US1750164A - Cigarette extinguishing and crushing device - Google Patents

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March 11, 1930. c. DUCAS 1,750,164

CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHING AND CRUSHING DEVICE Filed June 2, 1927 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Clzarles DLwas, 1 BY Patented Mar. 11, 1930 UNITED STATES CHARLES DUCAS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHING AND CRUSHING DEVICE Application filed. June 2, 1927. Serial No. 196,033.

My present invention relates to a smokers ash receiver which may be made in the form of a tray, or mounted upon a stand and which has for its principal object the extinguishing of fire from the lighted cigar or cigarette and at the same time act as a receptacle for the ashes, matches, etc.

One of the particular advantages of my invention is that the means for extinguishing the lighted cigarette, is pivotally and resiliently mounted to the tray in such a manner as to permit the crushing of the lighted end of the cigarette and the subsequent maceration of the cigarette, by a scouring motion, 1

after which the ash and debris may be swept therefrom into the receptacle below. Owing to this form of structure the extinguishing platform is therefore kept clean for continued use.

These and other capabilities will be ascertained as the description proceeds and ob Vious modifications may be made in my structure without departing from the scope of the invention or the appended claim.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a sectional View taken on the line 11, Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof; and

Fig. 3 is fragmentary view of the crushing portion of my device in extinguishing position.

In detail, my device comprises primarilv any suitable form of receptacle 1, Fig. 1, to act as a receptacle for holding debris, matches and ash, and in the present form of embodiment is preferably provided with an outstanding annular flange 2 upon which may be supported the cigarette extinguishing apparatus about to be described.

In some forms the flange 2 may be sufiiciently large in diameter to'support the hereunder described extinguishing apparatus, but in the present instance I have provided a pair of outstanding, oppositely located tabs or ears 3 and 4: respectively, these being a part of, and preferably integral with, said flange 2. On one of the said ears, 3 is located a ball headed stud 5 which, as shown, in its preferred from, is threaded on its shank 7 and shouldered thereabove and oooperates with a nut 6 thereby to lock the Stld. 5 in fixed operative position on the ta 3. i

At about midway of the ball diameter of the stud, there is a slot 8 into which is introduced a resilient steel spring member 9, the same being pivotally mounted for move-- ment in the slot 8 by means of a pin 10 entering therethrough. In this manner of mounting, the spring element 9 is movable about its center pin 10, as indicated by the dotted and full lines in Fig. 2.

At the opposite end of the spring 10 is provided fixed extinguishing plate 11 which is affixed to the spring by means of a riveting stud 12 of somewhat similar construction to the stud 5, the said extinguishing plate being preferably in the form of a disk, the stud 12 forming a means for grasping the same between the fingers for operating.

Immediately below the plate 11, when in its axial position and diametrically opposite the stud 5, is located an extinguishing platform 13 which is riveted or otherwise suitably affixed, to the lug or ear 4:, as indicated in Fig. 2. It is intended that this platform shall be substantially rigid and non-yielding so as to form an anvil or support upon which to crush and extinguish a lighted cigarette when desired.

In the positions shown in Fig. 1, the crushing disk 11 is sufliciently spaced from the extinguishing platform 13 to permit of the easy introduction of a lighted cigarette therebetween and by grasping the stud 12, the cigarette may be crushed between the disk 11 and platform 13 as shown in the fragmentary view, Fig. 3.

The crushing of the lighted cigarette stub effectually puts it out and this is accomplished by pressing and sliding the plate or disc 11 sideways upon the cigarette, as indicated in Fig. 3, by the dotted lines, and then, with a sideways motion, it is brushed from the platform 13 into the tray 1.

Obviously, the structure herein outlined may be modified in an ornamental way so as to add attractiveness in addition to its utility, and it is further obvious that the provision of this crushing device and its associate relation with an ash tray makes it a clean job to put out lighted cigarettes when they are finished, thus obviating the soiling of the fingers and the unpleasantness of crushing cigarettes by the fingers in a customary manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A cigarette extinguisher comprising a tray portion, a fixed cigarette crushing platform mounted thereon, and a movable ci arette extinguishing plate mounted on sai tray,

said plate having means for permitting oscillatory motion in two planes relative to said tray and platform.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this 1st day of June, A. D. 1927.

CHARLES DUCAS.

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