US3733004A - Device for opening and closing receptacles for the reception of incandescent matter - Google Patents

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US3733004A
US3733004A US00127155A US3733004DA US3733004A US 3733004 A US3733004 A US 3733004A US 00127155 A US00127155 A US 00127155A US 3733004D A US3733004D A US 3733004DA US 3733004 A US3733004 A US 3733004A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
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    • A24F19/09—Ash-trays with automatically-acting safety devices, e.g. heat-responsive

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  • ABSTRACT A device for opening and closing a receptacle in ac cordance with the presence or absence of incandescent matter is provided.
  • One or a plurality of infrared radiation detectors are mounted in the receptacle and in accordance 'with an electronic amplifier system and an electro-mechanical control system will cause a flap of the receptacle to open in the presence of incandes cent matter and to close in the absence thereof.
  • the present invention generally relates to a new device for opening and closing receptacles of the type intended for receiving incandescent matter and more particularly to a new device for the opening and closing of receptacles by controlling the same in accordance with the presence or absence of such matter in the vicinity of an entrance to the receptacle.
  • receptacles will be referred to by way of example as ash trays, since these are the most commonly and frequently used to receive cigarette ashes.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide a new and improved unique device for automatically opening and closing a cigarette type ash tray upon the presence or absence of a lit cigarette.
  • One other object of the subject invention is to provide a new and improved unique device which includes an infra-red radiation detector for causing the appropriate opening and closing of a receptacle.
  • a device for enabling the automatic opening and closing of a receptacle by means of a control system such as one which includes an infra-red radiation detector.
  • a control system such as one which includes an infra-red radiation detector.
  • FIG. 1 shows a partially cut-away perspective view of a cigarette ash tray according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a schematic representation of an electronic controlling device according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 an ash tray is shown as including a receptacle 1 for receiving incandescent matter and ash.
  • the receptacle 1 can be emptied by any desired means as will be apparent from the following description.
  • the receptacle 1 is mounted inside a housing 2 which is closed by a cover 3. Above the receptacle 1 an opening is provided which may be closed by a flap 4.
  • the flap 4 is mounted on a rotatable axle 5 so that it may swing or pivot towards the interior of the receptacle 1 and thereby permit the passage and fall of any ash or incandescent matter, and then rise again to close the opening produced in the cover 3. Therefore, it should be understood that the dimensions of the flap 4 must be smaller than those of the interior of the receptacle I in order to permit the flap to swing up and down.
  • the axle 5 is rotatably mounted on two tongues 6 and 7 which are secured under the cover 3 and a gear wheel 8 such, for example as a'bevel gear is mounted on one of the ends of the axle 5.
  • the gear wheel 8 meshes with a second and similar type gear 9 and the same is rotatably driven by a driving and reducing means 10.
  • the gear wheels 8 and 9 are arranged in such a manner that, when the cover .3 is raised, the gear wheels will disengage from one another, but when the cover 3 is returned to its original position, the two gear wheels 8 and 9 will again engage with one another. Such an operation will permit the opening and easy emptying of the ash tray receptacle 1. It should be apparent that other devices for preventing the opening of the cover 3 could readily be employed with the present invention, such for example as by means of a flap positioned at the bottom of the ash tray receptacle 1 and the housing 2.
  • the ash tray receptacle 1 is wedged in the housing 2 by any suitable means and, in some cases, can even be permanently fixed therein if the device is such as to permit easy emptying without the danger of spilling any ash or incandescent matter outside the ash tray receptacle I, i.e., in the space between the ash tray receptacle l and the housing 2.
  • the approximately central opening produced in the cover 3 is defined by an edge 11 extending around the entire circumference thereof and forms the edge against which the flat 4 bears.
  • Supports 12 are provided in a conventional manner so that cigarettes can be deposited and supported with the incandescent portion lying above the flap.
  • One or a plurality of holes 13 are provided in the edge-l1 and one or a plurality of infra-red radiation detectors 14 are secured therein.
  • the detectors 14 can be of any known type, such for example as being formed by diodes of the photosensitive cell type. The presence of any incandescent matter emitting infra-red radiation in the vicinity of such detectors will produce a reaction in the detector which can be used to control the opening of the flap 4 by means of an electronic circuit which will be described below.
  • the driving and reducing means is schematically represented in FIG. 1 as a reducing motor unit, however, it can be easily understood that it may be replaced by any other suitable device such for example as one or a plurality of electro-magnets, the excitation or nonexcitation of which causes the flap 4 to open or close.
  • any other suitable device such for example as one or a plurality of electro-magnets, the excitation or nonexcitation of which causes the flap 4 to open or close.
  • the flap 4 is shown as being opened by a swinging or pivoting movement about a horizontal axis, that without departing from the scope of the present invention, it is possible to provide devices having one or a plurality of flaps opening along any desired axis, such for example as with the air of sliding plates rotating about a vertical axis or cone-shaped devices moving up and down in a cylindrical opening.
  • the electrical and electronic system of the present invention includes a current supply represented in FlG. 1 by a set of batteries 15 which are held in a support 16 fixed to the housing 2 and mounted in series by means of any conventional device.
  • the three batteries shown in FIG. 1 are mounted with two of them standing and the other being inverted so that they may be connected in series by means of two connecting devices.
  • One of the battery connections (not shown) is located at the bottom of the support 16 and connects the lower pole of the battery 15 which is connected to the upper pole of the battery 15 by means of a conventional device 17 which can be fixed, for example, to the cover 3.
  • the electro-motive force of the set of batteries in series is therefore regulated between the upper pole 18 of the battery 15" and the lower pole 19 of the battery 15.
  • the detector 14 is connected to an electronic circuit which essentially includes an amplifier and the circuit can be mounted on a board 20 which may be printed or even integrated circuits and the same is in turn connected to the current supply 15,15',l5" and the electromechanical device 10.
  • the detector is therefore connected to the current supply via the circuit board amplifying device and to the electromechanical device 10 by the same amplifier.
  • FIG. 2 shows a schematic representation of an electronic device suitable for mounting upon the board 20 of FIG. 1 and the same is shown as including between a pair of terminals 21 and 22 of the current supply, an
  • infra-red detector 23 formed by a diode-type cell, such for example as the type known in the trade under the name O.A.P.l2, and two transistors 24 and 25 which combine with their associated circuit elements to form an amplifying device.
  • the electro-mechanical system is schematically represented in HQ. 2 by an electro-magnet 26. It should be apparent that one or a plurality of detectors and one or a plurality of electro-mechanical control devices can be utilized as required, depending essentially on the importance of the dimensions of the opening, the flow of incandescent matter and ash, and the energy required for opening and closing the device which obstructs the entrance to the ash tray.
  • the current supply is schematically represented in FIG. 1 by means of three batteries in series. Obviously, it is possible to provide any device which is fed either from independent supplies incorporated in the housing 2, or from an external supply such as a main supply, without departing from the scope of the present invention.
  • An ash tray comprising:
  • a receptacle having an entrance defined therefor
  • a device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the detector is an infra-red radiation detector.
  • closure means is a normally horizontal flap which is mounted on a rotatable axle.
  • a device as claimed in claim 4 wherein a first gear wheel is mounted on one end of said axle and wherein a second gear wheel meshes with said first gear wheel and is connected to said control system.

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