US2359685A - Advertising device - Google Patents

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Oct. 3, 1944. Hl SCHWARTZ 2,359,685

ADVERTISING DEVICE Oct. 3, 1944. H. SCHWARTZ ADVERTISING DEVICE Filed May 2o, 41941 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 7?' #amg Schwartz INVENTOR Ill 0d. 3, 1944 Yl-LfscHw/R-rz ADVERTISING DEVICE s sheets-sheet 's Filed May 2o, 1941 v INVENToR Patented Oct. 3, 1944 UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE 2,359,685 ADVERTISING DEVICE Harry Schwartz, Lexington, Ky. Application May 20, 1941, Serial No. 394,348

Claims. (Cl. 131-237) This invention relates to an advertising device, and comprises an apparatus in the form of an extinguisher and depository for lighted cigars and cigarettes. Devices of the kind herein disclosed are advantageously used in theater and hotel lobbies, exhibition halls, shops of various types, and in fact anywhere that smokers may be required or disposed to refrain from smoking. In addition to effectively disposing of cigars of cigarettes, and eliminating objectionable smoke and odors, the device of the invention possesses the necessary appeal or fascination to render it of value as an advertising medium. The invention has as its objectives the following features.

The foremost and broadest object of the invention is that of providing a combination extinguisher and depository for lighted cigars and cigarettes wherein is incorporated also a meritorius advertising feature.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device cf the character stated, with safe and efcient means for receiving and extinguishing lighted cigarettes or cigars, the mechanism being so located as to prevent injury to the user and to avoid unnecessary smoke and odorgcorning from the articles deposited.

A further object is to provide in a device of the character stated, simple and efficient extinguishing means easily and quickly replaced whenever servicing is necessary, without requiring substitution of the entire apparatus.

Another object of the invention is to provide in a device of the character stated, ample advertising space exposed advantageously and in an attractive manner, without the need for a bulky and unsightly frame to support it, the advertising sign portion of the device being designed and located so as to perform a useful function in guiding refuse into the extinguishing apparatus of the device.

Other features of importance reside in the details of construction illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device of the invention, part being broken away to show a receptacle for refuse, which constitutes a detail of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view on an enlarged scale, taken through the center line of the machine illustrated by Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmental cross-sectional view taken on liner 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig, 4 is a fragmental side elevational view similar to Fig. 2, showing a modified form of extinguishing apparatus.

Fig. 5 is a fragmental cross-sectional View taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

The proper disposal of refuse, and especially of lighted cigars and cigarettes, long has been a problem of concern to operators of public or semipublic Vestablishments such as theaters, hotels, and other meeting places, due to the diiiiculty of maintaining a sanitary condition in and about the depository. For many years the practice has been to furnish urns or other containers partly filled with sand or the like, into which patrons were expected to deposit refuse. When lighted cigars or cigarettes were depositedin such urns or containers, objectionable smoke and odor` resulted due to the continued burning of such articles. In theaters especially, the smoke permeated the atmosphere and interfered with clear visibility, and otherwise resulted in discomfort to the patrons there assembled. Moreover, it was necessary to continually employ an attendant who generally utilized a strainei` or other implement for removing the refuse from the sand particles of the depository, and carrying it to a second depository located where smoke and odor therefrom could be treated or otherwise disposed of.

With the device of the present invention, the objectionable practices above mentioned are effectively eliminated, while at the same time valuable advertising space is created and utilized to advantage. As the device of the invention per-A forms both as an extinguisher and a depository, all objectionable smoke and odors are eliminated and the services of an attendant-are rendered unnecessary except at infrequent intervals. The smoker depositing a lighted cigar or cigarette in the present device experiences a feeling of satisfaction that the lighted article will not smolder and' produce an objectionable condition of the atmosphere in the establishment wherein he and other persons expect to remain and rest for a considerable period of time. Purity of the atmosphere in the establishment moreover is a matter of concern to the owner or operator thereof, and it may be maintained with comparative ease wherever the devices of the invention are in use.

With reference to the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 illustrates a device of the invention, which consists of a base 6 and front and side walls 1, 8 and 9, respectively, the walls preferably being substantially vertical and fabricated from solid metal or other material suitable to form a casing or housing. The side walls 8 and 9 preferably are tapered or inclined at their upper ends, in order to support a sign plate l0 which may be bounded by an attractive frame I2. The frame may include upper and lower horizontal rails I3 and I4, and side rails I5 and I6 arranged about the sign plate I0. The sign plate preferably 1s translucent, and has associated therewith any suitable advertising material or reading matter as indicated at I1.

The horizontal side rails I8 and I9 of a secondary frame located directly ahead of the sign plate, may cooperate with the rail I4 and a front rail 20, to circumferentiate a suitable hopper made up of the sloping substantially triangular walls 2I, 22, 23 and 24 (Fig. 2), designed to guide a lighted cigar or cigarette to theextinguishing means below, which w1ll be described in detail hereinafter. After passing through the extinguishing means, the refuse drops into' an open topped container which may be slid into and from the housing of the machine from the rear. The container preferably is sufficiently large to accommodate refuse accumulated over a considerable period of time, in order that cleaning thereof may be performed concurrently with other cleaning work required about the establishment. The hopper preferably is at an elevation between normal knee and hip height, in order that the deposit of lighted cigars or cigarettes therein may be rendered convenient, and thereby encouraged.

As will be readily evident upon reference to Fig. 2, the several walls of the hopper may terminate in a chute or passageway 26 extending downwardly to guide lighted cigars or cigarettes to the cooperative elongated rolls 21 and 28 which perform the extinguishing function. The chute 0r passageway preferably is of sufficient length, but of limited size, such that a child might not insert his hands or lingers to reach the rolls. It may be noted, moreover, that the sign plate I0 and the rear hopper wall 22 preferably are disposed substantially in a common plane, in order that articles thrown carelessly toward the hopper might be guided into the hopper by the sign plate. `For this reason, the sign plate preferably is flush with the exposed face of the hopper wall 22, or practically so.

The character 29 indicates a support or subframe having its ends secured as at 38 and 3l to the angle members 32 and 33 that constitute the main frame of the device, the sub-frame furnishing the necessary support for the roll shafts 34 and the shafts 35 of a pair of roll cleaners 36 and 31. The roll cleaners may be in the form of cylindrical brushes or the like, arranged to rotate in opposite directions each in close proximity to an extinguisher roll in order to keep the extinguisher rolls free of adhering particles of tobacco or paper. The cleaning elements 36 and 31 may be formed otherwise than as brushes, if desired, although the brush type of cleaner is considered preferable.

It should be understood that the sub-frame is constituted of a pair of supports such as 29, these being disposed in spaced parallelism and furnished with aligned bearings for the shafts of rolls 21, 36 and 31, to the end that said shafts may be supported for rotation in a horizontal position. The shaft of extinguisher roll 28, however, is journaled in a bearing carried by the lower ends of a pair of suspension links 38-38, which links depend from a common shaft 3Q that is supported at its ends by the pair of brackets indicated at 46-46 of Fig. 3, The links may swing about their mountings upon the shaft 39, toward and from a suitable stationary stop indicated at 4I of Fig. 2. The shaft 39 need not be rotatable. Under normal conditions with no cigar or cigarette embraced between the extinguisher rolls 21 and 28, the suspension links 38--38 will be yieldingly held against the stops 4I by means of a pair of springs 42. If the springs be of the tension type, one end of each will be secured to a link at 43, while the opposite end will be anchored to a stationary stud or other anchorage point at 44. The point at which the stationary end of the spring is anchored constitutes an immaterial detail and may be readily altered as such.

The shafts 35 of the cleaning elements 36 and 31 preferably are not capable of any swinging movement, but are rotatable relative to the subframe which supports them.

The extinguisher rolls and the cleaning elements are to be power driven, preferably by means of an electric motor 45 which includes a reduction gear designed to afford very slow rotation of the rolls. It is considered preferable to resort to an extinguisher roll speed approximating four revolutions per minute for the reason that the snufling action upon the lighted end of a cigarette or cigar is thereby rendered complete. The snuiiing action is not dependent upon a tearing apart of the lighted end of a cigar or cigarette, but it is dependent rather upon the contact of the lighted end with a cold surface of each extinguisher roll. If the lighted portion of the cigar or cigarette be pressed against or between cold surfaces for a time period approximating several seconds, without being necessarily crushed, extinguishment of the burning material will be complete.

Due to the fact that lighted cigars and cigarettes vto be disposed of generally are moist at one end, there may be a tendency for the moistA end to adhere to the extinguishing rolls and it is for this reason that the cleaning rolls or brushes 36 and 31 are furnished. The brushes rotate in such direction that any material adhering to the extinguishing rolls will be thrown inwardly and downwardly toward the container 25 which rests beneath the brushes.

The rolls and brushes may be belt or chain driven in any suitable manner. By way of example, the shaft of motor 45 may carry a sprocket 46, over which passes van endless chain or belt 41 that engages with the teeth of sprockets carried by the several shafts of the mechanism. The belt or chain 41 leaving the motor sprocket 46 may pass downwardly over a sprocket 48 xed to the shaft 34 of the extinguisher roll 28 whence the chain or belt passes upwardly to an idler sprocket 49 on shaft 39 thence downwardly to an idler sprocket 50 which is rotatably mounted upon a stud carried by the sub-frame. Leaving the sprocket 50 the chain or belt passes up and over a sprocket 5I xed so as to rotate with the brush 31, thence down and under to engage the teeth of a'sprocket 52 similarly related to the brush 36, the belt or chain then passing upwardly and over the motor sprocket 46. With the motor sprocket rotating slowly in the directionr indicated by the arrow, the extinguisher rolls will be slowly rotated in opposite directions to advance a cigar or cigarette downwardly between them. The brush 31 will be seen to rotate in the same direction as the extinguisher roll 28 while the brush 36 will rotate in the` direction of rotation of the extinguisher roll 21.

By means of a pair of sprockets 53' and 54 `fixed to the shafts of roll 27 and brush 3,6 respectively, the extinguisher roll 2l is driven from the shaft of brush 36 by means of a belt or chain 55. The sprockets last mentioned preferably are of equal size, to ensure a common speed of rotation of both extinguisher rolls.

It may be noted here that the extinguisher rolls are peculiarly formed so as to not only grip a lighted cigar or cigarette deposited thereon during rotation of the rolls, but to also oier the greatest possible amount of chilling area to the lighted end of the cigar or cigarette. To this end, each roll is constituted of alternate substantially half-round depressions or channels 56, and sharp edged ribs 5l which constitute the periphery of the roll. The sharp parallel edges of each radial rib 5l are spaced apart a distance less than the width of a channel 56, so that a rib of one extinguisher roll will always enter a channel of the other extinguisher roll. The stops 4l for the suspension links are properly located to preclude full intermeshing of the ribs and channels of the extinguisher rolls one with another, in order that a crushing or tearing action upon the cigarette will not predominate over the chilling action which functions best when the lighted material remains intact. The sharp edges, one of which is indicated at 58 of Fig. 2, effectively grip a cigar or cigarette deposited in the hopper, and carry it slowly between a rib of one extinguisher roll and the cooperative channel or elongated recess of the other roll. It is important to note that the extinguisher roll channels extend throughout the length of the rolls, and are made smooth and concave with a radius slightly greater than the radius of a conventional cigarette in order to achieve a maximum chilling contact when the cigarette is pressed into a channel by an opposing rib. It is noteworthy that extinguisher rolls constructed as described do not tend to clog or fill up with tobacco, as would the spaces furnished on a knurled or nely ridged, or splined roll. In most instances, the cigarette extinguished within an extinguisher roll channel will fall from the channel without the aid of a brush or other cleaning implement, as soon as the rolls release the pressure upon the cigarette.

In the case of a burning cigar, the chilling action will be substantially the same as that above explained, but may occur in more than one extinguisher roll channel, depending upon the size of the cigar. In any case, the yielding suspension of the extinguisher roll 28 will prevent substantial mastication of the cigar or cigarette by the rolls, and will rather ensure the chilling contact necessary for extinguishment of the burning material.

In the embodiment illustrated by Figs. 2 and 3, the structure includes a flue or draft channel 60 having a lower end 1l disposed in close proximity to the extinguisher rolls, and this channel is in communicating relationship with the light chamber 6I behind the sign plate ID. The light chamber, which includes any suitable source 0f illumination 62, may be formed by a reector 63 placed behind thesign plate, the reflector being vented at 64 in order that the heated air of the chamber may leave through the open rear of the casing. The heat of the lamp causes a circulation of cool atmospheric air past the extinguisher rolls, and upwardly through the channel 60, chamber 6|, and vent 64 with a resultant dissipation of heat accumulated by the extinguisher rolls. While it may be proposed to furnish separate vents or hues for the extinguisher rolls, a satisfactory chilling function will result from the provision of a. single flue or vent arranged to convey air from the vicinity of both extinguisher rolls. The ue structure illustrated herein should be understood as being illustrative only, since various modes of construction might be resorted to in drawing heat from the vicinity of the rolls. It may be mentioned also that the heat of an incandescent lamp such as 62 might be augmented by providing a separate electrical heater other y than an illuminator, to elect a rapid dissipation of heat from the rolls. In most instances, however, an incandescent illuminating lamp will function properly for the purpose. The characters 65 and 66 indicate electric conductors for the lamp, while the characters 6l and 68 indicate electri-c conductors for the motor 45, all of which are to be connected with a source of electricity suitable for the operation of the motor and illumination of the sign. At the base of lamp 62, the character 69 indicates an intermittent circuit breaker or flasher of well-known design, which may lend attractiveness to the appearance of the advertising sign. A suitable electric switch, not shown, may be connected in the motor and light circuits to de-energize the apparatus when not in use, this requiring the application of common knowledge on the part of an electrician. v

In the embodiment illustrated by Figs. 4 and 5, it will be seen that the cooling means for the extinguisher rolls has been omitted, and that the sub-frame Ill which carries all of the operating mechanism, is entirely separate and distinct from the main frame of the apparatus. The sub-frame l0 has at its front and rear a pair of depending legs 12 and 13, which conveniently may be in the form of angle irons, adapted to slide in and out of the casing of the device with the legs resting upon horizontal angle irons I4 arranged in spaced parallelism Within the casing and secured to the casing uprights as indicated at 15. In describing this modication, the principal elements are given the same reference characters as those of the Fig, 2 construction, while elements not common to both disclosures will carry new reference numerals.

The hopper at the top of Fig. 4 will be found substantially the same as the hopper of Fig. 2, and as indicated generally by the character 2l. The casing of the apparatus has not been altered in the Fig. 4 modification, except for the provision of the guides or runways 14. The Subframe includes the pair of spaced parallel bars 'I0 and the depending elements 'l2 and 13 spanning them at opposite ends, while in upstanding relationship to the bars, there is furnished a pair of uprights 'I6-'I6 and I1-'I1 connected at their upper ends by means of the `bearing bars 'IS-78. The bearing bars are identical, and each is drilled or otherwise formed to provide journals for theV shafts 19 and 80 of a pair of idler sprockets 8l and 82, respectively. If desired, these shafts may be studs provided upon only one of the bearing bars. A set of shafts or hinge pins 83-64 is supported by the bearing bars 'IS-73, and these are spaced apart a distance approximating the width of the hopper opening at its lowermost point. From the pins 83 and 84 are hung the opposed guide plates or curtains 35 and 86, which reach substantially to the extinguisher rolls; The purpose of the plates or curtains is that of directing lighted cigars or cigarettes from the hopper to the extinguisher rolls. The pivotal connections at 83 and 84 preferably are `suniciently tight to preclude accidental displacement of the curtains. The particularmanner` of supporting the curtains or plates is a matter immaterial to the invention, the only requirement being that they secure their support solely from the sub-frame in order that removal of the sub-frame by sliding it upon the guides 'i4- 74 will result in the removal also of the plates or curtains. By this means, it will be seen possible to instantly replace with a substitute unit, the entire operating mechanism that is built upon the sub-frame. "The matter-of servicing the machines is thereby expedited and facilitated to the extent that a machine requiring servicing need never be shipped or transported to a repair shop and thereby taken out of service.

rlhe extinguisher rolls in the modified form of the device are identical to those previously re ferred to in connection with Figs. 2 and 3, wherefore the description thereof need not be repeated. It may be noted, however, that the shaft 81 of roll 28 has its opposite ends journaled each in a swivel bearing 88 having a universal movement such that cooking of the roll shaft out of parallelism with the shaft of roll 2 will not interfere with proper operation or the extinguisher rolls. The swivel bearings 88 are loosely mounted in slots 89 formed in the lower ends of the suspension links 96, and are retained therein by means of bearing caps Si. The broken line 92 indicates a spherical middle portion of the swivel bearings, which works loosely in a socket furnished in the capped end of the suspensi-on link. Bearings of this type are generally known, and are sometimes mounted in rubber in order to secure the desired yieldability for universal movement. By means of this construction, the suspension links may move about their common cross shaft S4 more or less independently of one another, so that a cigar or cigarette entering in one end of a pair of extinguisher rolls may cause that end to yield for acceptance of the cigar or cigarette while the opposite end remains in intermeshing relationship with the adjacent extinguisher roll and is kept in that relationship by the adjacent suspension link spring. From the disclosure of Fig. 5, it will be seen that each suspension link Si] has its own tension spring for maintaining a partial intermesning relationship of the extinguisher rolls. Any acceptable form of stop may be furnished such as the stop 4i of Fig. 2, for limiting the movement of the extinguisher rolls toward one another.

In Fig. l, it will be seen that the suspension link 90 depends from its shaft 84 midway between the idler sprocket shafts "I9 and 80, so that swinging movements of the suspension link will neither tension nor slacken the belt or chain 93 of the power transmission system. In other words, the opposingreaches of the chain or belt extending from sprockets 8| and 82 down to the sprocket 48 which is fixed to the shaftof eX- tinguisher ro1l'28, are equi-distant from the suspension link pivot S4. By means of this construction, the opposing reaches of the chain or belt inversely lengthen and shorten proportionately as the suspension bar is moved about its pivot 84, with the result that the belt or chain maintains always a given tension which enhances the smooth and even transmission of power while maintaining always the indicated relationship between a channel or one extinguisher roll and a rib of the other extinguisher roll. Thus is ensured the desired chilling of the lighted cigarette or cigar end, without a tearing or mastieating action that would be undesirable from the standpoint of depositing burning fragments intoA the container for refuse indicated at 25 of Fig. 1, and which container is to be used in conjunction with the construction of Fig. 4. Like the apparatus of Fig. 2, the modified form illustrated by Figs. 4 and 5 includes an illuminator for the sign plate, and a veryslow motor operating at a speed such as to keep a lightedV cigarette end in chilling contact with the extinguisher rolls through out a period of time suflicient for performance of the extinguishing function.

The reference characters 94, and 9'6 indicate bearings for the shafts of extinguisher roll 21 and for those of the brushes 36 and 31, respectively. The endless belts or chains utilized at opposite sides of the subframe, are indicated by the characters 41 and 55, and these perform to rotate the various rolls and sprockets in the same manner as was explained in connection with Figs. 2 and 3.

While for the purposes of this disclosure the device of the invention has been illustrated and described Yparticularly with reference to certain expedients of construction, it is to be understood that the invention contemplates the use of mechanical equivalents wherever available, within the scope of the appended claims. The various parts 'might be altered in form or in their relationship to rone another without departing from the general mode of operation of the device as a whole, and such alterations are to be considered as being within the scope of the invention unless particularly limited by the following claims.

What is claimed ist 1. An advertising depository for lighted cig'- arettes and the like which comprises in combination a Vhousing including an open-bottomed hopper for receiving and guiding the lighted cigarettes, a pair of metallic chilling rolls mounted for rotation in opposite directions and in substantial parallelism to receive therebetween and advance the' cigarettes fed thereto by the hopper, and constantly operating uniformly slow speed electric motor means for rotating the rolls constantly at such reduced speed as to enforce maintenance of the lighted cigarette ends in contact with the roll surfaces long enough to chill and extinguish said lighted ends.

2. An advertising depository for lighted cigarettesl and the like which comprises in combination a housing including an open-bottomed hopper Yfor receiving and guiding the lighted cigarettes, a pair of metallic rolls mounted for rotation in opposite ydirections and in substantial parallelism to receive therebetween and advance the cigarettes fed thereto by the hopper, means for maintaining a chilling condition of said rolls, and means forrotating the rolls at such reduced speed as to keep the lighted cigarette ends in contact with the roll surfaces long enough to chill and extinguish said lighted ends.

3. An advertising depository for lighted cigarettes and the like, which comprises in combination ahousing including an open-bottomed hopper for receiving and gui-ding the lighted cigarettes, a'pair of metallic rolls mounte-d for rotation in opposite directions and in substantial parallelism to receive therebetween and advance the cigarettes fed thereto by the hopper, and means for rotating the rolls 4at such reduced speed as to keep the lighted cigarette ends in Contact with the roll surfaces long enough to chill and extinguish said lighted ends, a displaceable container beneath the rolls Vfor receiving extinguished cigarettes fed thereto incident to rotational movement of the rolls, an advertising sign including a vented lamp chamber incorporating a heat-generating lamp located above the hopper, and a flue including the lamp chamber, extending from said chamber downwardly to the rolls, for establishing a draft over the rolls and venting the displaceable container when the lamp is energized.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination of a casing having a floor base and solid WallsI along at least three sides of the casing, and including an open-bottomed hopper for receiving and guiding lighted cigarettes or the like, an

advertising translucent sign plate extending uplhopper for receiving and guiding lighted cigarettes ,or the like, an advertising sign plate extending upwardly from the hopper at an inclination to serve as a backstop and chute for guiding to the hopper any article thrown but misdirected toward the hopper, means beneath the open bottom of the hopper for extinguishing the burning portion of the lighted cigarette or the like, a heatgenerating illuminator behind the sign plate, and a relector housing the illuminator, the reflector being vented at its top, and a ilue exten-ding from the extinguishing means upwardly and communicating with the interior of the vented reflector, for directing past the extinguishing means a draft created in the ue by the heat-generating illuminator, thereby to dissipate heat from the extinguishing means.

6. In a device of the class described, the combination of a casing including an open-bottomed hopper for receiving and guiding lighted cigarettes or the like, an advertising sign plate extending upwardly from the hopper at an inclination to serve as a backstop and chute for guiding to the hopper any article received on said sign plate, and means beneath the open bottom of the hopper for extinguishing the burning portion of the lighted cigarette or the like, said extinguishing means comprising a pair of cold elongated rolls rotating at a uniformly slow speed in spaced parallelism and in opposite direction such as to grip and retain the lighted article in contact with the cold roll surfaces until suicient heat is drawn from the lighted article to terminate combustion, and means for maintaining the roll surfaces in a chilling and cleaned condition '7. An extinguisher for lighted cigarettes and the like, including a pair of extinguisher rolls, said rolls being supported for rotational movement in spaced parallelism, the rolls each having an outer surface characterized by alternate ridges and depressions extending longitudinally of the rolls, said depressions being formed on a radius approximating the radius of a cigarette cross-section, means yieldingly urging one roll laterally toward the other with a ridge of one directed toward a depression of the other, without actual contact of the roll one upon the other, and means for effecting a controlled rotation of the rolls in opposite directions at a constant slow speed such as to draw in a cigarette fed between the rolls and to enforce maintenance of the lighted portion in chilling contact therewith for a period of time suicient for snufng said lighted cigarette end.

8. An extinguisher for lighted cigarettes and the like, including a pair of extinguisher rolls, said rolls being supported for rotational movement of the rolls in spaced parallelism, the rolls each having an outer surface characterized by alternate ridges and depressions extending longitudinally of the rolls, said depressions being formed on a radius approximating the radius of a cigarette cross-section, means yieldingly urging one roll laterally toward the other with a ridge of one directed toward a depression of the other, without actual contact of one roll upon the other, and means for effecting a controlled rotation of' the rolls in opposite directions at a uniformly slow speed such as to draw in a cigarette fed between the rolls and to maintain the lighted portion in chilling contact therewith for a period of time sufficient for snuiing said lighted cigarette end, each ridge of each roll being defined by a pair of opposed parallel sharp edges to grip the cigarette for feeding same into the depressions cf the opposite roll.

9. An extinguisher for lighted cigarettes and the like, including a pair of extinguisher rolls, said rolls being supported for rotational movement of the rolls in spaced parallelism, the rolls each having an outer surface characterized by alternate ridges and depressions extending longitudinally of the rolls, said depressions being formed on a radius lapproximating the radius of a cigarette cross-section, means yieldingly urging one roll laterally toward the other with a ridge of one directed toward a depression of the other, without actual contact between the rolls to avoid masticating action thereof upon the cigarette, and means for effecting a controlled speed of rotation of the rolls in opposite directions, said speed of rotation being constant and reduced to an extent such as to maintain the lighted portion of a cigarette in chilling contact with the rolls for a period of time suicient for snuiiing said lighted cigarette end, each ridge of each roll being defined by a pair of opposed parallel sharp edges to grip the cigarette for feeding same into the depressions of the opposite roll, and a pair of rotating brushes arranged for dislodging the extinguished whole cigarette from the `depressions of the rolls as the rolls rotate with one roll carrying the extinguished cigarette in a depression thereof.

10. In an advertising depository of the class described, the combination of a main frame, a housing having an open top and a hopper partially closing said open top, said hopper having an open bottom permitting the discarded objects to pass by gravity into the housing interior, a bodily displaceable sub-frame insertible and removable relative to the housing, including means for the support of the sub-frame by the main frame, and extinguishing means carried solely and entirely by the sub-frame, for receiving discarded cigars and cigarettes from the hopper and snuing the lighted ends thereof.

11. In an advertising depository of the class described, the combination of a main frame, a housing having an open top and a hopper including upwardly and outwardly divergent inclined walls partially closing said open top, said hopper having an open bottom permitting discarded ciragettes or cigars deposited therein to pass by gravity into the housing interior, a bodily displaceable sub-frame insertible and removable relative to the housing, including means for the support of the sub-frame by the main frame, ex-

tinguishing means carried solely and entirely by the sub-frame, for receiving and snufng discarded cigars and cigarettes directed thereto by the hopper, said extinguishing means being spaced from the open bottom of thefhopper a distance exceeding the length of normal human fingers, and guide means providingachute to direct the discarded cigars and cigarettes through said space and into said extinguishing means.

12. In an advertising depository of the class described, the combination of a main frame, a housing having an open top and a hopper including upwardly and outwardly divergent inclined Walls partially closing` said open top, for intercepting and guiding discarded cigarettes or cigars depositedv within the hopper, said hopper having an open bottom permitting the discarded objects to pass bygravity into the housing interior, a bodily displaceable sub-frame insertible and removable relative to the housing, including means for the support of the sub-frame by the main frame, extinguishing meansin the form of slowly rotating power driven rolls carried solely and entirely by the sub-frame, for receiving and snuing discarded cigars and cigarettes directed thereto by the hopper, said extinguishing means being spaced from the open bottom of the hopper a distance exceeding the length of normal human lingers, and guide means supported upon and movable with the sub-frame, providing a chute to direct the discarded cigars and ci-garettes through said space and into the extinguishing means.

13. An advertising depository and extinguisher for lighted cigarettes and the like, comprising in combination a floor base, and front and side walls cooperating to provide a housing, said side walls bottom hopper located between the side Walls and extending from the front wall rearwardly to said upwardly and rearwardly extended edge portions of the side walls, a translucent back-stop plate spanning said portions of the side walls'in correspondingly inclined relationship thereto, for guiding into the hopper an article received thereon, a rear wall cooperating with said side wall extensions and said back-stop plate to provide a compartment including a lampvfor illuminating said plate indirectly from the rear thereof, means beneath the hopper bottom for extinguishing the burning portion and storing the cigarette stub after extinguishment, and means extending from adjacent said extinguishing means to said compartment i or conducting air from said extinguishing means to said compartment.

14. An advertising depository and extinguisher for cigarettes and the like, comprising in combination a iioor base, and front and side walls cooperating to provide a housing, said side walls being joined to the front wall in spaced relationship, and each of said side walls including a substantially horizontal hopper-supporting edge and an inclined edge, the latter being projected rearwardly and upwardly from the hopper-supporting edge at a distance from the front wall, an open-bottom hopper supported between the front wall and the substantiallyhorizontal hopper-supporting edges of the side walls, a translucent plate sloping upwardly from the hopper and between the inclined edges of the side walls, to provide a back stop for guiding into the-hopper an article received on said plate, means between the inclined edge portions of the side walls providing a source of illumination for the translucent plate whereby to emphasize its back-stop characteristic, means beneath the open bottom of the hopper for extinguishing the burning portion and storing the cigarette stub after extinguishment, and anopenended duct extending from adjacent said extinguishing means to the region of the source of illumination, for conveying air from said extinguishing means to the region of the translucent plate..

` 15. An advertising depository for discarded cigarettes and the like, comprising in combination a iioor base, vand front and side walls cooperating to provide a housing, said side walls being joined to the front wall and disposed in spaced relationship, and each of said side walls including a substantially horizontal hopper-supporting edge and an inclined edge, the latter being projected rearwardly and upwardly from the hopper-supporting edge at a distance from the front wall, an open-bottom hopper disposed between the substantially horizontal hopper-supporting edges of the side Walls, and including al rear -wall inclined from the bottom opening upwardly to the inclined edges of the housing side walls at an angle corresponding substantially to the inclination of the last mentioned housing side wall edges, a translucent plate sloping upwardly from the hopper rear wall and along the inclined edges of the housing side walls, to provide a back stop for guiding into the hopper an article received on said plate, means cooperating with the plate, the hopper rear wall, and the side walls of the housing, to provide a lamp compartment behind the .translucent plate, whereby the plate is illuminated from the rear to emphasize its back-stop characteristic, means beneath the open bottom of the hopper for storing articles so Iguided through the hopper, and an open-ended duct means extending from adjacent the open bottom of the hopper to said lamp compartment, for conducting air from said hopper bottom to said compartment.

HARRY SCHWARTZ.

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