JPH10272252A - Cigarette butt recovering device incorporating ozone generator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To deodorize a strong smell and to make the harmful matter such as nicotine harmless within a cigarette butt recovering passage and a cigarette butt recovering box through the use of ozone by arranging a carrying device within the cigarette butt recovering passage, installing the ozone generator on the upstream side of an ozone ventilating passage and forming ozone distributing holes at proper intervals at a partitioning wall. SOLUTION: Ozone of high pressure generated from the ozone generator 8 flows to a downstream side within the ozone ventilating passage. As the partitioning wall partitioning the ozone ventilating passage the cigarette butt recovering passage 1 is provided with the plurality of ozone distributing holes 5a at proper intervals, ozone flowing through the ozone ventilating passage flows into an adjacent passage 1 from each hole 5a. Ozone flowing there moves toward a downstream side by an endless belt 6a on the side of an upper bottom face 1c. Ozone in the middle of moving removes the harmful matters and the storing smell of nicotine, etc., in the passage 1 and is sent to the downstream side to flow into the cigarette butt recovering box 7 on the downstream side to remove the harmful matters and the strong smell of nicotine, etc., in the box 7.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cigarette butter collecting apparatus used in a game room such as a pachinko parlor where a large number of cigarette ash and cigarette butts are produced, and more particularly to cigarette butts generated in the cigarette butter collecting apparatus. The present invention relates to an ozone generator-incorporated butts collection device that detoxifies and decomposes and removes harmful components and intense odors using ozone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a game arcade such as a pachinko parlor, a cigarette butt collecting portion for collecting cigarette ash and cigarette butts is attached to each pachinko stand, and the cigarette butt collecting portion is discharged from the cigarette butt collecting portion below each cigarette butt collecting portion. A cigarette butt collecting device is installed to transfer and collect tobacco ash and cigarette butts using a conveyor, etc. We are collecting.

[0003]

By the way, ash and cigarette butt of cigarettes have harmful substances such as nicotine and strong odor,
Some of the harmful substances and intense odors leak from the butts collection device to the outside, and there is a problem such as adversely affecting the health of players who are playing games inside the store where the butts collection device is installed .

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has been made in order to solve the problems. An object of the present invention is to provide nicotine or the like in a butt collecting passage and a butt collecting box by ozone. It is an object of the present invention to provide an ozone generator built-in butts collection device that can deodorize and detoxify harmful substances and strong odors.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above objects, the present invention provides a plurality of game consoles which are integrally formed on a lower side of each of the plurality of game consoles and has a partition wall. A partitioned butts collection passage and an ozone ventilation passage are provided, and a butts collection box is provided downstream of the butts collection passage.
A transport device for transporting tobacco ash and butts toward the downstream butts collection box is disposed in the butts collection passage, and an ozone generator is provided upstream of the ozone ventilation path, and an appropriate space is provided between the partition walls. It comprises means having a plurality of ozone diffusing holes.

Here, as a preferred mode, the diameter of each of the ozone diffusing holes formed in the partition wall gradually increases from the upstream side to the downstream side of the ozone ventilation passage.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically based on embodiments of the invention shown in the drawings. Here, FIG. 1 is a front view showing a state in which an ozone generator built-in butts collecting device is mounted, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state in which an ozone generator built-in butts collecting device is mounted, and FIG. 3 (B) is a cross-sectional view of one of the molds integrally forming the butts collection passage and the ozone ventilation passage, and FIG. 3 (C) is a butts collection. The other cross-sectional view of the mold member integrally forming the passage and the ozone ventilation path,
FIG. 4 is a front view of an ozone generator built-in type butts collection device with a middle omission, FIG. 5 (A) is a front view of a drive pulley constituting a part of the transfer device, and FIG. 5 (B) is a part of the transfer device. 5 (C) is a plan view of the drive pulley which forms a part of the transport device, FIG. 6 (A) is a front view of the butts collection box side, and FIG. 6 (B). FIG. 4 is a side view of the butts collection box side.

[0008] In the figure, along a plurality of gaming tables a, such as pachinko machines, which are continuously provided, a butt collecting passage 1 and an ozone ventilation passage 2 are integrally disposed below the gaming machines a. I have. The integrally formed butts collection passage 1 and the ozone ventilation passage 2 are partitioned by a partition wall 5 described later.

The butts collection passage 1 and the ozone ventilation passage 2 are integrally formed by, for example, a metal mold. In this embodiment, the butts collection passage 1 and the ozone ventilation passage 2 are combined by partially overlapping two metal mold members 3 and 4 from the left and right as shown in FIGS. It is formed from things.

When a metal mold in which the butts collection passage 1 and the ozone ventilation passage 2 are integrally formed is mounted below the gaming table a, the work of disposing the butts collection passage 1 and the ozone ventilation passage 2 can be performed simultaneously. As a result, it is not necessary to separately perform the work of arranging the butts collection passage 1 and the ozone ventilation passage 2, and the construction period of the work of arranging the butts collection passage 1 and the ozone ventilation passage 2 is greatly reduced. be able to. In addition, these butts collection passages 1
The installation facilities of the ozone ventilation path 2 are also simplified. Thus, the cost of arranging the butts collection passage 1 and the ozone ventilation passage 2 is greatly reduced.

The butts collecting passage 1 and the ozone venting passage 2 are arranged below a table b provided at a lower portion of each gaming table a so as to protrude slightly forward. An ashtray mounting hole c is formed in the surface of a table b provided at a lower portion of each gaming table a, and an ashtray d for inserting a butts into each ashtray mounting hole c is mounted. Each ashtray d has an open bottom surface, and the butts placed in the ashtray d fall through the opened bottom surface and the ashtray mounting hole c and enter the butts collecting passage 1 provided below the ashtray mounting hole c. To be collected.

Each of the above ashtray mounting holes c
Butt collection holes 1a are respectively formed at the positions corresponding to the positions. Each butt collection hole 1a is formed in the upper surface 1b of the butt collection passage 1. The butts collection passage 1 has a double bottom on the lower side and is divided into an upper bottom surface 1c and a lower bottom surface 1d. The upper bottom surface 1c and the lower bottom surface 1d respectively function as support surfaces when an endless belt 6a of the transport device 6 described below moves along the surface thereof.

The ozone ventilation passage 2 is a passage for sending ozone generated by an ozone generator 8 described later into the butts collection passage 1. The ozone ventilation passage 2 has a butts collection passage of substantially the entire section across the partition wall 5. Next to 1. The ozone ventilation passage 2 and the butts collection passage 1 are integrally formed of, for example, a metal mold.

A plurality of ozone diffusing holes 5a for sending ozone in the ozone ventilation passage 2 to the butting recovery passage 1 are formed in the partition wall 5 separating the ozone ventilation passage 2 and the butt collection passage 1 at appropriate intervals. Has been established. Each of the ozone diffusing holes 5a formed in the partition wall 5 has a diameter gradually increasing from the upstream to the downstream of the ozone ventilation passage 2.

This is because the pressure is high on the upstream side, so that the amount of ozone discharged from the ozone diffusing holes 5a is large, and the pressure decreases toward the downstream side, so that the amount of ozone discharged from the ozone diffusing holes 5a decreases. This is because the amount of ozone flowing out from each ozone diffusing hole 5a is made equal by gradually increasing the diameter of the ozone diffusing holes 5a from upstream to downstream.

A transfer device 6 for transferring the butts toward the downstream butt collection box 7 is disposed inside the butt collection passage 1. For example, a belt conveyor is used for the transport device 6, and an endless belt 6 constituting the belt conveyor is used.
a is circulated around the inside of the butts collection passage 1 so as to be able to circulate and move between the upstream and the downstream.

The endless belt 6a is mounted so as to freely circulate vertically, and the upper endless belt 6a places a butt on its surface and moves the surface of the upper bottom surface 1c of the butt collection passage 1 from the upstream to the downstream butt. The lower endless belt 6a is mounted so as to move toward the collection box 7, and the lower endless belt 6a is mounted so as to move from the downstream side to the upstream side on the surface of the lower bottom surface 1d of the butt collection passage 1.

Both end sides of the endless belt 6a are wrapped around a driven pulley 6b mounted on the upstream side of the butt collecting passage 1 and a drive pulley 6c mounted on the downstream side of the butt collecting passage 1. ing. The driven pulley 6b and the driving pulley 6c are mounted inside the closed box so that the odor of the butts does not leak outside.

The drive pulley 6c serves to circulate the endless belt 6a from the upstream side to the downstream butts collection box 7 and is linked to a drive motor 6d via a speed reducer. The drive pulley 6c is mounted on the upper side of the butts collection box 7. A tension roller 6e for applying a constant tension to the endless belt 6a is provided near the driven pulley 6b and the driving pulley 6c.
Are respectively attached.

The butts collecting box 7 is a closed box that collects and temporarily stores the butts sent through the butts collecting passage 1, and is provided below the driving pulley 6c. A lid is attached to the butts collection box 7, and when the lid is opened, the butts temporarily stored inside are discharged to the outside.

The ozone generator 8 is a device for generating ozone for removing harmful substances such as nicotine and strong odors in the butts collecting passage 1 and the butts collecting box 7, and is provided upstream of the ozone vent 2. ing. In this embodiment, it is provided below the driven pulley 6b. The ozone generator 8 has a structure that gives energy to oxygen in the air, for example, and converts it into ozone. The ozone generator 8 sucks air, for example, an ozone ray discharge tube, a ceramic discharge chip, or the like, which gives energy to oxygen. It is equipped with an air compressor.

The ozone generated by the ozone generator 8 flows through the ozone vent passage 2 into each of the butts collecting passages 1 through the respective ozone diffusing holes 5 a formed in the partition wall 5, and the endless end of the transfer device 6. The moving wind generated by the movement of the belt 6a flows through the butts collection passage 1 toward the downstream side, while removing harmful substances such as nicotine and an intense smell in the butts collection passage 1 while flowing. To remove the harmful substances such as nicotine and strong odor in the butts collection box 7 on the downstream side.

Next, the operation based on the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The drive motor 6d and the ozone generator 8 are operated to operate the ozone generator built-in butts collection device. When the drive motor 6d operates, the drive pulley 6c, which is interlocked with the drive motor, rotates, and circulates and moves the endless belt 6a constituting the transport device 6 which is stretched around the drive pulley 6c.

The circulating endless belt 6a is located on the upper side thereof.
That is, the portion on the surface side of the upper bottom surface 1c of the butts collection passage 1 moves toward the butts collection box 7 on the downstream side.
The upper endless belt 6a that moves toward the butts collection box 7 on the downstream side is inverted by a drive pulley 6c provided above the butts collection box 7 to become a lower side, and the lower endless belt 6a is used for collecting butts. It moved along the surface of the lower bottom surface 1d of the passage 1 toward the upstream side of the butt collecting passage 1, and turned upside down by the driven pulley 6b provided on the upstream side of the butt collecting passage 1 to become the upper side. The endless belt 6a moves toward the downstream side again.

When the ozone generator 8 operates, energy is given to oxygen in the air to generate ozone,
The generated ozone is sent into the ozone ventilation path 2 and is pressure-fed inside the ozone ventilation path 2 toward the downstream side.

In this way, the above-mentioned equipment is operated. A player smoking a cigarette while enjoying a game toward a gaming table a such as a pachinko machine is placed on a table b provided with ash or cigarette butts of the tobacco slightly projecting toward the lower side of each gaming table a. Drop onto the attached ashtray d. The bottom of each ashtray d is open, and the ashes and cigarette butts of the cigarettes dropped on the ashtray d fall downward from the opening holes in the bottom of the ashtray d. The cigarette butts collecting passages 1 are provided below the ashtrays d, so that the ash and cigarettes of the cigarettes falling from the openings on the bottom of each ashtray d fall to the upper bottom surface 1c side of the butts collecting passages 1.

On the surface of the upper bottom surface 1c of the butt collecting passage 1, for example, an endless belt 6a constituting the transfer device 6 is disposed, and the endless belt 6a is located downstream of the butt collecting passage 1 along the surface of the upper bottom surface 1c. Moving towards the side. For this reason,
The cigarette ash and butts falling into the butts collection passage 1 fall on the surface of the endless belt 6a moving toward the downstream side, and are sent to the downstream butts collection box 7 by the moving endless belt 6a.

On the other hand, the high-pressure ozone generated by the ozone generator 8 flows downstream in the ozone ventilation path 2. A plurality of ozone diffusing holes 5a are formed in the partition wall 5 that separates the ozone ventilation passage 2 and the butts collection passage 1 from the upstream side to the downstream side at appropriate intervals.
When the pressure inside the passage increases, the ozone flowing through the ozone ventilation passage 2 flows into the adjacent butts collection passage 1 from the respective ozone diffusing holes 5a. Ozone is about 2.4 times heavier than air, so the ozone that has flowed into the butts collection passage 1 is
On the side endless belt 6a.

Since the endless belt 6a in which ozone subsides moves toward the butts collection box 7 on the downstream side, the ozone settled on the endless belt 6a moves downstream by the endless belt 6a. The moving ozone removes harmful substances such as nicotine and an intense odor in the butts collection passage 1, and is sent to the downstream side to flow into the downstream butts collection box 7 to be in the butts collection box 7. Removes harmful substances such as nicotine and strong odors.

As described above, the ozone can be uniformly fed into the butts collection passage 1 and the butts collection box 7 by using the endless belt 6a that moves toward the butts collection box 7. Then, harmful substances such as nicotine and strong odors in the butts collection passage 1 and the butts collection box 7 can be surely decomposed and deodorized by the ozone evenly sent.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment of the present invention, and it is needless to say that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0032]

As is clear from the above description, according to the ozone generator built-in butts recovery apparatus according to the present invention, an integrated unit is provided on the lower side along each of a plurality of continuously provided gaming tables. A buttocks collecting passage and an ozone ventilation passage, which are formed and partitioned by a partition wall, provide a butts collecting box downstream of the butts collecting passage, and in the butts collecting passage toward the downstream butts collecting box. A transport device for transporting tobacco ash and cigarette butts is provided, an ozone generator is provided upstream of the ozone ventilation path, and a plurality of ozone diffusing holes are provided in the partition wall at appropriate intervals to form a cigarette butter collection box. Ozone can be evenly fed into the butts collection passage and the butts collection box by using the transfer device that moves toward. Then, harmful substances such as nicotine and strong odors in the butts collection passage and in the butts collection box can be reliably decomposed and detoxified by the ozone evenly fed.

In addition, since the butts collection passage and the ozone ventilation passage are formed integrally, the work of arranging the butts collection passage and the ozone ventilation passage is performed at the same time. It is not necessary to separately perform the work of arranging the buttocks and the ozone ventilation path, and the construction period of the work of arranging the butts collection passage and the ozone ventilation passage can be greatly reduced. Further, the facilities for disposing the butts collection passage and the ozone ventilation passage can be simplified. Thus, the cost of arranging the butts collection passage and the ozone ventilation passage can be significantly reduced.

In the case where the diameter of each ozone diffusing hole formed in the partition wall gradually increases from the upstream side to the downstream side of the ozone ventilation passage, the ozone diffusing hole causes The amount of ozone flowing into the recovery passage can be made equal.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a state in which an ozone generator built-in butts recovery device according to an embodiment of the present invention is mounted.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state where an ozone generator built-in butts recovery apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is mounted.

FIG. 3 (A) is a cross-sectional view of a mold according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a butt collecting passage and an ozone ventilation passage are integrally formed. (B) is a cross-sectional view of one of the mold members integrally forming the butts collection passage and the ozone ventilation passage according to the embodiment of the present invention. (C) is another sectional view of the mold member integrally forming the butts collection passage and the ozone ventilation passage according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the ozone generator-incorporated butts collecting apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, with a middle part omitted.

FIG. 5A is a front view of a drive pulley side that constitutes a part of the transport device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
(B) is a side view of the drive pulley side that constitutes a part of the transport device according to the embodiment of the present invention. (C) is a plan view of the drive pulley side that constitutes a part of the transport device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6A is a front view of the butts collection box side showing the embodiment of the present invention. (B) is a side view of the butts collection box side showing the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Butt collection passage 1a Butt collection hole 1b Top surface 1c Upper bottom 1d Lower bottom 2 Ozone ventilation passage 3 Mold 4 Mold 5 Partition wall 5a Ozone diffusing hole 6 Conveyor 6a Endless belt 6b Driven pulley 6c Drive pulley 6d Drive motor 6e Tension roller Butt collection box 8 Ozone generator a Game console b Table c Ashtray mounting hole d Ashtray

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A butt-collection passage and an ozone ventilation passage which are integrally formed and are partitioned by a partition wall are provided below and along each of a plurality of continuously provided gaming tables,
A butts collection box is provided downstream of the butts collection passage, and a transport device that transports tobacco ash and butts to the downstream butts collection box is arranged in the butts collection passage, and ozone is generated upstream of the ozone ventilation passage. A butter recovery device with a built-in ozone generator, wherein a plurality of ozone diffusing holes are provided in the partition wall at appropriate intervals. 2. The ozone generator built-in buttress collection according to claim 1, wherein the diameter of each of the ozone diffusing holes formed in the partition wall gradually increases from upstream to downstream of the ozone ventilation path. apparatus.