KR20200022406A - Portable device for reducing cigarette smoke - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a portable apparatus for reducing cigarette smoke which comprises: a handle unit having a battery therein; a blowing unit coupled to one side of the handle unit to move cigarette smoke from one direction to the other direction by supplying electricity from the battery; a cigarette fixing unit formed to fix the cigarette toward the blowing unit; and a filter unit coupled to the blowing unit to filter the cigarette smoke. The present invention can reduce the spread of cigarette smoke, thereby reducing the damage of second-hand smoking.

Description

Portable cigarette smoke reduction device {PORTABLE DEVICE FOR REDUCING CIGARETTE SMOKE}

The present invention relates to a portable tobacco smoke reduction device that can reduce the spread of tobacco smoke generated during smoking, more convenient smoking and management thereof can be made.

Cigarettes contain a number of harmful constituents, and as they are known as the leading cause of respiratory diseases such as lung cancer, a variety of activities are offered to induce smoking cessation.

This smoking cessation is not just to help smokers. In recent years, secondhand smoke has become a social problem.

Second-hand smoke is the third person inhaling the cigarette smoke by the cigarette smoke that is released to the outside of the smoker, causing unhealthy smoking and worsening the third person's health. .

In particular, since the cigarette smoke has a specific smoke odor, when inhaling it, not only the smoking party, but also those who are located in the area where the cigarette smoke is delivered will cause discomfort.

Therefore, there is a need for a method for preventing indirect smoking and the spread of cigarette smoke caused by cigarette smoke generated during smoking.

The present invention is to solve the above problems and to provide a portable tobacco smoke reduction device that can prevent the spread of tobacco smoke generated during smoking and thereby indirect smoking.

Portable cigarette smoke reduction device of the present invention for solving the above problems is a handle unit having a battery therein; A blowing unit coupled to one side of the handle unit to move the cigarette smoke from one direction to the other by electric supply of the battery; A tobacco fixing unit configured to fix the cigarette toward the blowing unit; And a filter unit coupled to the blowing unit to filter the tobacco smoke.

The apparatus may further include a smoke collection unit coupled to the one direction of the blower unit to concentrate the cigarette smoke toward the blower unit.

The apparatus may further include a cigarette storage unit installed in the interior space of the handle unit and selectively opened and closed to receive the cigarette.

Here, the tobacco storage unit may further include a tobacco transfer unit configured to move the tobacco stored in the tobacco fixing unit.

Here, the input unit is installed in the handle unit for generating input information; And a display unit for outputting the input information and driving information according to the input information.

Here, the apparatus may further include a liquid injection unit configured to spray a liquid agent toward at least one of the tobacco and the tobacco smoke sucked through the blowing unit.

Here, the heating unit is formed to warm the blowing unit; And a cooling unit configured to cool the blowing unit. It may further include at least one of.

According to the portable cigarette smoke reduction apparatus of the present invention having the above-described configuration, the portable cigarette smoke reduction apparatus is configured to be portable to reduce the damage of second-hand smoke by automatically collecting and filtering cigarette smoker by a filter means. .

In addition, the cigarette storage, transportation, and fixing can be made automatically to further improve the convenience of smoking.

In addition, it is possible to further improve the usability of the device, such as filter replacement and cleaning through the removable module.

In addition, the liquid agent may be sprayed on tobacco smoke to implement filtering and aroma effects.

In addition, it is possible to improve the usability in various environments through the heating and cooling method.

1 is a view for explaining the spread of cigarette smoke (S) and the damage of the surrounding people (H) in a general smoking situation.
FIG. 2 is a view for explaining the response of cigarette smoke spreading and the surrounding people (H) during smoking using the portable tobacco smoke reduction device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a cross-sectional view for explaining the configuration of a portable tobacco smoke reduction device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a front view of the portable cigarette smoke reduction device 100 of FIG. 3.
5 is a view for explaining the tobacco transfer process of the portable tobacco smoke reduction device 100 of FIG.
6 is a view for explaining the liquid injection unit 180 and the collection unit 220.

Hereinafter, a portable cigarette smoke reduction apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the present specification, the same or similar reference numerals are assigned to the same or similar configurations in different embodiments, and the description thereof is replaced with the first description.

1 is a view for explaining the spread of tobacco smoke in the general smoking situation and the damage of the surrounding people (H), Figure 2 is a smoking when using a portable tobacco smoke reduction device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention It is a figure explaining the response of cigarette smoke and the reaction of the surrounding people (H).

First, when smoking a cigarette to light the cigarette smoke (S) is generated. Cigarette smoke includes direct smoke generated directly from a lit cigarette and indirect smoke inhaled by the smoker U and spit into the mouth.

As the cigarette smoke (S) is diffused to the outside in a gaseous state, there are some differences depending on the location and the wind direction, but is generally diffused in all directions. Therefore, in the case of general smoking, as shown in FIG. 1, people H around the smoker U may be exposed to secondhand smoke that inhales the corresponding cigarette smoke S indirectly.

This secondhand smoking not only deteriorates the health of those around (H), but also causes a lot of discomfort and has emerged as a social problem.

The present invention is to solve such a problem, the cigarette when smoking as shown in Figure 2 may be fixed to the portable tobacco smoke reduction device 100.

When the cigarette is on fire and the cigarette smoke S is generated, the cigarette smoke S may be sucked into the portable cigarette smoke reduction device 100 and discharged in a filtered state. Therefore, the direct smoke and the indirect smoke, which are cigarette smoke generated when a smoker smokes, can be filtered through the portable tobacco smoke reduction device 100, so that the surrounding people (H) and facilities for the cigarette smoke can be filtered. Damage can be minimized.

The above has been briefly described how to use the portable tobacco smoke reduction device 100, and will be described below with respect to the specific structure and operation method of the portable tobacco smoke reduction device 100.

2 is a view illustrating a reaction of cigarette smoke spreading and the surrounding people (H) during smoking using the portable cigarette smoke reduction device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is an embodiment of the present invention 4 is a cross-sectional view for explaining the configuration of the portable tobacco smoke reduction device 100 according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a front view of the portable tobacco smoke reduction device 100 of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a portable cigarette smoke of FIG. 3. 6 is a view for explaining a tobacco transfer process of the abatement device 100, and FIG. 6 is a view for explaining the liquid injection unit 180 and the collection unit 220.

As shown, the portable cigarette smoke reduction device 100 is a handle unit 110, a blowing unit 120, a cigarette fixing unit 130, a filter unit 140, a smoke collection unit 150, a cigarette storage unit ( 160, the cigarette transport unit 170, the liquid injection unit 180, the input unit 190, the display unit 210 and the collection unit 220 may be included.

The handle unit 110 may include an internal space in which a battery may be provided, and may be formed in a shape that can be gripped by a smoker's hand. The shape is not limited, and in the present embodiment, a structure in which the cigarette storage unit 160 described later may be provided in an internal space will be described as an example. In addition, the outer surface of the handle unit 110 may be provided with a non-slip structure that can be in contact with the smoker's hand to maintain the slip.

The blowing unit 120 is a means for sucking tobacco smoke (S, hereinafter omitted) generated from the cigarette (C, hereinafter omitted), is connected to the upper portion of the handle unit 110 is driven by a motor in the inner space Blowing means, such as a fan, can be provided. In this case, the blowing means is not limited to the fan, and various means capable of performing forced movement with respect to the gas may be applied.

In addition, during the blowing operation of the blowing unit 120, the blowing direction may have a blowing direction in which gas movement can be made in the other direction in which the filter unit 140 is present in one direction in which the cigarette is located in a general driving state, Alternatively, the blowing direction may be changed in the opposite direction.

The tobacco fixing unit 130 may be a means for fixing the cigarette so that the tobacco may be fixed toward the blowing unit 120. To this end, the tobacco fixing unit 130 may be installed with respect to at least one of the blowing unit 120 and the handle unit 110, and configured to enable the operation, such as fixing to the cigarette according to the smoker's input information. Can be. The driving of the tobacco fixing unit 130 will be described later with reference to FIG. 5.

The filter unit 140 is a means for filtering tobacco smoke. As shown in FIG. 3, the filter unit 140 may be coupled to the blowing unit 120 to filter the tobacco smoke sucked into the space inside the blowing unit 120 and discharge the filtered smoke to the outside.

In this case, the filter unit 140 may include a first filter 141 and a second filter 143.

The first filter 141 may be configured to be detachable from the internal space of the blower unit 120. Therefore, the first filter 141 may have a shape corresponding to the internal space, and may have a plate-like structure inserted and discharged with respect to the internal space. In the present exemplary embodiment, the first filter 141 is disposed at the rear end of the fan, but the first filter 141 may be disposed at at least one of a front end and a rear end of the fan, and may be configured in plurality.

The second filter 143 may be coupled to the rear end of the blowing unit 120 through which the cigarette smoke is discharged. The second filter 143 may be composed of a filter network such as a net body. The second filter 143 may be formed to be detached by an operation such as fitting or turning at the rear end of the blowing unit 120.

The smoke collecting unit 150 may be coupled to one direction, which is the front end of the blowing unit 120, as a means for concentrating the cigarette smoke toward the blowing unit 120. As described above, cigarette smoke includes direct smoke generated directly from cigarettes and indirect smoke generated from a smoker's mouth or nasal cavity. In the state where the cigarette is fixed to the cigarette fixing unit 130, direct smoke is automatically moved to the blowing unit 120, but indirect smoke generated from the smoker may be discharged to the outside according to the smoker's intention.

At this time, even if the smoker adjusts the direction and posture of the oral cavity or the nasal cavity so that the indirect smoke emitted by the blower unit 120 is directed, the indirect smoke is hardly directed toward the blower unit 120 according to the distance and shape. .

Therefore, in the front end of the blowing unit 120 is provided with a removable smoke collection unit in the form of a lavacon or old, and if the smoker spits indirect smoke toward the blowing unit 120, the area for receiving the indirect smoke is smoke As magnified by the collection unit 150, a greater amount of indirect smoke can be directed to the blowing unit 120.

In this embodiment, but illustrated as a cone-like structure of the shape of the smoke collecting unit 150, but is not limited to this, various shapes for collecting indirect smoke generated from the smoker can be applied.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the cigarette storage unit 160 may be installed in an inner space of the handle unit 110 as a means for storing cigarettes, and may communicate with the outside when the opening and closing window is opened to store cigarettes. . In this case, the opening and closing window may be formed in a transparent structure so as to visually recognize the state of the cigarette stored therein from the outside.

The cigarette storage unit 160 may extend in the height direction and be connected to the internal space of the blower unit 120, and an opening and closing hole 161 may be formed to selectively open and close between them. In addition, the inner space of the cigarette storage unit 160 may be configured such that cigarettes are stacked one by one.

The cigarette conveying unit 170 is a means for conveying the cigarette accommodated in the cigarette storing unit 160 to the internal space of the blowing unit 120. In the present embodiment, the cigarette transport unit 170 may be installed at the bottom of the cigarette storage unit 160 to move the cigarettes received and lifted according to the input information one by one to the blower unit 120. However, the configuration of the tobacco transport of the tobacco transport unit 170 is not limited, and various cigarettes may be transported to the inner space of the blower unit 120 or the tobacco fixing unit 130. The structure can be applied.

The liquid injection unit 180 is a means for injecting a liquid agent (M, abbreviated below) toward at least one of tobacco and tobacco smoke. To this end, the liquid injection unit 180 is detachably coupled to the handle or the blower unit 120 so as to be connected to the internal space of the blower unit 120, as shown in FIG. The agent may be accommodated, and the liquid agent may be sprayed toward the cigarette or the smoke generated from the cigarette fixed to the cigarette fixing unit 130 according to the input information.

When the liquid injection unit 180 is sprayed with a liquid agent to the cigarette, it is possible to extinguish the fire attached to the cigarette can automatically extinguish the cigarette fire. In addition, when the liquid agent is sprayed toward the inner space of the blowing unit 120, the structure (water or fragrance) of the liquid agent is adsorbed with the tobacco smoke may have a filtering effect and aroma effect through the liquid adsorption.

The liquid injection unit 180 may be easily made to fill and wash the liquid agent as it is configured to be detachable.

The input unit 190 may be configured as a button and installed in the handle unit 110 to generate input information. The input information may be information about an operation of the portable cigarette smoke reduction device 100. According to the input information, the above-described operation of the tobacco transfer unit 170, the tobacco fixing unit 130, the blowing unit 120, and the liquid injection unit 180 may be driven. Therefore, when an operation such as being pressed by a smoker occurs, the input unit 190 may generate input information according to the corresponding operation.

The display unit 210 may be installed in at least one of the handle unit 110 and the blowing unit 120 as a means for outputting input information and driving information according to the input information. The driving information may include operation information regarding an operation state of the portable cigarette smoke reduction device 100 and smoking status information of a smoker according to the operation information.

The operation information may be information on the number of operations, time, device state, and the like of each component.

The smoking status information may include the number of times of smoking performed by the smoker, the time, the cost, the health state prediction information according to the smoking, the information on inducing smoking, and the like through the operation information.

The display unit 210 may be configured as a touch screen integrated with the input unit 190 described above and installed on an outer surface of the handle unit 110.

Therefore, when the input unit 190 and the display unit 210 are integrated into the touch screen, the input information is generated according to the touch input to drive the portable cigarette smoke reduction device 100 accordingly, and the driving information therefor. Can be displayed visually. Such information may be stored in a memory not shown.

The collection unit 220 is a means for collecting butts (hereinafter abbreviated) that are cigarettes that have been smoked. The collection unit 220 may include an accommodation space for accommodating the butts, and may be coupled to either the handle unit 110 or the blower unit 120 to receive the butts as an accommodation space through upwards. Therefore, the upper portion of the collection unit 220 may be provided with an opening and closing opening to selectively open and close, when the butts are completed smoking, can be opened or closed automatically or manually to accommodate the butts falling from the upper space in the accommodation space. The collection unit 220 may be detachably configured to be detached from the target configuration to empty the butts housed therein or to perform cleaning.

In addition, the portable tobacco smoke reduction device 100 may further include a heating unit, a cooling unit, a lighting unit, a communication unit, and the like in a configuration not shown.

The heating unit is a means for warming the blower unit 120. The heating unit may be installed in the blower unit 120 and heated in accordance with input information. According to such a heating unit, as the internal space of the blower unit 120 is heated to generate hot air, the blower unit 120, the tobacco fixing unit 130, and the filter unit that are wetted by the liquid jet unit 180 are filtered. 140 and the like can be dried.

The cooling unit may be provided with a flow tube including a refrigerant in a configuration for cooling at least one of the blowing unit 120 and the handle unit 110. According to the cooling unit, as the cooling of the handle unit 110 and the blowing unit 120 can be performed, the cigarette located in the handle unit 110 can be stored more freshly, and the blowing unit 120 is in the opposite direction. When used as a fan by blowing in the wind, it may generate a cold wind.

The lighting unit may be configured as an RGB LED installed in at least one of the blowing unit 120 and the handle unit 110 as a means for generating illumination light. The lighting unit may provide a visual effect by emitting a corresponding color according to the input information or the driving information.

The communication unit is a means for communicating with an external server or an external terminal, and may transmit input information or driving information generated by the portable cigarette smoke reduction device 100 to an external server or an external terminal. Accordingly, when an external terminal is driving an application related thereto, a smoker may recognize his smoking state more efficiently or may be utilized in various ways.

The driving method of the portable tobacco smoke reduction device 100 configured as described above will be described sequentially.

First, a smoker may open a cigarette storage unit 160 to store a cigarette therein. When the storing is completed, the cigarette storing unit 160 may be closed, and input information may be generated through the input unit 190.

When input information regarding driving of the portable cigarette reduction device is generated, the cigarette transport unit 170 lifts the cigarette stored in the cigarette storage unit 160 as shown in FIG. ) Can be transferred to the inner space of the In this case, the opening and closing port of the cigarette storage unit 160 may be automatically opened in the closed state to form a passage through which the cigarette inside is moved to the interior space of the blowing unit 120.

When the cigarette is transferred to the internal space of the blowing unit 120, the opening and closing is closed again, the cigarette fixing unit 130 may be fixed to the cigarette as shown in (b, c) of FIG. After the tobacco is fixed, the tobacco fixing unit 130 may be driven to extend in the direction in which the smoker is located in the internal space of the blowing unit 120 to move the fixed tobacco to the outside.

When the cigarette is moved toward the smoker in this way, the cigarette may be ignited through an ignition unit (not shown). The ignition unit may be installed at a position corresponding to the cigarette fixed to the cigarette fixing unit 130 in the blowing unit 120 or the handle unit 110 as a means for attaching a cigarette, and may be ignited according to the input information.

Before the ignition of the ignition unit, the blower unit 120 and the liquid injection unit 180 may be driven from the transfer of the cigarette to the first cigarette storage unit 160.

Therefore, when the smoker puts his oral mouth on the cigarette fixed to the cigarette fixing unit 130 and the cigarette is ignited by the ignition unit, the cigarette smoke may be generated in the cigarette.

Since the cigarette is fixed to the cigarette fixing unit 130, and the blowing unit 120 and the liquid injection unit 180 are in an operating state, the direct smoke generated from the cigarette is blown by the blowing unit 120. Is automatically sucked into the inner space of the. The liquid injection unit 180 sprays the liquid agent automatically and manually according to the set time or input information with respect to the direct smoke sucked in this way, and the direct smoke is filtered by the filter unit 140 and discharged again to the outside.

The smoker may spout indirect smoke, the inhaled cigarette smoke, toward the blowing unit 120. The spouted tobacco smoke is concentrated by the smoke collection unit 150 into the space inside the blower unit 120 and is filtered by the liquid injection unit 180 and the filter unit 140 like the direct smoke generated from the cigarette to the outside. Discharged.

When the smoking is completed and the input information about it is received from the smoker, the tobacco fixing unit 130 may transfer the cigarette which has been smoked but not stuck in the direction of the liquid injection unit. The liquid injection unit may inject a liquid toward the sticking direction (preset) of the tobacco in which smoking is completed to extinguish a cigarette fire. Cigarette butts that are fire extinguished cigarettes may be moved onto the collection unit 220 according to the movement of the tobacco fixing unit 130.

When the opening and closing port of the collection unit 220 is opened, the cigarette fixing unit 130 may drop the butts during storage into the accommodation space of the collection unit 220.

When the butts fall, the collection unit 220 may close the opening and closing again.

When the series of smoking processes is completed, driving information regarding the operation state may be generated and output to the display unit 210. In addition, when input information about external transmission of the corresponding driving information is received, the corresponding driving information may be transmitted to a corresponding server or a terminal.

The above-described series of electrical operations may be integratedly controlled through a control unit such as a controller (not shown).

In addition, the state of charge of the battery may be output as driving information.

According to such a portable cigarette smoke reduction device 100, it is configured to be portable can be conveniently configured for smokers to store and use. In addition, since a series of operations such as cigarette ignition, fire extinguishing, smoke filtering, and collection are automatically performed, smoking convenience may be further improved.

In particular, the blower unit 120, the cigarette fixing unit 130, and the smoke collection unit 150 allows the smoker to smoke without directly contacting the cigarette, and the direct smoke and smoker generated from the cigarette. All of the indirect smoke generated by can be collected and filtered more efficiently.

Such a portable cigarette smoke reduction device is not limited to the configuration and operation of the embodiments described above. The above embodiments may be configured such that various modifications may be made by selectively combining all or part of the embodiments.

100: portable cigarette smoke reduction device 180: liquid phase injection unit
110: handle unit 190: input unit
120: blowing unit 210: display unit
130: tobacco fixing unit 220: collection unit
140: filter unit
150: smoke collection unit
160: cigarette storage unit
170: tobacco transfer unit

Claims (7)

A handle unit having a battery therein;
A blowing unit coupled to one side of the handle unit to move the cigarette smoke from one direction to the other by electric supply of the battery;
A tobacco fixing unit configured to fix the tobacco toward the blowing unit; And
And a filter unit coupled to the blowing unit to filter the tobacco smoke.
The method of claim 1,
And a smoke collecting unit coupled to the one direction of the blowing unit to concentrate the tobacco smoke toward the blowing unit.
The method of claim 1,
Portable tobacco smoke reduction device is installed in the interior space of the handle unit, and selectively opened and closed, and configured to receive the cigarette.
The method of claim 3,
And a tobacco transfer unit configured to move the tobacco stored in the tobacco storage unit to the tobacco fixing unit.
The method of claim 1,
An input unit installed in the handle unit to generate input information; And
And a display unit for outputting the input information and driving information according to the input information.
The method of claim 1,
And a liquid jet unit configured to jet a liquid agent toward at least one of the cigarette and the tobacco smoke sucked through the blower unit.
The method of claim 1,
A heating unit configured to warm the blowing unit; And
A cooling unit formed to cool the blowing unit; Portable cigarette smoke reduction device further comprising at least one of.

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