JPH06254255A - Flush-type cigarette butt collecting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a flush-type cigarette butt collecting device which can safely recover cigarette butts and ash in ashtrays in a pinball machine hall, is not burnt by the fire of a cigarette, eliminates the danger of a fire, can save energy by automatically recovering the ash, cigarette butts and wastes, etc., in ashtrays, and reduce the staining by cigarettes in a room. CONSTITUTION:A water passage 4 is provided under a top board 2 of a pinball machine 1, and an ashtray part 3 and the top board 2 are made to communicate with the water passage 4 by providing an opening. At the end of the water passage 4, a cleaning unit 9 to remove cigarette butts and wastes is provided, and cigarette butts in the ashtray 3 are dropped in the water passage, and the fire of the cigarette butt is extinguished by the water in the water passage 4. Then, the cigarette butts are carried to a specified place, and collected at the cleaning unit 9.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique for collecting and processing tobacco smoked by a player at a pachinko parlor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a player playing a game with a pachinko machine in a pachinko machine smokes using an ashtray attached to a top plate on which a pachinko storage box or the like in front of the pachinko machine is placed. Disposable cigarette butts on the ashtray emit smoke and fill the room with cigarette smoke, not only polluting the indoor air environment strongly, but also adversely affecting the operation of the pachinko machine using electronic devices, and also the machine and air conditioning. The equipment and the room were dirty with cigarette tar. In addition, the cigarettes burned and burned, causing a fire. In order to eliminate these points, a device has been developed in which a recovery conveyor is installed under the top plate, and cigarette butts and ash in an ashtray are dropped onto the conveyor and discharged. However, in this case, there is a risk that a lit cigarette falls on the conveyor, the conveyor is burned by the cigarette, or a fire occurs due to the cigarette fire during transportation or at the discharge destination.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The problems to be solved by the present invention are to solve these conventional problems, to safely collect cigarette butts and ash, and to prevent the burning of cigarettes due to the fire. There is no danger, and the ash / butt of cigarette ashtray
An object of the present invention is to provide an excellent water-washing type cigarette butts collection device that can automatically collect dust and the like to save labor, and that does not pollute the room with cigarettes.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems The gist of the present invention, which has solved the above problems, is as follows: 1) An ashtray portion is provided on a top plate on which a pachinko storage box or the like provided on the front surface of a plurality of pachinko machines is placed. A water channel is provided below the top plate, the bottom of the ashtray section and the top plate are opened to allow cigarettes to be dropped into the water channel, and the water in the water channel is purified by removing cigarette butts, tobacco ash, etc. in the water. Water-washing type butts collection device characterized by draining water through the water purification section 2) An ashtray section is provided on the top plate on which the pachinko storage boxes etc. installed on the front of multiple pachinko machines are placed A water channel is provided below, the bottom of the ashtray part and the top plate are opened to allow cigarettes to be dropped into the water channel, and the water in the water channel is passed through a water purification unit that purifies the water by removing cigarette butts, tobacco ash, etc. in the water. Washable butts collection characterized by circulating with a pump Device 3) A flushable butts recovery device according to 1) or 2), in which a bottom plate is openably and closably provided in the opening of the ashtray part or the top plate, and the bottom plate is opened in the ashtray part. 4) The upper opening surface of the water channel Is blocked by the top plate 1) ~
3) The flush-type butts recovery apparatus according to any one of 5), wherein the cleaning means for cleaning the sediment on the bottom of the channel is provided in the channel. In the present invention, there are cases where a bottom plate that opens and closes is attached to the opening of the ashtray part or the top plate, and there is a case where it is not attached.
Further, the water in the water channel may not be always flowed but may be flowed intermittently. The top plate may be closed as an upper lid of the water channel or may be in an open form. Further, the water channel may be either a gutter or a pipe.

[0005]

In the present invention, since the ashtray part is provided on the top plate and the bottom part of the ashtray part and the top plate part thereat are provided with openings, cigarette butts, ash, dust and the like are provided under the water channel. The smoke and smoke of the cigarette can be extinguished, the risk of fire and the generation of smoke are reduced. Also, cigarette butts, ash, dust, etc. are made to flow along with the water flow in the water channel, and separated and eliminated in the purification section. The purified water may be returned to the waterway by a pump for circulation, or may be drained as it is. Further, by moving the air on the upper surface of the water flow by the water flow in the water channel, the air is sucked into the water channel from the gap between the opening / opening door or the ashtray part / top plate, and the smoke of the cigarette in the ashtray part can also be sucked. Furthermore, if a cleaning means is provided in the waterway, it is possible to forcibly remove cigarette butts, dust, ash, etc. that have sunk on the bottom of the waterway.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a perspective view of the embodiment, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a purifying unit of the embodiment,
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of another embodiment of a water non-circulation system in which water in a water channel is purified and then drained. FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing an example of the structure of the waterway cleaning means.

In the figure, 1 is a pachinko machine, 2 is a top plate, 3 is an ashtray part, 4 is a water channel, 5 is an opening, 6 is a bottom plate for opening and closing the opening, and 7 is a biasing force for the top plate in the closing direction. A leaf spring attached to the pivot 19, 8 a pushing rod for opening the bottom plate 6, 9 a purifying unit, 1
0 is a separation tank, 11 and 12 are meshes, 13 is a butts waste collection chamber, 14 is a pump, 15 is a circulation axis, 16 is a purification section 9
Is a tobacco pipe, 17 is a cigarette, 18 is a cigarette butts of the cigarette 17, and 19 is a pivot of the bottom plate 6.

In this embodiment, the shaft 19 of the separation tank is sucked up by the pump 14 and flows into the water passage 4 through the water pipe 16. When processing the cigarette butts 18 of the cigarette 17 of the ashtray part 3, the pushing rod 8
Is pushed down and the bottom plate 6 is opened in the opening direction against the biasing force of the plate spring 7. The butts 18 drop downward from the opening 5 and drop into the pivot 19 of the water channel 4 below, the fire of the butts 18 is extinguished, and the butts 18 are flushed with the pivot 19 and sent to the purification section 9. In the purifying section 9, the pivot of the water channel 4 is dropped into the separation tank 10, and the large butts 18 and dust are prevented from falling by the two-stage meshes 11 and 12, and move in the direction of the slant of the meshes 11 and 12 to suck butts. It falls into the recovery chamber 13. Axis / ash passes through the meshes 11 and 12 and is stored below the separation tank 10. This purified axis is sent to the water channel 4 by the pump 14 and circulated for use as described above.

Further, the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 is an example in which the water in the water channel 4 is drained after passing through the purifying section 9, and the structure is simple as compared with the embodiments shown in FIGS. In the figure, 20 is a water storage tank, 21 is an opening / closing valve, and 22 is a drain pipe. Waterway 4
The structure of the ashtray section 3 and the purification section 9 is the same as that of the embodiment shown in FIGS.

FIG. 5 shows an improvement of the water channel 4 of the above embodiment,
An endless chain 24 is stretched on the bottom surface 23 of the water channel, and a scraper plate 25 for cleaning cigarette butts, dust and the like on the bottom surface 23 of the water channel is attached to the endless chain 24 at predetermined intervals. Further, it is an example in which a storage portion 26 for cigarette butts, dust, etc. is provided at the end thereof. In the figure, 27 is a sprocket gear of the endless chain 24, and 28 is a motor for driving the endless chain 24.
With this cleaning means 29, the butts 18, dust, etc. sunk on the bottom surface 23 of the water channel can be removed by the scraper plate 25 attached to the endless chain 24, moved to the storage section 26, and the cleaning of the water channel 4 can be automated.

[0011]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to safely and automatically collect cigarette butts, ash, dust and the like in the ashtray part of the washing type cigarette butts recovery device, reduce the smoke damage of the cigarette, and wash with water. -Type cigarette butts collection device-It was possible to reduce the pollution of the room and to reduce the risk of fire.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a purification unit of an example.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the water non-circulation system.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a structural example of a water channel cleaning means.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko machine 2 Top plate 3 Ashtray part 4 Waterway 5 Opening 6 Bottom plate 7 Leaf spring 8 Push rod 9 Purification part 10 Separation tank 11 Mesh 12 mesh 13 Crushed garbage collection chamber 14 Pump 15 Circulation axis 16 Water tube 17 Cigarette 18 Cushion 20 Axis 20 Water tank 21 Open / close valve 22 Drain pipe 23 Water channel bottom 24 Endless chain 25 Scraper plate 26 Reservoir 27 Sprocket gear 28 Motor 29 Cleaning means

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An ashtray section is provided on a top plate on which a pachinko storage box or the like provided on the front surface of a plurality of pachinko machines arranged in series is mounted.
A water channel is provided below the top plate, the bottom of the ashtray section and the top plate are opened to allow cigarettes to be dropped into the water channel, and the water in the water channel is purified by removing cigarette butts, tobacco ash, etc. in the water. A washing type cigarette butts collection device characterized by draining water through a water purification section. 2. An ashtray section is provided on a top plate on which a pachinko storage box or the like provided on the front surface of a plurality of pachinko machines arranged in series is placed,
A water channel is provided below the top plate, the bottom of the ashtray section and the top plate are opened to allow cigarettes to be dropped into the water channel, and the water in the water channel is purified by removing cigarette butts, tobacco ash, etc. in the water. A washing type cigarette butts collection device characterized by being circulated by a pump after passing through the water purification section. 3. The washing-type butts recovery device according to claim 1, wherein a bottom plate is provided in an opening portion of the ashtray portion or the top plate so as to be openable and closable, and an operating mechanism for opening the bottom plate is provided in the ashtray portion. 4. The flushable butts recovery device according to claim 1, wherein an upper opening surface of the water channel is closed by a top plate. 5. The flush type butts recovery device according to claim 1, wherein a cleaning means for cleaning the sediment on the bottom of the water channel is provided in the water channel.