US2733721A

US2733721A - Cigarette extinguishing and disposing ash tray

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Publication number: US2733721A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1956-02-07
Anticipated expiration: 1973-02-07

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c. A. KITCHENS ETAL 2,733,721

CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHING AND DISPOSING ASH TRAY Feb. 7, 1956 Filed March 11, 1953 Char/es A. Kitchens Robert E; Kruse INVENTORS United States Patent 2,733,721 CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHING AND DISPUSENG ASH TRAY Charles A. Kitchens, Anaheim, Calif., and Robert E.

Kruse, Portland, Greg, assignors, by direct and mesne assignments, to said Kruse Application March 11, 1953, Serial No. 341,766 2 Claims. (Cl. 131-235) The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in ash trays for automobiles or other vehicles and more particularly to means for extinguishing and disposing of partially consumed cigarettes placed in the ash tray.

An important object of the invention is to provide an ash tray wherein the ash tray includes a plunger positioned for feeding the cigarette butts into a disposing tube wherein the cigarettes are accumulated in end-to-end relation and extinguished therein until the tube is filled, and thereafter subsequent cigarette butts forced into the tube will eject extinguished cigarette butts from the delivery end of the tube.

Another object is to provide a device of this character of simple and practical construction, which is neat and attractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended. v 1

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the ash tray or receiver in open position;

Figure 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the ash tray in closed position;

Figure 4 is a top plan view; and

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 55 of Figure 4.

Referring now to the drawing in detail wherein for the purpose of illustration we have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates the ash tray which is of trough-like construction and includes a V-shaped bottom 6 having a longitudinally extending channel 7 at its lower'central portion.

The ash tray or receiver 5 is mounted in an opening 8 in the instrument-panel 9 of an automobile or other motor vehicle and is slidable inwardly and outwardly in the opening on a pair of channel-shaped guides 10 in which the channel-shaped side edges 11 of the ash trap are slidably supported. The channel guides 10 are soldered or otherwise suitably suported on a pair of longitudinally extending bars 12 having their rear ends soldered or otherwise suitably secured to a bridging member 13 which is welded or otherwise suitably secured to the fire wall 14 of the vehicle behind the instrument panel 9.

The front end of the ash tray or receiver 5 is closed by a front wall 15 which is curved downwardly to conform to the curvature of the instrument panel 9 and which projects below the bottom of the ashtray 5 to form a finger gripping flange 16.

A plunger 17 is welded or otherwise suitably secured in the front end of channel 7 at the bottom of the ash tray and a shield 18 is welded or otherwise suitably secured to the upper side edges of the ash tray to overlie the plunger 17 and the shield includes a downwardly extending flange 19 within the ash tray and substantially in the vertical plane of the rear end of the plunger to prevent cigarettes and ashes from lodging on top of the plunger.

The rear wall 20 of the ash tray or receiver 5 is formed with an opening 21 in alignment with the rear end of channel 7 to receive a stationary tube 22 which has its front end projecting into the channel 7 for sliding the ash tray relative thereto. The rear end of tube 22 is suitably secured in the fire wall 14 of the vehicle and extends from the rear end of the ash tray to the exterior of the vehicle.

By pulling the ash tray or receiver 5 outwardly into its open position, as illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawing, the cigarette butts deposited into the ash tray will settle in the channel 7 forwardly of the front end of stationary tube 22 and rearwardly of the plunger 17 whereby closing movement of the ash tray will cause the plunger 17 to force the cigarette butt into the front end of tube 22 and by so doing, the cigarette will be extinguished. As the tube 22 becomes filled with the cigarette butts, the succeeding cigarettes forced into the tube will eject the cigarette from the delivery end of the tube into a suitable receptacle or onto the ground outside the automobile.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation of the device will be readily understood and further explanation is believed to be unnecessary. However, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the appended claims.

,What is claimed as new is as follows:

l. A cigarette and ash receiving tray for a motor vehicle comprising an elongated substantially horizontal tube interposed between an instrument panel and a fire wall of the vehicle said ash tray being adapted to receive ashes and partially consumed cigarettes, said tube having a cigarette and ash receiving end and a discharging end, a tray slidably mounted relative to the tube and having a front wall, the tray being contoured to provide a sleeve telescopingly mounted on the cigarette and ash receiving end of the tube, a plunger carried by the front wall of the tray having an end adapted to project into the tube in telescoping relation to project ashes and partially consumed cigarettes into the tube, a shield having a horizontal wall carried by the front wall of the tray and having a downturned flange approximately aligned with the projecting end of the plunger to protect the plunger and maintain its eifectiveness by preventing it from becoming covered by debris.

2. An ash tray for a motor vehicle comprising a receptacle slidably mounted in an instrument panel of the vehicle, a tube telescopingly mounted within the receptacle, said receptacle having a plunger having afree end and a plunger carrying front face so proportioned that the plunger projects into the tube to propel partially consumed cigarettes and other debris into the tube, a shield carried by the receptacle and having a downturned flange approximately aligned with the free end of the plunger to protect the plunger and maintain its effectiveness by preventing it from becoming covered by debris.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS DeBoer May 16, 1939