for extinguishing by pressing the cigarette butts discharged through the outlet of the hopper with a pressurizing roller,
A pair of primary pressure rollers interlocking to elastically pressurize and extinguish the cigarette butts discharged through the outlet of the hopper, and are eccentrically arranged to change the direction of the cigarette butts that have passed through the primary pressure roller to extinguish by elastic pressure A roller unit having a pair of secondary pressure rollers engaged so as to be engaged, and a roller driving member connected to drive the primary pressure roller and the secondary pressure roller; A dust collector for collecting the cigarette butts discharged to the roller unit; Automatic fire extinguishing ashtray, characterized in that it further comprises an elevating member for lifting the communication hole of the dust collector to be in close contact with the discharge hole. delete The method according to claim 1,
The roller unit includes a case for rotatably supporting the primary pressure roller and the secondary pressure roller,
The case further comprises a discharge hole formed to discharge cigarette butts to the dust collecting bin and an automatic damper installed to open and close the discharge hole. The method according to claim 1,
Automatic fire extinguishing, characterized in that it further comprises an object detection sensor that transmits a detection signal detecting an object placed on the upper surface of the housing, a flashing lamp that flashes according to the detection signal transmitted from the object detection sensor, and a speaker outputting an audio signal. ashtray. The method according to claim 1,
A cover having a communication hole formed thereon so as to communicate with the discharge port is detachably coupled to the open upper part of the dust collecting container, and an edge of the discharge hole for discharging cigarette butts from the roller unit is hermetically sealed at the upper edge of the communication hole. And a crank rotatably installed in the housing so as to raise and lower the bottom surface of the dust collector, and a handle connected to rotate the crank. delete The method according to claim 1,
The housing is provided with a plurality of intake ports provided on one surface of the hopper at predetermined intervals to intake smoke generated from a cigarette butt, a smoke duct connecting the plurality of intake ports to transfer, and clean air filtered through the smoke transferred to the smoke duct. Automatic fire extinguishing ashtray, characterized in that it further comprises an air purifier for exhausting to the outside of the.

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