US2487529A

US2487529A - Cigarette extinguisher

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Publication number: US2487529A
Application number: US603944A
Authority: US
Inventors: Torre Manuel De La
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1945-07-09
Filing date: 1945-07-09
Publication date: 1949-11-08
Anticipated expiration: 1966-11-08

Description

Nov. f8, 1949 Filed July 9,1945

M. DE LA TORRE CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHER Patented Nov. 8, 1949 CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHER Manuel de lavTorre, Houston, Tex.

` Application July 9, 1945,.Serial No. 603,944

4 Claims. (Cl. IBI- 256) This invention relates to a cigarette extin- -gusher and embodies certain improvements over that type of extinguisher disclosed in my United States Patent No. 2,123,719 issued on the 12th day of July, 1938.

An object of the invention is to provide a Very simple mechanism that will operate in such man- ;ner as to meet the diierent requirements and uses for which an extinguisher of this type is designed. v

.Another object of the invention is to provide an extinguisher of the character described of suchconstruction that it will facilitate the reception of burned matches, ashes, and lighted cigaran extinguisher whereby the cigarette stubs may be extinguished and reduced in bulk along their full length by the clamping elements and the extinguished stubs thereby formed to pass between the clamping elements in a somewhat more e'icient manner and by the use of a simpler construction than that disclosed in the patent above referred to.

It is a further feature of the invention to provide a cigarette extinguisher which is very compact, of very neat appearance and may be cheaply produced.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention has particular relation to certain novel features of construction, operation and arrangement of parts, an example of which is given in this specification and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a vertical, sectional view of a preferred form of the invention shown in operative position with one unextinguished stub dropped into position to be extinguished and taken on the line I-I of Figure 3.

Figure 2 is a vertical, sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring now more particularly to the draw.- ings,'wherein like numerals of reference designate the same parts in each of the gures, the numeral I designates a'casing having surrounding side walls but open at the top and bottom. There is a central'swinginglever clamp 2 pivoted at its lower end in the casing on the transverse pin 3. On opposite sides of the clamp 2 are the fixed "fronting clamping faces 5a., 5a. i swinging clamp is provided with clamping faces "orstationary' clamps 5, 5 secured in the casing,

there being the vexit passageways 4, li between the swinging clamp and the respective stationary clamps. The'clamps are provided with the con- The central 6a, 6a on opposite sides and has transverse slots 6 therethrough, in which the release plates 'lare mounted. The upper ends of the release plates are pivoted to the movable clamp by means of the transverse pivot pin 8, fixed in said clamp and movable in aligned transverse slots I0 of the release plates l. A pin Sxed to the casing walls extends transversely through the arcuate slot II in the movable clamp 2 and through the lower ends of said release plates 1. The plates 'I are thus'maintained in fixed relation to each other butin variable relationship to the `faces of the swinging clamp and yet are permitted the required freedom of movement as the swinging clamp 2 is moved from side to side, since the distance between the pivot pin 8 in the swinging clamp and the. pin 9 fixed to the casing varies as said clamp is moved.

The stationary clamps 5 are provided with deep slots I2 in which the release plates I3 move, being pivoted at their upper ends on the pins I5. The fixed clamps 5 may be secured in the casing by the'screws I4, said screws serving also to hold the parts of the casing together as shown in Fig- -ures 1 and 2. The plates I3 are spaced apart vacross the casing and are so distributed as to `sumcient pressure on the ignited cigarette stub to crush and extinguish it with a comparatively light effort of the ngers.

The links I6 connecting the release plates I3 with the lower end of the pivoted clamp 2, move in recesses I8 in the side walls of the `casing out of the way of the falling compressed stubs.

When in use one or more cigarette stubs may be dropped between vthe swinging clamp and an opposite stationary clamp as indicated in Figure 1 at the right wherein-a lighted stub is shown as dropped between theopposing series of plates 1 and I3 projecting into the receiving space between the clamps and retained by these plates at a point sufficiently high to prevent large sparks from dropping into a waste container below when compressed.

A single movement then, of the central swinging clamp againstl said stub at the right will compress and extinguish it. This will then leave space at the left between the swinging clamp 2 and the left hand xed clamp 5 for the reception of the next succeeding stub to be disposed of. It will be noted from an inspection of Figure 1 that when the clamp 2 is swung into position to compress and extinguish a lighted stub it will be spaced a short distance from the opposing' fixed clamp 5 and so related to it that the lighted stub will be compressed uniformly from end to end to a flat shape so that when released it will readily drop down into the ash tray beneath.

As will bev noted froman inspection of Figure 1, the inside faces of the side walls of the casing are provided with vertical, ccncaved depressions, or grooves, as i911, adjacent the inside, or clamping, faces of the fixed clamps 5, 5 to provide addition-al space and to prevent the clogging of the flattened stubs.

As the central clamp is pushed over toward one of the fixed clamps, as at the left in Figure 1, the left hand link I6 pushes the release plates i3 entirely into the slots I2 in the stationary clamp 5 on that side while the pin 9 fixed to the casing holds back the release plates 'l pivoted at 8 inthe swinging clamp so that they do not project through the left hand compressing face of this clamp. The sets of release plates l and iii arethus moved in the slots in which they are located in the two clamps to the position shown in Figure 1 at the left so that the stub is compressed and extinguished between planar ol?- posing surfaces of the swinging and fixed clamps.

When the swinging clamp 2 is moved in the other direction to release the flattened cigarette stub, the edges of the release plates 'l and i3 by means of the pin 9 and left hand link IB, respectively, will be simultaneously projected out beyond the slots in which they move so as to then push off the flattened stub from the jaw to which it might otherwise adhere because of its moist condition and to drop into the waste container through the opening il, this projected position of the plates now being similar to that shown at the right in Figure l, wherein the stub is shown as also retained in this same position of the plates. The cycle of operation is first, retention of the stub by projected position of the plates l and i3; then withdrawal of plates l and i3 into the clamp faces during compression; then projection again to detach the stub as moving clamp 2 is pushed over to compress a stub in the opposite side, and again retention in this open position of a fresh stub.

The invention is not restricted by the illustration shown and described and changes in detail of construction may be made within the principle of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. 1n a cigarette extinguisher having a casing, a movable and a stationary clamping element spaced apart and positioned to provide a receiver for ashes, lighted cigarette stubs, and the like, between the clamping elements, said movable element being pivotally mounted and opposing the stationary element and thus forming means to compress said stubs and means in the respective clamping elements movable to release the compressed stubs from between said elements upon movement of the movable clamping element to open position.

2. A cigarette extinguisher provided with lateral stationary clamps spaced apart, a central movable clamp between the stationary clamps and pivotally mounted to produce a leverlike action toward and from the stationary clamps for easy crushing of lighted cigarette stubs against the lateral clamps, and means in the clamps to hold the lighted stubs and movable to detach the compressed stubs upon movement of the central clamp, said movable clamp being movable to positions providing alternate openings to allow for the compressed stubs to pass from between the clamps when the movable clamp is moved to either of said positions.

3. A cigarette extinguisher comprising a casing having spaced stationary clamps, a central pivoted clamp between .and spaced from and movable towards and from the stationary clamps thus forming receiving spaces, movable retaining and detaching elements in the clamps arranged to hold lighted stubs and to detach compressed stubs from theclamps, means secured to the central clamp to transmit its movement to the retaining and detaching elements in the stationary clamps, and means to project and withdraw the retaining and detaching elements in said central clamp upon its swinging movement when moved from one side to the other.

4. A cigarette extinguisher comprising, a casing open at the top and bottom, spaced stationary clamping elements in the casing having clamping faces, a movable clamping element pivoted in the casing between the stationary elements and having clamping faces confronting the faces of the stationary clamping elements, release plates pivoted in said clamping elements, said movable clamping element being movable alternatively inta clamping relation with the faces of the stationary elements to compress a cigarette stub between one face of said movable element and one face of one of said stationary elements and to provide a receiving space for a cigarette stub between the other face of the movable element and the corresponding face of the other stationary element, and operative connections between the release plates of the stationary clamping elements and the movable clamping element whereby said plates will be projected into said receiving space to retain the stub therein and will be withdrawn from projecting position relative to said clamping faces.

MANUEL DE LA TORRE.

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