US2575261A - Cigar or cigarette extinguisher - Google Patents

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NOV- 13, 1951 M. DE LA TORRE CIGAR OR CIGARETTE EXTINGISHER Filed July 12, 1946 Patented Nov. 13, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 I 2 Claims. l This invention relates to a cigar or -cigarette extinguisher.

An object of the invention is to provide novel means specially designed to receive a plurality of lighted cigar or cigarette stubs to extinguish the stubs and thereafter eject the extinguished stubs from the extinguisher.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cigar, or cigarette, extinguisher which will readily receive lighted stubs and quickly extinguished them.

It is a further object of the invention to provide an extinguisher of the character described that may be easily cleansed without affecting the working parts or the functioning of the device.

Novel means have also been provided which will prevent the clogging of the stub receivers Vby the stubs and the ashes as the stubs are successively delivered thereto and ejected therefrom.

The extinguisher also includes novel means for holding a partly used lighted cigar or cigarette.

It is still a further object of the invention to provide an extinguisher of the character described which is very compact, is of neat appearance, which may be cheaply and easily produced and which has few parts not liable to wear or get out of order by constant use.

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

Figure 1 is a vertical, sectional view of the extinguisher showing the parts in stub discharging position taken on the line I-I of Figure 2.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the ejector.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view of another embodiment showing only a two bore receiver and showing the parts in stub receiving position.

Figure 5 is a cross sectional view on the line 5-5 of Figure 4; and

. Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view thereof taken on the line 6-8 of Figure 4.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings wherein like numerals of reference designate the same parts in each of the figures, the numeral I designates the receiver which may be of any selected design and which has, in the preferred form, a plurality of bores 2 therein whose upper ends are preferably flared and whose (Cl. ISI-256) lower ends 2a are reduced in diameter. The upper ends of the bores are flared so as to facilitate the insertion of the lighted stubs tobe extinguished into said bores. The portion of each bore between the ared upper end and the reduced low end is of approximately the same diameter as that of an ordinary cigar, or cigarette, so that when the stub is inserted therein the bore will be substantially closed to exclude any appreciable amount of air from the lighted end of the stub. The lower end of each bore is gradually reduced as shown so as to conform to the shape of said lighted cigar, and to conduce to a quicker extinguishing of the fire and said lower end terminates in an approximately cylin', drical outlet.

The receiver I is formed with a pluralityo bores 2. As shown in Figures l and 2 there are three bores 2 but as shown in Figures 4 to, 6, inclusive, there are only two of said bores shown. As shown in Figures 1 and 2 the receiver is secured to the lower end of a tubular stem. 3 which extends on down through the receiver, as shown. Within the upper end of the stem there is a coil spring 4 whose upper end contacts the plug 5 which closes the upper end of the Vstein and whose lower end is seated against the upper end of the guide 'I. This guide is fastened to the bottom of an ash tray 8 by means of a clamp nut 9 which is threaded onto the lower vend. of said guide andthe guide projects up into the lower end of the stem and its upper end is flared forming a head I0 adapted to engage an inside annular shoulder Il to prevent detachment of the stem from the guide. f

It will be noted that the central portion o! the bottom of the ash tray has an elevated platform I2 to the center of which the guide 1 is secured. The upward movement of the stem 3 is limited by the engagement of the'shoulder Il with the head I and the downward movement is limited by the platform I2.

There is an ejector formed with a flat base I3 and with upstanding arms I4 whose upper ends are formed with the outwardly turned flat ngers I5. t.

Each bore 2 is formed with an inside radially extended slot I6 which extends from the lower to the upper end thereof and into which the upper ends of the arms I4 project.

It will be noted from an inspection of Figures 1 and 2 that the fingers I5 fall short of the vertical axis of the corresponding bore 2.

The base I3 has a central opening I1 and this base is located directly on the platform I2 and 3 the lower end of the guide 1 extends through said base so that the ejector will be clamped in place by the clamp nut 9.

The spring 4 will normally hold the receiver elevated with the ejector arms in the lower ends of the corresponding slots I6.

In operation the user may insert as many lighted stubs as there are vacant bores in the receiver 1.leaving .the inserted stub, or stubsin position until extinguished. On'account of the exclusion of air and on account of the close contact of the lighted end of the stub with the reduced lower end of the bore the lighted stub so inserted will be quickly extinguishedwithout-api plying any pressure on the stubwhatsoever.

When all the bores are iilled with the stubs'the stem 3 may be moved downwardlyA thusfforcing.

the receiver l downwardly until it engagesrthe platform l2. During this downward movement the arms l5 will prevent downward movement 'o ffthe stubsin the bores so that when the receiver "Iia'sdaeen moved to-its lowermost positionl the stubs ;will-be unsupportedv and will discharge by gravity doutwardly and downwardly into the ash tray 8 fandupcpri` relief of the pressure the Vspring 4 will jbores12., 'In this embodiment of the invention tthere 'is an upstanding bracket I8 whose lower jendis'overturned andY rests on the'platform 2 .andthe lowery end of the` stem v'la is reduced and externally threaded and 4extends through said overturned end and through said platform and .the clamp nut 9.is threaded onto saidv lowerend 'to secure said parts assembled. IIl this :form of .the invention the receiver la is scented onto-the' lower end of the` tubular stemSa, saidjy lower end being provided with an outwardly tllmdflangel to retain the receiverV thereon and the ,upper endof the bracket I8 is provided with 'an overturned stop I9 againstwhich the receiver ,engages to jlimit theupward movement of the receiver.

this form of .the invention each bore 2 is l.provifded witha slotla, .saidslots 15a extending approximately radially with respect to the bores 2, The bracket I`8 has theoverturnedngers 20, fziwhich extend into said slots [6a. A Withn the stem 53a there is a compression .'.SPITIiglI Whose Yupper en'djbears against the plug :5* and whoseilower end bears against the upper endofthe guide'la.

The spring 4 will normally hold the receiver, la

in ,elevated .position with the fingers 20 atV the lower ends of. the slots [6a` i mUponinsertion of a lightedicigar, .or cigarette, ,stubr into a bore`2 it will'be extinguished, as'hereinabove,explainedandwhen the bores are lled the stem maybe depressedplacing ,the spring 4 under compression and moving the receiver la downwardlyrelative to thevngersZtl thus correspondingly elevating the stubs relative tothe receiver, said stubs being supported by the fingers 29 and onaccountof said ngers being located inwardly of said central lines of the bores the `stubs will be overbalanced and will fall outwardly o'f the respective bores.

:testis 'clearly-illustrated in Figures 4 and 5 the bracket i8 is laterally extended and formed with 4the upwardly curved wings 2l, 2l whose upper zendsgareprovided with notches 22, 22 to receive partially used cigars, or cigarettes, which may be inserted and temporarily held therein.

The tray 8 may be of any selected design provvided. with an upstanding marginal: rimztoretain the contents thereof.

The 'drawings and description areziilustrative merely while the broad principledf, thenvention will be deiined` by the appended claims.,l

l. A stub extinguisher;ccmprising,;areceiver having a stub-receiving bore,- the:.lowergend;zofthe bore being tapered, said;y receiver fhavingazslot Yextending fromthe uppeirtothelower;endgthereof through the wall of the receiver and to therbone, and an ejector one end ofwvhichiisaarranged to work in said slotk and is formed' with: an extension lwhich. projects'intorthe gbore; said extension `being oiset relative to the axisoithcstubrreceiving bore, and said receiver being movable relativezto the ejector tofejectsaid stub-fromthebore.

2. A cigar or cigarette extinguisher comprising,; a platform, aguide upstanding therefrom@ stem slidable on the guide,v a`receivcrrixed tothe lower end of the stem andhaving `avbore therethrough shaped to receive a stub-,and-,provided with a vertical slot extendingradiallyrom said bore, an ejector xed on the platform yand arranged to work in said slot and which projects into said'bore, yieldable means normallyvmaintaining the ejector at the lower end of the slot and means permitting relative movement ofthe `receiverl and the ejector to displace' the stubzfrom ksaid bore.

VlVA'lYlZIEIJ DE LA TORRE.

vREFERENGES CITED The following references areof record. in 1' the `file of this patent:

UNITED' STATES -PATENTS Number Name Date 1,359,803 Harnsberger Nov. 23g-1920 1,531,700 Jones Mar. 31, '1925 1,644,245 Freeman Oct. 4, 1927 2,238,503 Owen Apr.r15, 1941 2,295,568 DeLa Torre Septl, 1942 2,327,518 Glidden Aug. 24, 1943 FOREIGN PATENlS Number Country Date 417,673 France Sept.'7, 1910

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