JP6284966B2 - Screw unit, cigarette butt extinguisher - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a fire extinguishing apparatus for cigarette butts, for example, a technique for extinguishing and collecting cigarette butts attached to a play stand.

  There is a case where a cigarette butt collection device for automatically collecting cigarette ash and cigarette butt is installed on a table such as a pedestal on which a plurality of game machines are arranged side by side or a counter of a coffee shop (for example, Patent Document 1). reference).

  This cigarette butt collection device is formed such that a plurality of inlets 160 penetrate vertically in the table 110, and an ashtray is installed at the upper end of each hole (see FIG. 12). The ashtrays are arranged in a line along the longitudinal direction of the table 110. A screw conveyor 100 is installed on the bottom side of the table corresponding to the ashtray (input port 160), and receives the cigarettes 90 input from the ashtray (input port 160) and conveys them in one direction. At the transport destination of the screw conveyor 100, a cigarette butt collection unit 180 in which the transported cigarette is accumulated is installed. Fire extinguishing water 250 is stored in the cigarette collection part 180, and the cigarette butt 90 falls into the cigarette collection part 180, and the fire type of the cigarette is extinguished by the extinguishing water 250 and then collected.

JP 2007-44294 A

  In the method using the fire extinguishing water 250 of the butt collection part 180, a large amount of waste liquid contaminated with harmful substances is generated. For example, the amount of waste liquid often exceeds 100 liters every day for each store, and if the waste liquid generated when cleaning the butt collection part 180 is included, waste liquid of 200 liters or more can be generated every day. If it is drained into the sewage or septic tank together with the butt, it will cause pollution of the natural environment by the filter of the butt formed of a kind of plastic such as cellulose acetate or chemical conversion polymer, or kill bacteria in the septic tank. In addition, the surrounding sanitary environment may be deteriorated by an unpleasant odor generated from the collected waste liquid, and careful handling is required for the treatment.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a cigarette butt extinguishing device capable of extinguishing fire types while being conveyed.

  (1) The present invention is a screw unit applied to a cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus having a screw conveyor for extinguishing and collecting cigarette butts, and is provided continuously with the shaft and the shaft. A blade portion for at least one pitch that protrudes in the radial direction of the shaft portion to form a spiral extrusion surface that extrudes the butts in the axial direction of the shaft portion, and is provided on the shaft portion or the blade portion. Provided is a screw unit comprising: an engaging portion that engages the sucking shell in the rotation direction by the step facing the rotation direction of the shaft portion or the blade portion and rotates the shaft portion around the shaft portion. .

  According to the invention described in (1) above, the butts that are discarded in the ashtray and transported from the insertion port by the screw conveyor are engaged with the engaging portion formed by the step provided in the shaft portion or the blade portion. By raising and changing the direction with the rotation of the shaft part or the blade part, there is an effect of increasing the probability that the fire type is extinguished by the screw unit.

  (2) The present invention is characterized in that the engaging portion is at least one concave portion provided on an outer edge of the extrusion surface of the blade portion and recessed inward in the radial direction of the blade portion. The screw unit described in 1. is provided.

  According to the invention described in the above (2), by providing a recess in the blade part, it becomes easy for the butt to engage with the blade part, and it is lifted with the rotation of the shaft part or the blade part to change the direction. There is an effect of increasing the probability that the fire type is extinguished by the screw unit.

  (3) In the present invention, the concave portion includes a rear concave piece positioned on the rear side in the rotational direction of the blade portion, and a forward concave piece positioned on the forward side in the rotational direction of the blade portion, The angle formed by the forward side concave piece and the outer edge of the extrusion surface is larger than the angle formed by the rear side concave piece and the outer edge of the extrusion surface. A screw unit is provided.

  According to the invention described in (3) above, by providing the rear side concave piece, it is easy to hook the cigarette butt on the screw unit, the direction of the butt is changed with the rotation of the blade, and the forward side concave piece is provided. As a result, it is possible to easily release the butts from the engaging portions according to the gravity, drop the butts onto the members that house the screw units, and increase the probability that the sparks are extinguished between the screws and the members that contain the screws. .

  (4) The screw unit according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein the engagement portion is a protrusion protruding from the shaft portion or the blade portion. provide.

  According to the invention described in the above (4), since the engaging portion is provided as a protruding portion protruding from the shaft portion or the blade portion, the protruding portion hooks the short sucking shell and lifts it up. By changing the direction, there is an effect of increasing the probability that the fire type is extinguished by the screw unit.

  (5) The present invention provides the screw unit according to (4) above, wherein the length of the protruding portion in the axial direction of the blade portion is 30% or more of the pitch of the blade portion. .

  According to the invention described in (5) above, since the axial length of the protrusion is as long as 30% or more of the pitch of the blade portion, there is an effect of increasing the probability of catching and sucking up the butts.

  (6) The present invention according to (4) or (5), wherein the protrusion is provided continuously on the outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion and protrudes radially outward of the shaft portion. A screw unit is provided.

  According to the invention described in the above (6), the protruding portion protruding from the outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion is provided as the engaging portion, the sucking shell is hooked on the protruding portion, and the sucking shell is lifted with the rotation of the shaft portion. By changing the direction, there is an effect of increasing the probability that the fire type is extinguished by the screw unit.

  (7) The present invention is characterized in that the protrusions are provided continuously on the surface of the extrusion surface of the blade part and protrude in the axial direction of the blade part. The screw unit according to any one of the above is provided.

  According to the invention described in (7) above, a protrusion is provided as an engaging portion on the surface of the extrusion surface of the blade portion, and a butterfly is hooked on this protrusion and lifted up as the blade rotates. By changing the direction, there is an effect of increasing the probability that the fire type is extinguished by the screw unit.

  (8) The present invention is a butt-extinguishing device comprising the screw conveyor and a butt collection part for collecting the butt, wherein the screw conveyor is described in any one of (1) to (7) above. The screw unit, a rotation driving device that rotates the screw unit, a control unit that controls the operation of the rotation driving device, and a conveyance path forming unit that covers the periphery of the screw unit, and the conveyance path formation The section includes a lower part of the conveying path that covers the lower direction of the screw unit, and a conveying path wall part that is provided on both sides of the screw unit continuously from the lower part of the conveying path. .

  According to the invention described in (8) above, by using a screw conveyor formed by connecting a plurality of screw units described in any of (1) to (7) coaxially in series, The buttocks are engaged with the joint portion, and the opportunity to change the direction by being lifted with the rotation of the shaft portion or the blade portion is increased, and there is an effect of significantly increasing the probability that the fire type is extinguished by the screw unit.

  (9) In the present invention, the distance between the outer edge of the extrusion surface of the blade portion of the screw unit and the inner peripheral surface of the lower part of the conveyance path is 5 mm or less (8) A cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus as described in 1. is provided.

  According to the invention described in (9) above, since the diameter of the cigarette is generally about 4 mm to 8 mm, by setting the distance between the outer edge of the blade part and the inner peripheral surface of the lower part of the conveyance path to 5 mm or less, The cigarette butt is wound between the outer edge of the blade part and the inner peripheral surface of the lower part of the conveying path, and there is an effect of extinguishing the fire type.

  (10) The present invention provides the cigarette butt extinguishing device according to (8) or (9) above, wherein a convex portion protruding radially inward is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the lower part of the transport path. To do.

  According to the invention described in (10) above, in the narrowed region between the outer edge of the blade portion of the screw conveyor and the convex portion provided so as to protrude inward in the radial direction of the inner peripheral surface of the lower part of the conveying path. By moving the cigarette while sandwiching the butts, there is an effect of increasing the probability of extinguishing the fire type.

  (11) The present invention provides the cigarette butt extinguishing device according to claim 10, wherein the convex portion extends in a longitudinal direction of the transport path.

  According to the invention described in (11) above, since the convex portion protruding inward in the radial direction of the inner peripheral surface of the lower part of the conveyance path extends in the longitudinal direction of the conveyance path, the outer edge of the blade part of the screw conveyor An area that can be narrowed between the two is continuously present in the longitudinal direction of the conveyance path, and the effect of extinguishing the fire type is enhanced.

  (12) According to the present invention, the butt extinguishing device according to (10) or (11), wherein the convex portion has a height from the inner peripheral surface of the lower part of the conveyance path of 3 mm or less. provide.

  According to the invention described in (12) above, since the height of the convex portion provided on the inner peripheral surface of the lower part of the transport path is 3 mm or less from the peripheral surface in the lower part of the transport path, the outer edge of the blade part of the screw conveyor In addition, it is possible to sandwich the butt between the convex portions provided so as to protrude inward in the radial direction of the inner peripheral surface of the lower portion of the conveyance path, and there is an effect of increasing the probability of extinguishing the fire type.

  (13) In the present invention, the screw conveyor is inclined in the longitudinal direction so that the height of the rear end in the transport direction is lower in the vertical direction than the height of the front end in the transport direction. The smoke-fighting extinguishing apparatus according to any one of (8) to (12) above, wherein a water storage part for storing water is provided below an end part on the rear side in the conveying direction of the screw conveyor. provide.

  According to the invention described in (13) above, in the screw conveyor, the longitudinal direction is such that the height of the rear end in the transport direction is lower in the vertical direction than the height of the front end in the transport direction. Since the liquid has a slope, the liquid such as rainwater flows down to the end on the rear side in the transport direction, which is the lower side, and is stored in the water storage part, and the front side in the transport direction, which is the higher side. Since the cigarette butt is conveyed and collected toward the end portion, when the butt extinguishing device described in (13) is installed outdoors, there is an effect that the rainwater and the cigarette butt can be separated and collected.

  (14) In the present invention, a plurality of screw conveyors including the screw unit described in any one of (1) to (7) are arranged in a vertical direction, and the plurality of screw conveyors are transported in adjacent screw conveyors. There is provided a cigarette butt extinguishing device according to any one of (8) to (12) above, wherein the cigarette butt is continuously conveyed on the plurality of screw conveyors.

  According to the invention described in (14) above, the screw units having a short length are continuously arranged in multiple stages in the vertical direction to form a screw conveyor having a long conveying distance as a whole, thereby increasing the probability of fire extinguishing, There exists an effect that a small-sized buttocks extinguishing apparatus with a narrow width | variety can be provided.

  (15) The present invention is the butt extinguishing device according to (14), which includes a plurality of screw conveyors, wherein at least one of the plurality of screw conveyors arranged in the vertical direction is the transport direction. The height of the end on the rear side is inclined in the longitudinal direction so that the height in the vertical direction is lower than the height of the end on the front side in the transport direction, and below the end on the rear side in the transport direction, (8) characterized in that a water storage part for storing water is provided, and the butt is continuously conveyed from the front end in the conveying direction to another screw conveyor arranged continuously. A butterfly extinguishing apparatus according to any one of (12) to (12) is provided.

  According to the invention described in (15) above, for at least one screw conveyor of the plurality of screw conveyors, the height of the end on the rear side in the transport direction is the height of the end on the front side in the transport direction. Since it has an inclination in the longitudinal direction so that it is lower than the height in the vertical direction, rainwater that has descended from the inlet is led to the end on the rear side in the transport direction, and the butts are transported to the front side in the transport direction Therefore, when the butt extinguishing device described in (15) is installed outdoors, the rainwater and the butt can be separated and collected without being mixed. In addition, the screw units with short lengths are continuously arranged in multiple stages in the vertical direction to form a screw conveyor with a long conveying distance as a whole, thereby increasing the probability of fire extinguishing and at the same time providing a small butterfly extinguishing device with a narrow width it can.

  (16) The present invention provides the butt extinguishing device according to any one of the above (8) to (12), wherein the throat is provided on the bottom side of a table in which the inlets for inserting the butt are formed in a line. To do.

  According to the invention described in (16) above, since the fire type can be extinguished by the screw conveyor itself provided on the bottom surface of the table provided in the plurality of game machines, the cigarette butt is extinguished and recovered without using extinguishing water. can do.

  According to the butt extinguishing apparatus described in the present invention, since the fire type can be extinguished by the screw conveyor itself, there is an excellent effect that the butt can be extinguished and recovered without using extinguishing water.

(A) It is a perspective view of the screw unit which concerns on 1st embodiment of this invention. (B) It is sectional drawing of a screw unit. (A) It is explanatory drawing which isolate | separated the screw conveyor to which the screw unit which concerns on 1st embodiment of this invention is applied. (B) It is a perspective view of a screw conveyor. FIG. 4C is a cross-sectional view of the screw conveyor in the virtual plane S taken along the line AA. It is explanatory drawing of the fire extinguishing operation | movement by a screw conveyor. (A) It is a perspective view of the screw unit which concerns on 2nd embodiment of this invention. (B) It is sectional drawing in the plane which contains a projection part perpendicular | vertical to an axial part of a screw unit. (A) It is a perspective view of the screw unit which concerns on 3rd embodiment of this invention. (B) It is sectional drawing in the plane which contains a projection part perpendicular | vertical to an axial part of a screw unit. (A) It is a perspective view of the screw unit which concerns on 4th embodiment of this invention. (B) It is sectional drawing in the plane which contains a projection part perpendicular | vertical to an axial part of a screw unit. It is explanatory drawing of the cigarette extinguishing apparatus which concerns on 5th embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus which concerns on 6th embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus which concerns on 7th embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus which concerns on 8th embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the butt-extinguishing apparatus provided under the some game stand based on 9th embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the sucker collection | recovery apparatus by the conventional screw conveyor.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 to 11 are examples of embodiments for carrying out the invention, and in the drawings, parts denoted by the same reference numerals represent the same items. In addition, a part of the configuration is omitted as appropriate in each drawing to simplify the drawing. The size, shape, thickness, etc. of the members are exaggerated as appropriate.

  FIG. 1A shows a screw unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As will be described later, this screw unit is applied to a cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus having a screw conveyor that is connected continuously in a coaxial manner and that extinguishes and collects the cigarette butts. The screw unit 10 includes a shaft portion 30, a blade portion 20, and a concave portion 50 that is an engaging portion that engages a sucker provided on the blade portion 20.

  The shaft portion 30 is provided with an opening 40, and a shaft 80 described later is inserted therein. Further, the shaft portion 30 is provided with connection portions 45 at both ends, and a screw conveyor 100 is configured by connecting a plurality of screw units 10 coaxially continuously. The screw conveyor 100 may be configured by forming the shaft by connecting the shaft portion 30 without providing the opening 40.

  The blade portion 20 is provided continuously with the shaft portion 30 and protrudes in the radial direction of the shaft portion 30 to form a spiral extruded surface 25 that pushes the sucking shell 90 in the axial direction of the shaft portion 30. It is a blade.

  The screw unit 10 is provided on the shaft portion 30 or the blade portion 20, and engages the sucking shell 90 in the rotation direction by the step facing the rotation direction of the shaft portion 30 or the blade portion 20 to rotate around the shaft portion 30. An engagement part is provided. In this embodiment, the screw unit 10 includes at least one recess 50 that is recessed inward in the radial direction of the blade portion 20 on the outer edge of the extrusion surface 25 of the blade portion 20 as an engaging portion of the cigarette shell 90.

  The solid line in FIG. 1B shows a cross section of the screw unit 10. The outer one-dot chain line is a virtual line connecting the outer edges 22 of the blade portions, and the inner one-dot chain line is a virtual line connecting the deepest positions of the recesses 50. The maximum depth G of the recess 50 is preferably 30% or more of the width W of the blade portion 20, and FIG. 1B shows an example in which G is 50% of W. The depth of G is preferably about the diameter of tobacco, that is, about 4 mm to 8 mm. The blade part 20 rotates in the R direction indicated by the broken-line arrow in FIG. The concave portion 50 is composed of a rear concave piece 50B located on the rear side in the rotational direction of the blade portion 20 and an advance side concave piece 50A located on the forward side of the blade portion 20, and the rear concave piece 50B and the extrusion surface Compared to the angle formed by the outer edge 25, the angle formed by the forward-side concave piece 50A and the outer edge of the extrusion surface 25 is large. The rear concave piece 50B easily catches and lifts the cigarette shell 90 with the rotation of the blade portion 20, and the forward concave piece 50A easily opens the cigarette shell 90 according to gravity when it is on the lower side in the vertical direction. The rear side concave piece 50B may be formed with a claw so that the cigarette shell 90 is easily sandwiched.

  In the present embodiment, an example in which three concave portions 50 are provided for one screw unit 10 is shown, but only one may be provided, or a plurality of locations other than three may be provided.

  As will be described later, the screw unit 10 rotates around the shaft portion 30 to crush the cigarette butt 90 with the outer edge 22 of the blade portion to extinguish the fire type.

  FIG. 2A shows a part of the screw conveyor 100 in which a plurality of screw units 10 are continuously connected and separated. The lower drawing of FIG. 2A is a conveyance path forming unit 70, and the inner circumferential surface of the conveyance path lower portion 74 includes a protruding portion 120 that protrudes inward in the radial direction and extends in the longitudinal direction of the conveyance path. The screw 60 is formed by connecting a plurality of screw units 10 and is fixed to the shaft 80. The same applies to other embodiments to be described later, but the screw 60 may be composed of only one screw unit 10. The conveyance path forming unit 70 is installed so as to cover the periphery of the screw 60, and the screw conveyor 100 is formed on the bottom surface side of the table 110 (see FIG. 2B). However, in FIG. 2 (B), the convex part of the inner peripheral surface of the conveyance path lower part 74 is omitted. By rotating the shaft 80 in the R direction, the cigarette butt 90 discarded from the insertion port 160 (not shown) is pushed by the extrusion surface 25 of the blade portion 20 and conveyed in the direction of the arrow. The shaft portion 30 may be directly rotated by the rotation driving device 150 described later without providing the shaft 80.

  FIG. 2C shows a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of the screw conveyor 100 in the virtual plane S of FIG. The conveyance path forming unit 70 includes a conveyance path wall part 72 and a conveyance path lower part 74. The distance D between the outer edge 22 of the extrusion surface 25 of the blade part 20 and the inner peripheral surface 75 at the lower part of the conveyance path is 5 mm or less. A plurality of convex portions 120 projecting inward in the radial direction of the inner peripheral surface 75 and extending in the longitudinal direction of the transport path are provided on the inner peripheral surface 75 at the lower portion of the transport path. The convex part 120 has a height from the inner peripheral surface 75 of the lower part of the transport path of 3 mm or less.

  FIG. 3 illustrates a fire extinguishing operation by the screw conveyor 100. FIG. 3A shows a state in which the cigarette butt 90 is discarded from the inlet 160 (not shown). Since the fire type 90A is held vertically upward, the fire type 90A is not extinguished even if it is pushed and conveyed by the extrusion surface 25 as it is. FIG. 3B shows a state in which the blade portion 20 is rotated and the rear side concave piece 50B in the concave portion 50 is hooked up and sucked up the cigarette 90. As shown in FIG. 3C, the blade portion 20 is further rotated so that the butt shell 90 is sandwiched between the outer edge 22 of the blade portion and the convex portion 120 provided on the inner peripheral surface 75 of the lower part of the conveyance path. The fire type 90A is separated from 90, and the fire type 90A is extinguished. As a result, the filter unit 90B and the ash 90C are in a safe state as shown in FIG. 3D, released from the forward-side concave piece 50A, and then pushed and conveyed by the extrusion surface 25.

  As described above, the screw 60 in which the blade unit 20 is provided with the concave portion 50 as the engaging portion of the cigarette butt 90 is continuously connected and formed, and the convex portion 120 is provided on the inner peripheral surface 75 of the lower part of the conveying path. The screw conveyor 100 composed of the provided conveyance path forming unit 70 is changed in direction by hooking the suction cup 90 with the rear concave piece 50B, and the outer edge 22 of the blade part of the screw conveyor 100 and the inner peripheral surface of the lower part of the conveyance path By projecting inwardly in the radial direction of 75 and extending and moving the cigarette shell 90 between the convex portions 120 extending in the longitudinal direction of the conveyance path, there is an effect of extinguishing the fire type 90A. In the present embodiment, the example in which the convex portion 120 is continuously provided in the longitudinal direction of the conveyance path and has a striped shape (see the lower diagram in FIG. 2A) is shown. The protrusion 120 may be a simple protrusion and may be provided discretely on the inner circumferential surface 75 of the lower part of the conveyance path.

  The screw unit 10 according to the second to fourth embodiments of the present invention is characterized by including a protrusion 130 protruding from the shaft portion 30 or the blade portion 20 as an engaging portion. In the second to fourth embodiments, the axial length H of the blade portion of the protrusion 130 is 30% or more of the pitch P of the blade portion (see FIG. 4A). Further, if the interval Q between the protrusion 130 and the outer edge 22 of the blade portion is too wide, it is difficult to scoop up the cigarettes 90, and therefore the interval Q is preferably a length equal to or less than the diameter of the cigarette (see FIG. 4B). However, if there is no gap Q at all, when a hard object other than the cigarette butt 90, such as a screw or a bottle lid, is sandwiched between the outer edge 22 of the blade portion and the inner peripheral surface 75 of the lower part of the conveying path, the screw conveyor 100 stops. Such a failure may occur.

  First, FIG. 4 shows a screw unit 10 according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The screw unit 10 includes a shaft portion 30 and a blade portion 20, and includes a projection portion 130 on the shaft portion 30 in addition to the concave portion 50 as an engaging portion of the cigarette butt 90. That is, the protrusion 130 is continuously formed on the outer peripheral surface of the shaft 30 of the screw unit 10, and protrudes outward in the radial direction of the shaft 30, and is provided in the screw unit 10. Here, an example in which one protrusion 130 is provided for one screw unit 10 is shown, but a plurality of protrusions 130 may be provided.

  FIG. 4B shows a cross section of the screw unit 10 in a plane perpendicular to the shaft portion 30 and including the protrusion 130. The short butts 90 are lifted by the hooks 50 or the protrusions 130 to change their orientations, and the fire type 90A is separated between the outer edge 22 of the blade part and the inner peripheral surface 75 of the lower part of the conveying path, and the muffling is eliminated. It is. Providing the protrusion 130 as the engaging portion in addition to the recess 50 has an effect of further increasing the probability of extinguishing the fire type 90A by extinguishing the fire type 90A, particularly for the short butts.

  FIG. 5 shows a screw unit 10 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. The screw unit 10 includes a shaft portion 30 and a blade portion 20, and includes a projection portion 130 on the surface of the blade portion 20 on the extrusion surface 25 side in addition to the recess portion 50 as an engaging portion of the buttocks 90 (FIG. 5A). )reference). That is, the protrusion 130 is continuously formed on the surface of the extrusion surface 25 of the blade part 20, and protrudes in the axial direction of the blade part 20 and is provided in the screw unit 10. Here, an example in which one protrusion 130 is provided for one screw unit 10 is shown, but a plurality of protrusions 130 may be provided.

  FIG. 5B shows a cross section of the screw unit 10 in a plane perpendicular to the shaft portion 30 and including the protrusion 130. The cigarette butt 90 is lifted by being hooked by the recess 50 or the protrusion 130 to change its direction, and the fire type 90A is separated and extinguished between the outer edge 22 of the blade part and the inner peripheral surface 75 of the lower part of the conveying path. Providing the protrusion 130 as the engaging portion in addition to the recess 50 further increases the probability of extinguishing the fire type 90 </ b> A by extinguishing the fire type 90 </ b> A, particularly for a short butt.

  FIG. 6 shows a screw unit 10 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. The screw unit 10 includes a shaft portion 30 and a blade portion 20, and a projection portion 130 is continuously provided on the surface of the shaft portion 30 and the blade portion 20, on the extrusion surface 25 side, in addition to the concave portion 50 as an engaging portion of the cigarette butt 90. (See FIG. 6A). That is, the protrusion 130 is continuously formed on both the outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion 30 and the surface of the extrusion surface 25 of the blade portion 20, and protrudes in the axial direction of the blade portion 20 and is provided in the screw unit 10. . Here, an example in which one protrusion 130 is provided for one screw unit 10 is shown, but a plurality of protrusions 130 may be provided.

  FIG. 6B shows a cross section of the screw unit 10 in a plane perpendicular to the shaft portion 30 and including the protrusion 130. The cigarette butt 90 is lifted by being hooked by the recess 50 or the protrusion 130 to change its direction, and the fire type 90A is separated and extinguished between the outer edge 22 of the blade part and the inner peripheral surface 75 of the lower part of the conveying path. In the fourth embodiment, since the protruding portion 130 is molded in a form connected to both the shaft portion 30 and the blade portion 20, the protruding portion 130 is compared with the second embodiment and the third embodiment. Since the strength is increased, even when the screw conveyor 100 entrains something other than the cigarette 90, such as a paper napkin, there is also a remarkable effect that the protrusion 130 is not easily damaged.

  FIG. 7 shows a cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus 200 according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. The cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus 200 includes an exterior 205, an inlet 160 for the butt 90 provided on the upper surface of the exterior 205, a screw conveyor 100, a butt collection part 180 that collects the butt 90, and a water storage part 170 that stores rainwater and the like. . The screw conveyor 100 is formed by connecting any one of the screw units 10 having the engaging portions that engage the cigarettes 90 shown in the first to fourth embodiments in a coaxial manner. And a shaft 80 that is inserted into the opening 40 in the shaft portion 30 of the screw unit 10 constituting the screw 60 to rotate the screw 60 in a predetermined direction, a rotation driving device 150 that rotates the shaft 80, and rotation driving It has a control part (illustration omitted) which controls operation of apparatus 150, and recording passage formation part 70 which covers the circumference of screw 60, and conveyance way formation part 70 is downward of screw unit 10 which constitutes screw 60. The conveyance path lower part 72 which covers and the conveyance path wall part 74 provided in the both sides of the screw unit 10 continuously from the conveyance path lower part is provided. A plurality of convex portions 120 are provided on the inner peripheral surface 75 at the lower part of the conveyance path.

  The screw 60 may be composed of only one screw unit 10. The screw 60 may be rotated constantly or intermittently. Further, a smoke sensor may be provided inside the screw conveyor 100, and the control unit may control the screw 60 to rotate only when the presence of smoke is detected.

  The screw conveyor 100 is inclined in the longitudinal direction such that the height of the end 152 on the rear side in the transport direction is lower in the vertical direction than the height of the end 154 on the front side in the transport direction. A drainage hole 156 is provided in the lower part of the end 152 on the rear side in the direction. Below the drain hole 156, a water reservoir 170 for storing water is installed.

  Next, the operation of the cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus 200 will be described.

  The cigarette butt 90 discarded from the insertion port 160 falls to the conveyance path forming unit 70 and is conveyed by the screw 60. At this time, the cigarette butt 90 is engaged with the engaging portion provided in the screw 60. The cigarette 190 engaged with the engaging portion is lifted and changed in orientation with the rotation of the shaft portion 30 or the blade portion 20. Finally, the cigarette butt 90 is sandwiched between the outer edge 22 of the blade portion and the convex portion 120 provided on the inner peripheral surface 75 of the lower part of the conveying path, and the fire type 90A is extinguished.

  Now, when the butt extinguishing device 200 is installed outdoors, it is inevitable that rainwater enters from the inlet 160. However, since the transport path forming unit 70 is inclined in the longitudinal direction, rainwater flows toward the end 152 on the rear side in the transport direction and is drained from the drain hole 156 to the water storage unit 170. The cigarette butt 90 is separated and collected by the cigarette butt collection unit 180 after extinguishing the fire. Therefore, the cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus 200 according to the present embodiment does not generate waste liquid contaminated with harmful substances by mixing the cigarette butt 90 into rainwater.

  FIG. 8 shows a cigarette butt extinguishing device 200 according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention. The cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus 200 includes an exterior 205, an inlet 160 for the butt 90 provided on the upper surface of the exterior 205, a screw conveyor 100, and a butt collection part 180 that collects the butt 90. A plurality of screw conveyors 100 each including the screw unit 10 described in any of the first to fourth embodiments are arranged in the vertical direction, and the conveying directions of the adjacent screw conveyors 100 are opposite to each other. The cigarette butt 90 is continuously conveyed on the plurality of screw conveyors 100.

  Next, the operation of the cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus 200 will be described.

  The cigarette butt 90 discarded from the insertion port 160 falls to the transport path forming unit 70 and is transported by the screw conveyor 100 provided above. In FIG. 8, two screw conveyors 100 are provided on the upper and lower sides, but more screw conveyors 100 may be provided. Each screw conveyor 100 may be provided with a rotation driving device 150, or may be integrally driven by a pulley 158 structure or the like as shown in FIG. Even if the length of each of the plurality of screw conveyors 100 arranged is short, a screw conveyor having a long conveying distance as a whole is formed by arranging them continuously, thereby increasing the probability of fire extinguishing, and at the same time a small and small size A cigarette butt extinguishing device can be provided.

  FIG. 9 shows a cigarette butt extinguishing device 200 according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention. The butterfly extinguishing device 200 includes an exterior 205, a slot 160 of the cigarette 90 provided on the upper surface of the exterior 205, and a plurality of screw conveyors 100 including the screw unit 10 described in any of the first to fourth embodiments. A cigarette butt collection unit 180 that collects the cigarette butt 90 and a water storage unit 170 that stores rainwater and the like are provided.

  At least one of the plurality of screw conveyors 100 arranged in the vertical direction is such that the height of the end 152 on the rear side in the transport direction is lower in the vertical direction than the height of the end 154 on the front side in the transport direction. The water reservoir 170 for storing water is provided below the end 152 on the rear side in the transport direction, and has another inclination that is continuously arranged from the front end 154 in the transport direction. The cigarettes 90 are continuously conveyed to the screw conveyor 100.

  Next, the operation of the cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus 200 will be described.

  When the butt extinguishing device 200 is installed outdoors, it is inevitable that rainwater enters from the inlet 160. However, since the transport path forming unit 70 has an inclination in the longitudinal direction, rainwater flows toward the end 152 on the rear side in the transport direction and is drained from the drain hole 156 to the water storage unit 170. The cigarette butt 90 is separated and collected by the cigarette butt collection unit 180 after extinguishing the fire. Therefore, the cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus 200 according to the present embodiment does not generate waste liquid contaminated with harmful substances by mixing the cigarette butt 90 into rainwater. Moreover, even if the length of each of the plurality of screw conveyors 100 arranged is short, the screw conveyors having a long conveying distance as a whole are formed by arranging them continuously to increase the probability of fire extinguishing, and at the same time, the width is narrow. A small buttocks extinguishing device can be provided.

  FIG. 10 shows a cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus 200 according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention. The cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus 200 is provided with two screw conveyors including an exterior 205, an inlet 160 of the cigarette 90 provided on the upper surface of the exterior 205, and the screw unit 10 described in any of the first to fourth embodiments. And a butt collection part 180 for collecting the butt 90 and a water storage part 170 for storing rainwater and the like.

  Out of the two screw conveyors arranged in the vertical direction, the upper screw conveyor 101 is opposite to the seventh embodiment in that the height of the end 152 on the rear side in the transport direction is the end on the front side in the transport direction. It has an inclination in the longitudinal direction so as to be higher in the vertical direction than the height of the portion 154. In the lower screw conveyor 102, the height of the end 152 on the rear side in the conveying direction is lower in the vertical direction than the height of the end 154 on the front side in the conveying direction, contrary to the upper screw conveyor 101. As shown in FIG. The water storage unit 170 for storing water is provided below the end 152 on the rear side in the conveying direction of the lower screw conveyor 102, and the butt collection portion 180 is provided below the end 154 on the front side in the conveying direction.

  When the butterfly extinguishing apparatus 200 is placed outdoors, if a large amount of rainwater enters the inside from the inlet 160, in the seventh embodiment, the rainwater is also transported together with the butterfly collection part 180 by the screw conveyor 100. There is a disadvantage that the possibility of being increased. Therefore, in the present embodiment, first, the upper screw conveyor 101 carries rainwater and the cigarette butt 90 in the conveying direction at the same time, and selects the rainwater and cigarette butt 90 according to the inclination of the lower screw conveyor 102 to respectively store the water storage section 170 and the cigarette butt collection section 180. Separated and recovered. With such an arrangement, it is possible to increase the probability of fire extinguishing and to separate and collect a large amount of rainwater and cigarette butt 90. In FIG. 10, the bottom surface of the end portion of the conveyance path forming unit 70 is provided with openings for dropping rainwater and cigarette butt 90 to the adjacent screw conveyor 100, the water storage unit 170, and the cigarette butt collection unit 180 (illustrated). (Omitted). Moreover, although the example which arrange | positions two screw conveyors was shown in this embodiment, you may arrange | position three or more screw conveyors.

  FIG. 11 shows a cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus 200 according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention. The cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus 200 is installed on the bottom side of a table 110 provided at the lower part of a plurality of play tables 300 in which the inlets 160 into which the cigarette butts 90 are formed are formed in a row. It consists of the butts collection part 180 which collects. The screw conveyor 100 is formed by connecting any one of the screw units 10 having the engaging portions that engage the cigarettes 90 shown in the first to fourth embodiments in a coaxial manner. And a shaft 80 that is inserted into the opening 40 in the shaft portion 30 of the screw unit 10 constituting the screw 60 to rotate the screw 60 in a predetermined direction, a rotation driving device 150 that rotates the shaft 80, and rotation driving It has a control part (illustration omitted) which controls operation of device 150, and conveyance path formation part 70 which covers the circumference of screw 60, conveyance path formation part 70 has conveyance path lower part 72 which covers the downward direction of screw 60, and A conveyance path wall 74 provided continuously from the lower part of the conveyance path. A plurality of convex portions 120 are provided on the inner peripheral surface 75 at the lower part of the conveyance path. The screw 60 may be rotated constantly or intermittently. Further, a smoke sensor may be provided inside the screw conveyor 100, and the control unit may control the screw 60 to rotate only when the presence of smoke is detected.

    Next, the operation of the cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus 200 will be described.

  The cigarette butt 90 discarded from the insertion port 160 falls to the conveyance path forming unit 70 and is conveyed by the screw 60. At this time, the cigarette butt 90 is engaged with the engaging portion provided in the screw 60. The cigarette 190 engaged with the engaging portion is lifted and changed in orientation with the rotation of the shaft portion 30 or the blade portion 20. Eventually, the butt 90 is sandwiched between the outer edge 22 of the blade part and the convex part 120 provided on the inner peripheral surface 75 of the lower part of the conveying path, the fire type 90A is extinguished, and is recovered by the butt collection part 180. At this time, since the fire can be extinguished without using the fire extinguishing water 250, waste liquid contaminated with harmful substances is not generated.

  It should be noted that the screw unit and the butt extinguisher of the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it is needless to say that various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Screw unit 20 Blade part 22 Outer edge of blade part 25 Extrusion surface 30 Shaft part 40 Opening part 45 Connection part 50 Recessed part 60 Screw 70 Conveyance path formation part 72 Conveyance path wall part 74 Conveyance path lower part 75 Inner peripheral surface 80 of a conveyance path lower part 80 Shaft 90 Butt shell 100 Screw conveyor 110 Table 120 Protruding part 130 Protruding part 150 Rotation drive unit 152 End part on the rear side in the transport direction 154 End part on the front side in the transport direction 156 Drain hole 158 Pulley 160 Input port 170 Water storage part 180 Sucking shell recovery Numeral 190 Sucking butt engaged with engaging part 195 Sucked butt butt 200 Sucking butt extinguishing device 210 Screw provided with engaging part 250

Claims (16)

A cigarette butt extinguishing device for extinguishing and recovering the cigarette butt fire, comprising a screw conveyor and a cigarette butt collecting part for collecting the cigarette butt,
The screw conveyor is
A screw unit;
A rotation drive device for rotating the screw unit;
A control unit for controlling the operation of the rotary drive device;
A conveyance path forming section covering the periphery of the screw unit;
Have
The screw unit is
The shaft,
A blade portion corresponding to at least one pitch, which is provided continuously with the shaft portion, protrudes in the radial direction of the shaft portion, and forms a spiral extrusion surface for extruding the sucker shell in the axial direction of the shaft portion;
The shaft portion or is provided in the blade portion, by the step facing the rotational direction of the shaft portion and the blade portion, it is rotated in a circumferential direction about the shaft portion engaging the butts in the direction of rotation An engaging portion for changing the direction of the butts ,
The transport path forming portion has a convex portion protruding inward in the radial direction on the inner peripheral surface,
The engaging portion and the projecting portion cooperate to extinguish the fire type of the sucking shell by bringing the sucking shell rotating in the circumferential direction while changing the direction by the engaging portion of the screw unit into contact with the projecting portion. A cigarette butt extinguishing device.   2. The screw unit according to claim 1, wherein the engagement portion is provided on an outer edge of the extrusion surface of the blade portion, and is at least one concave portion that is recessed radially inward of the blade portion. The recess is
A rear concave piece located on the rear side in the rotational direction of the blade part;
A forward-side concave piece located on the forward side in the rotational direction of the blade part;
Consists of
The angle formed by the forward-side concave piece and the outer edge of the extrusion surface is larger than the angle formed by the rear-side concave piece and the outer edge of the extrusion surface. Screw unit.   The screw unit according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the engagement portion is a protrusion protruding from the shaft portion or the blade portion.   5. The screw unit according to claim 4, wherein a length of the protrusion portion in the axial direction of the blade portion is 30% or more of a pitch of the blade portion.   The screw unit according to claim 4, wherein the protrusion is provided continuously on the outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion and protrudes radially outward of the shaft portion.   The said protrusion part is continuously provided in the surface of the said extrusion surface of the said blade part, and protrudes in the axial direction of the said blade part, The Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. The screw unit described in 1. Said outer edge of said extrusion face of the blade portion of the screw unit, one of claims 1 of the claims 7 to a distance between the conveying path inner circumferential surface of the lower portion and wherein the at 5mm or less A cigarette butt extinguishing device according to claim 1. The butt extinguishing device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the convex portion extends in a longitudinal direction of the conveyance path. The butt extinguishing device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the convex portion has a height from the inner peripheral surface of the lower portion of the conveyance path of 3 mm or less. The screw conveyor has an inclination in the longitudinal direction such that the height of the end on the rear side in the transport direction is lower in the vertical direction than the height of the end on the front side in the transport direction,
The water storage part which stores water is provided under the edge part by the side of the back of the conveyance direction of the screw conveyor, The claim of any one of Claims 1-10 characterized by the above-mentioned. Cigarette extinguishing equipment. A plurality of screw conveyors are arranged in the vertical direction, the plurality of screw conveyors are adjacent to each other in the conveying direction of the screw conveyors, and the butts are continuously conveyed on the plurality of screw conveyors. The butt extinguishing device according to any one of claims 1 to 10 . The butt-extinguishing device according to claim 12 , comprising a plurality of screw conveyors,
In at least one of the plurality of screw conveyors arranged in the vertical direction, the height of the rear end in the transport direction is lower in the vertical direction than the height of the front end in the transport direction. In the longitudinal direction as described above, a water storage part for storing water is provided below the end on the rear side in the transport direction,
The cigarette butt extinguishing device, wherein the cigarette butt is continuously conveyed from the front end portion in the conveying direction to the other screw conveyors arranged continuously. 14. The butt extinguishing device according to any one of claims 1 to 13 , wherein an insertion port into which the butt is introduced is installed on a bottom surface side of a table formed in a row. A cigarette butt extinguishing device for extinguishing and recovering the type of cigarette butt, comprising the screw conveyor and a butt collection part for collecting the butt.
The screw conveyor is
A screw unit;
A rotation drive device for rotating the screw unit;
A control unit for controlling the operation of the rotary drive device;
A conveyance path forming section covering the periphery of the screw unit;
Have
The screw unit is
The shaft,
A blade portion corresponding to at least one pitch, which is provided continuously with the shaft portion, protrudes in the radial direction of the shaft portion, and forms a spiral extrusion surface for extruding the sucker shell in the axial direction of the shaft portion;
An engaging portion that is provided on the shaft portion or the blade portion, and engages the sucking shell in the rotation direction and rotates around the shaft portion by a step facing the rotation direction of the shaft portion or the blade portion;
Have
The transport path forming unit is
A lower part of the conveyance path covering the lower direction of the screw unit;
Conveying path wall portions provided on both sides of the screw unit continuously from the lower part of the conveying path;
Have
The screw conveyor has an inclination in the longitudinal direction such that the height of the end on the rear side in the transport direction is lower in the vertical direction than the height of the end on the front side in the transport direction,
A cigarette butt extinguishing apparatus, wherein a water storage part for storing water is provided below an end part of the screw conveyor on the rear side in the conveying direction. A cigarette butt extinguishing device for extinguishing and recovering the type of cigarette butt, comprising the screw conveyor and a butt collection part for collecting the butt.
The screw conveyor is
A screw unit;
A rotation drive device for rotating the screw unit;
A control unit for controlling the operation of the rotary drive device;
A conveyance path forming section covering the periphery of the screw unit;
Have
The screw unit is
The shaft,
A blade portion corresponding to at least one pitch, which is provided continuously with the shaft portion, protrudes in the radial direction of the shaft portion, and forms a spiral extrusion surface for extruding the sucker shell in the axial direction of the shaft portion;
An engaging portion that is provided on the shaft portion or the blade portion, and engages the sucking shell in the rotation direction and rotates around the shaft portion by a step facing the rotation direction of the shaft portion or the blade portion;
Have
The transport path forming unit is
A lower part of the conveyance path covering the lower direction of the screw unit;
Conveying path wall portions provided on both sides of the screw unit continuously from the lower part of the conveying path;
Have
A plurality of the screw conveyors are arranged in the vertical direction,
The plurality of screw conveyors are opposite to each other in the conveying direction of adjacent screw conveyors, and the butt is continuously conveyed on the plurality of screw conveyors,
In at least one of the plurality of screw conveyors arranged in the vertical direction, the height of the rear end in the transport direction is lower in the vertical direction than the height of the front end in the transport direction. In the longitudinal direction as described above, a water storage part for storing water is provided below the end on the rear side in the transport direction,
Wherein the front end of the conveying direction, cigarette extinguishing device, characterized in that said to another of said screw conveyor arranged in succession butts are successively transported.

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