JPH0221981A - Ashtray cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the peripheral wall and the lower part of a cleaner chamber from rusting by dew condensation on the peripheral wall caused by a spray of water confined in the chamber by an air curtain by setting a ventilating fan in the chamber. CONSTITUTION:Water is sprayed by air to wash an ashtray and this ashtray is dried with jetted air. At the same time, air is jetted from an air jetting nozzle 14 to form an air curtain at a front opening and this air curtain inhibits the scattering of ash from a cleaner chamber. Highly humid air in the chamber is exhausted by a ventilating fan 50 and a spray of water confined in the chamber does not cause dew condensation on the peripheral wall of the chamber, so the peripheral wall and the lower part of the chamber can be prevented from rusting.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an ashtray cleaner used to clean the ashtrays of automobiles as a service at gas stations and the like.

[Prior Art] It is well known that the ashtrays of automobiles are cleaned as a service when refueling at gas stations. This cleaning involves simply throwing away the cigarette butts and ashes, or wiping off the dirt on the ashtray, or cleaning it with tap water and wiping off the moisture with a piece of cloth. The degree is high. However, refueling workers have to efficiently refuel the cars of customers who arrive one after another, and the reality is that they are unable to do the cleaning and wiping as described above.

In response, the present applicant proposed an ashtray cleaner equipped with a nozzle that sprays water and air in Japanese Patent Application No. 61-243118.

The above-mentioned cleaner itself is effective, but the jetting at that time scatters ash outside the cleaner room and tends to stain the outside of the cleaner room. In particular, when the cleaner and the outdoor data input/output device are integrated into one housing, the ash scattered from the front stains the device and the device housing, which is extremely undesirable.

Therefore, the applicant of the present invention proposed an ashtray cleaner in which an air curtain was provided at the front opening of the cleaner chamber to prevent ash from scattering in Japanese Patent Application No. 110526/1983.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Although the above-mentioned cleaner itself is effective, the water spray ejected by the air curtain remains in the cleaner chamber and condenses on the surrounding wall. Therefore, there is a problem in that the inside of the cleaner chamber and the lower part thereof become rusted due to the water droplets.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an ashtray cleaner that prevents the interior and lower portion of the cleaner chamber from rusting due to water that accumulates inside the cleaner chamber.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The ashtray cleaner according to the present invention is provided with an air curtain at the front opening and a ventilation fan for ventilating the cleaner chamber.

The air curtain is preferably formed by ejecting air from a slit-shaped air ejection nozzle provided at the upper edge of the front opening and connected to an air pipe.

It is preferable that the ventilation fan is provided on one side of the lower part of the cleaner room that communicates with the cleaner room, and that an opening is provided in the outer wall of the cleaner room that faces the ventilation fan.

Further, it is preferable to provide a swatting stick near the gridiron of the cleaner room so that the end of the ashtray can be hit to knock off cigarette butts, ashes, etc. from the ashtray.

In carrying out the present invention, the ashtray cleaner may be independently attached to a post provided on a gas station island or to a service unit incorporating an outdoor data input/output device or the like.

[Function] In the ashtray cleaner configured as described above, the air pushes and sprays water during cleaning to clean the ashtray, and then
Air is ejected to dry the ashtray, or air is ejected from the air ejection nozzle at the same time as the operation to form an air curtain at the front opening to prevent ash from scattering outside the cleaner room.

In addition, the ventilation fan exhausts high-humidity air from inside the cleaner chamber to prevent water droplets from condensing on the peripheral wall of the cleaner chamber.

[Example] The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, a part of the ashtray cleaner shown as 1 has a front opening 2a at the top for storing the ashtray.
A cleaner chamber 2 is provided. At the bottom of the cleaner chamber 2, a kite plate 15 is provided which slopes rearward and downward from the lower edge of the front opening 2a, and at the rear and lower part of the kite plate 15, a drainage container 13 which also serves as a butt holder is provided. It is being In addition, 1a in the figure is the water tank 25.
1b is a lid for a garbage inlet to a trash can 34, which will be described later, and 21 is a drainage container 1 of the kite plate 15.
3 is a slatted rod provided between the upper front edge of the slat 3, and 12 is a slatted rod stretched between the side walls 2b, 2b near the rotation axis 4 of the slatted plate 3; It is used to knock off cigarette butts, ashes, etc. by touching the edge of the ashtray A.

Ashtray A is placed at a mid-height inside cleaner chamber 2.
A suzunoko 3 is provided, and a spray nozzle 14 or a kite play 1 to 1 is provided in the central part of the suzunoko 3 toward the -L direction.
5, and a water tank 25 is provided at the rear of the cleaner chamber 2 inside the ashtray cleaner 1.

As shown in FIG. 3, the grille 3 is fixed to a rotating shaft 4 rotatably supported by the side walls 2b, 2b of the cleaner chamber 2, and the end of the rotating shaft 4 has a An actuation lever 5 is fixedly installed. Between this operating lever 5 and a pin 6 protruding from the side wall 2b, there is a spring 7 that biases the operating lever 5 in the clockwise direction in FIG.
is stretched, and a stopper 8 for locking rotation of the operating lever 5 is provided protruding from the side wall 2b. Therefore, in the case of the sunscreen 3, the operating lever 5 is normally held at the position shown by the solid line with the stopper 8, and when pushed down, it is rotated to the position shown by the chain line where the end is locked to the guide plate 15. It has become so. When Zunoko 3 is in the depressed position, the operating lever 5 opens an air valve 24 provided below, which will be described later.

A connector 17 is provided on the bottom center lower surface of the water tank 25.
Air timers 20 are provided on the top surface, respectively.

Further, the water tank 25 is provided with a water supply pipe 26.

A substantially U-shaped passage 18 is formed in the connector 7 and includes an inlet portion 18a and an outlet portion 18b that protrude into the water tank 25. The outlet portion 18b is connected to the nozzle 14 by a pipe 16, and the inlet portion 18a is connected to an air timer 20 by a pipe 40 and an air source (not shown), such as an air conditioner, via an air pipe 19. The pipe 16 is formed with an inverted U-shaped part 16a that extends upward inside the water tank 25 and then inverts and abuts the edge of the water tank 25 and extends downward; The portion 16a is provided with a rising portion higher than the upper surface of the water tank 25. Further, the passage 18 of the connector 17 is communicated with the water tank 25 through a communication Fm]-8c, and when water pressure or air pressure is applied from below to the communication passage 18c, the communication passage 18c
A pol valve 18d is provided for closing. water tank 25
When filled with water, the ball valve], 8 d is communication R18c
One side of the inverted U-shaped part 1.6a of the pipe 16 which is open and the pipe 40 has a water reservoir W up to the level L of the water tank 25.
is starting to form.

The air pipe 19 is provided with an air pipe 23 branched from one air pipe and connected to an air timer 20.
The air valve 24 is interposed in 2B.

On the other hand, an air box 9 is provided at the upper edge of the front opening 2a of the cleaner chamber 2 over the entire width. The air box 9 is connected to the pipe 40 by an air pipe 11, and a slit-shaped air jet nozzle 10 is provided on the lower surface over the entire width.

Further, the lower part of the ashtray cleaner 1 communicating with the cleaner chamber 2,
In the illustrated example, a ventilation fan 50 is provided at the bottom of one side U2b, and a louvered opening 51 is provided in the side wall facing the ventilation fan 50.

During operation, the near compressor connected to the air pipe 19 is operated and the ventilation fan 50 is rotated.

The ashtray A is placed in the cleaner chamber 2, and the end of the ashtray A is placed in a face down position against the lint rod 12 to knock off cigarette butts, ashes, etc. The knocked down cigarette butts, ashes, etc. are guided by the kite plate 15 and collected in the drainage container 13. Next, the ashtray A is placed face down on the gridiron 3, and the ashtray A is pushed down against the spring 7 until the gridlock 3 stops.

Therefore, the operating lever 5 rotates in conjunction with the Zunoko 3 to open the air valve 24. As a result, the air pressure in the air pipe 23 acts on the air timer 20 as a signal pressure, and the air timer 20
starts and remains open for a predetermined period of time (for example, 10 seconds). Then,
The air pushes out the water in the water reservoir W, and pushes up the ball valve 18d first by water pressure and then by air pressure to open the communication FI@
18c, and the water is passed through the nozzle 14 through the pipe] 6.
The liquid is sprayed toward ashtray A to clean ashtray A. When all the water in the water reservoir W has been sprayed, air is sprayed from the nozzle 14 to dry the ashtray. At this time, air flows through the air pipe 19, air pipe 11, and air box 9 to the air jet nozzle 1.
0 to form an air curtain at the front opening 2a,
This prevents ash from scattering in front of the front opening 2a. The strainer 21 also captures any floating ash that does not fall into the drainage container 13. Then, when a predetermined time has elapsed, the air timer 20 closes and stops injecting air. Then, take out ashtray A. On the other hand, when the air injection stops, the pol valve 18d falls and opens the communication passage], 8c, so that the water in the water tank 25 is guided to one side of the inverted U-shaped portion 16a and the pipe 40, and the water is automatically A water reservoir W is formed in the area, and preparations are made for the next cleaning. Check the water level in the water tank 25 with the level gauge 27, and if it falls below a predetermined level, open N1a and open the water supply pipe 2.
6, water is supplied by connecting a water hose to the water supply pipe 26, for example.

Then, the ventilation fan 50 exhausts the highly humid air in the cleaner chamber 2 from the ventilation window 51, and prevents the water spray ejected from the injection nozzle 14 and trapped in the cleaner chamber from condensing on the peripheral wall of the cleaner chamber 2.

FIG. 4 shows an embodiment in which an ashtray cleaner is incorporated into a service unit I of a gas station. That is, in the lower half of the service unit, which is indicated as a whole by 30, there is an ashtray cleaner 1 equipped with a ventilation fan and a ventilation window 51 (not shown), a window cleaning cloth container 31 on the side of the ashtray cleaner 1, and a dirty cloth container at the bottom of the cloth container. A rag inlet fi 32, a rag storage box 33 below, a trash can 34 and a drainage container 13 below the garbage inlet 121b are provided. In the upper half of the unit 30, from the bottom, there are provided an outdoor refueling data input/output device Cage Ponks 35, a card reader 36, a printer 37, a keyboard 38, and a display 39. Incidentally, the ashtray cleaner 1 may be independently attached to a post provided on the island of the gas station.

[Effects of the Invention] Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to prevent ash from scattering outside the cleaner room, prevent the scattered ash from staining the outside of the cleaner room, and prevent the ash from being trapped inside the cleaner room. It is possible to prevent the water droplets from condensing on the peripheral wall and rusting the peripheral wall and the lower part of the cleaner chamber.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a top view, Fig. 3 is a drawing showing the rotation axis, and Fig. 4 is an embodiment in which an ashtray cleaner is incorporated into a service unit. FIG. A...Ashtray 2...Cleaner chamber 2a...Front opening 9...Air pump 10...Air jet nozzle ]4...Injection nozzle 15...Kite plate 11.19...Air pipe・・Ventilation window 50 ・ ・Ventilation fan 51 ・

Claims (1)

[Claims] An ashtray cleaner characterized by being equipped with a ventilation fan to ventilate the inside of the cleaner chamber.