RU2753487C1 - Device for removing sticks from pack for heating system of tobacco and/or cigarettes - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: tobacco products.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to auxiliary means for using tobacco products, more specifically to devices for sticks of a tobacco heating system. The device for removing the sticks from the pack for the heating system of tobacco and/or cigarettes is made in the form of a cylinder with a round base. The device consists of a body (1), inside of which there is a fixed partition (2) with an opening inside, which divides the body (1) into an upper and a lower part. In this case, the lower part of the body has an open side (3) through which the tobacco product enters the interior of the device. The open side of the device (3) is serrated, and the inner surface of the lower part of the body has longitudinal ribs (4) or has a rough surface. The upper part of the body is hollow with the possibility of installation inside the upper part of the body of an autonomous flashlight (5) and is closed with a cap-top (8). The cap- top (8) is made with a hole in the middle for the button-switch (7) of the flashlight (5). In this case, the inner diameter of the lower part of the device corresponds to the diameter of the tobacco product, considering the technologically provided gap formed due to the ribbing or roughness of the inner surface of the device.

EFFECT: hygienic and convenient separation of one tobacco product from another in the pack, simplifying the manufacture of the device.

3 cl, 2 dwg

Description

The invention relates to auxiliary means for using tobacco products, more specifically to devices for tobacco heating system sticks (for example, IQOS, Glo), namely for hygienic and convenient separation of one tobacco stick from another in a pack, neatly removing it from the pack, securely holding it stick inside the body of the device for further movement and installation of the free edge of the tobacco stick into the holder of the tobacco heating system, while maintaining the integrity of the form and sanitary condition of this tobacco stick and other sticks in the pack at all stages. This device can also be used for hygienic and convenient removal of conventional filter cigarettes from a pack or without a filter.

No analogues of the claimed device were found by the author of the invention.

As you know, the development trends of modern society are focused on a healthy lifestyle. And so, to help users of tobacco products reduce the negative impact on their health, scientists and researchers have created an innovative tobacco heating system that emits an aerosol that is 90-95% less harmful than cigarette smoke. Instead of regular cigarettes, this system uses miniature sticks filled with natural tobacco (tobacco sticks).

Thanks to the innovative revolution in tobacco smoking, more than 5 million users of tobacco products in the world have already abandoned cigarettes in favor of tobacco sticks, and recently this technology has appeared on the Ukrainian market, therefore, in the near future there will be a tendency to switch from ordinary cigarettes to tobacco sticks and among our compatriots.

It is clear that smoking as such is very unhealthy. Unfortunately, users of tobacco products face another danger associated with a high risk of ingestion of various pathogens by contact through cigarettes: viruses, bacteria.

Before pulling a tobacco stick or cigarette from a pack, users of these products, in most cases, neglect sanitary rules: they forget to wash their hands, or treat them with an antibacterial solution.

As you know, human hands are the main factor in the spread of infectious diseases. Most viruses enter the human body through the hands when the hands come into contact with the mouth. The claimed invention is intended for the category of people who most often come into contact with their hands with the oral cavity during the day, namely, for users of tobacco products.

The sticks for the tobacco heating system, like cigarettes, are placed in the pack in such a way that when the pack is opened normally, they are with the filter facing up. In order to get a tobacco stick or a cigarette out of the pack, you first need to grab it with your fingers by the filter. It is clear that when taking out one tobacco product from the pack, the user involuntarily touches other tobacco sticks, thereby violating the sanitary condition of all tobacco products in this pack.

In addition, in the process of inserting a tobacco stick into the holder of the tobacco heating system, the user has to hold this stick directly by the filter with his fingers, which is undoubtedly extremely unhygienic. And so, observing innovations in the global tobacco smoking market and thoroughly familiarizing yourself with the products of the new tobacco heating system, you can see that, on the one hand, improved products are created to help users reduce the negative impact of smoking on their health, but, on the other hand, they do not protect against another significant danger - the risk of infection with pathogens.

In addition to the aforementioned sanitary and hygienic problems, users of tobacco products face another inconvenience. Since tobacco sticks and cigarettes are packed very tightly in a pack, this makes it very difficult to take them out and leads to their deformation. Thus, removing the tobacco stick from the pack with his fingers, the user not only violates the integrity of the shape of this product, but also deforms the tobacco sticks adjacent to it. Such deformation of the sticks, firstly, makes it difficult to insert them further into the holder of the tobacco heating system, and secondly, it changes the full-fledged protective properties of the filter elements of these tobacco products, and therefore, as a result, reduces the safety indicators of the use of tobacco products.

The object of the invention is to provide a device intended for sticks for a tobacco heating system (for example, IQOS, Glo) and / or conventional cigarettes, which:

will make the process of using a tobacco product for its intended purpose as safe as possible from the point of view of hygiene, namely, it will exclude the possibility of touching with your hands that part of the tobacco stick that is in direct contact with the user's oral cavity;

will greatly facilitate the process of separating and taking out tobacco products from the pack;

will prevent deformation of the tobacco stick during all manipulations with it, will provide convenient insertion of the tobacco stick into the holder of the tobacco heating system;

will be simple and convenient to use;

will be portable, light in weight and compact in size, while being designed with the ability to always keep it with you in convenient access;

will be simple and cheap to manufacture;

will be made of a material that allows repeated use of this device and its maintenance in proper sanitary condition, as well as it will be safe for the environment, hypoallergenic, will not change the taste and smell of tobacco products with which it comes into contact.

The problem is solved by creating a device for hygienic and convenient removal from a pack of sticks for the heating system of tobacco and / or cigarettes, while maintaining the integrity of their shape and sanitary condition, which is designed in the form of a straight cylinder with a round base and consists of: a body (1), inside which there is a fixed partition (2) with an opening inside, which divides the body (1) into an upper and a lower part, while the lower part of the body has an open side (3) through which the tobacco product enters the inside of the device, while the open side of the device (3) is made toothed to facilitate the separation of one tobacco product from others in a tightly packed pack, and the inner surface of the lower part of the body has longitudinal ribs (4) or has a rough surface for more tight attachment to the tobacco product when it is pulled out of the pack, while the upper part of the body is made hollow with the possibility of installation inside the upper part of the body of the stand-alone lights ka (5) and is closed by a cap-top (8), which has an internal thread and is screwed from the outside onto the side of the device body opposite to the open toothed side (3), which has an external thread for the cap-cap (8), while the cap-cap ( 8) has a hole in the middle for the switch button (7) of the flashlight (5), while the inner diameter of the device corresponds to the diameter of the tobacco product for which it is intended, taking into account the technologically provided gap formed due to the ribbing or roughness of the inner surface of the device. Additionally, for convenient and hygienic storage of the device, a clothespin (9) is placed on its outer side.

The device that is claimed is shown in the drawing.

FIG. 1 shows a view of the claimed device in longitudinal section with a flashlight inside.

FIG. 2 shows a view of the claimed device in longitudinal section with a hollow upper part of the body.

Legend:

1 - cylindrical body;

2 - fixed partition;

3 - open toothed side of the body;

4 - internal longitudinal ribs;

5 - flashlight body;

6 - a lens for a flashlight;

7 - flashlight switch button;

8 - cover cap;

9 - clothespin.

The principle of operation of the proposed device is as follows. Since the device behind this invention is very compact in size and light in weight, the user comfortably places it in the palm of his hand and conveniently manipulates it with the fingers of one hand.

By directing the toothed side (3) of the body into the spaces between the tobacco sticks, which are formed in a tightly packed pack due to the cylindrical shape of these sticks, the user easily separates one stick from the other, while maintaining the hygienic state and the integrity of the shape of the separate tobacco stick and the rest of the sticks in the pack.

After that, applying a minimum force, on the opposite toothed side of the device, by pushing on the top-cap (8), the user puts this device on the tobacco stick with the toothed side (3) of the device, while the fixed partition (2) of the device limits the depth of passage of the tobacco stick inside the body devices. Thus, only the tobacco stick filter gets inside the device (more specifically, into its lower part), and the other end of this tobacco product remains free for its further installation in the holder of the tobacco heating system. The tobacco stick captured by the device is held inside the device by internal longitudinal ribs (4) or by the roughness of the inner surface of the device, while maintaining the integrity of the shape and sanitary condition of the entire tobacco stick.

Then the user, holding the device with the tobacco stick gripped inside, easily takes this stick out of the pack and inserts the free edge of this tobacco stick into the holder of the tobacco heating system, where this stick is tightly installed. And since the filter of this tobacco stick is contained inside the claimed device less densely than the opposite edge of this stick - in the holder, this allows the user with a slight movement - pulling the body - to remove the claimed device from the tobacco stick filter, leaving this stick in the holder of the tobacco heating system for further use for its intended purpose, while the integrity of the form and the sanitary condition of this tobacco stick are fully preserved.

Using the inventive device for conventional cigarettes, with the help of the toothed side (3) of the device, the user easily separates one cigarette from the others in the pack and grips it with the device, while the part of the tobacco product that should remain in a sanitary state gets inside the device (more specifically, in its lower part) and is held there due to the internal longitudinal ribs (4) or the roughness of the inner surface of the device. Further, holding the device with a cigarette with one hand, part of which is inside the device body, while maintaining its sanitary condition, with the other hand, the user can grab the cigarette by that part of it that will not contact the oral cavity. After that, the user removes the device from the cigarette and uses the tobacco product for its intended purpose, while the area of the cigarette, which should be in contact with the user's mouth, remains in a sanitary state.

After that, using a clothespin (9), the user can attach the device to a pack of tobacco products or wear it as an accessory, fastening it to the lapel of a jacket, a pocket and the like.

The flashlight (5), which can be installed in the body of the claimed device, is a completely autonomous device, ready for use both inside the body of the device and separately from it. The flashlight (5) has a battery located in its body, is turned on / off by pressing the switch button (7) and emits light through the lens (6), and the light beam passes through the hole in the partition (2) and the lower part of the body (1) of the inventive device and extends outward from the open toothed side (3) of the housing (1), illuminating the area where this open toothed side (3) of the housing (1) is directed. And the button-switch (7) does not go beyond the top-cap (8) and when you press the button-switch (7), it enters the body (1), which is very convenient, because the claimed device remains stable and can be installed from the top of the plug (8) onto any flat surface. Also, due to the fact that the button-switch (7) does not go beyond the top of the plug (8) of the claimed device, such a design solution makes it impossible to undesirable sudden on / off the flashlight. To separate the flashlight from the body of the claimed device, you just need to remove the cap (8) of the body of the device.

Therefore, using this device in low light conditions or in the dark, the user, turning on the flashlight (5) located in the body of the claimed device, directs a beam of light emanating from the toothed side (3) of the device onto a pack of tobacco products, easily separates one tobacco the product from the other with the help of the indicated toothed side of the device, grips the tobacco product and easily removes it from the pack. In this case, a part of the tobacco product falls into the body of the claimed device and is securely held there due to the internal longitudinal ribs (4) or the rough inner surface of the lower part of the device body.

Due to the incomplete placement of the tobacco inside the stick, and the materials from which the tobacco stick is made, the beam of flashlight light passes through almost the entire tobacco stick, illuminating this stick from the inside and outside, thereby facilitating the installation of the free edge of the tobacco stick into the holder of the tobacco heating system.

The technical result of the invention is to obtain for the first time a device for sticks of a tobacco heating system (for example, IQOS, Glo) and / or cigarettes, namely for hygienic and convenient separation of one tobacco product from another in a pack, neatly removing it from the pack, and securely holding this product inside the body devices, while maintaining the integrity of the shape and sanitary condition of each tobacco product, for further manipulation of tobacco products for their intended purpose.

Thanks to the device, which is claimed, all manipulations with tobacco products take place in the safest way from the point of view of hygiene, since the use of this device excludes touching with your hands that part of the tobacco stick or cigarette that is in direct contact with the user's oral cavity.

Also, the use of this device greatly facilitates the process of separating one tobacco product from another in a tightly packed pack, its capture and removal from the pack, leaving the integrity of the form of this tobacco product and the rest in the pack, compared to performing the same actions directly with the user's fingers.

In turn, maintaining the integrity of the shape of the tobacco stick makes it easier to insert the stick into the holder of the tobacco heating system.

Thanks to the flashlight, which is installed in the body of the claimed device, the user can perform all manipulations with tobacco products in the absence of external light or with minimal illumination, for example, in a nightclub, while maintaining the hygienic state and integrity of the form of the separation of tobacco products and other products in the pack ...

Another advantage of using this device is that it allows the user to use the tobacco stick without even taking off their gloves. This method is very convenient, for example, in winter - to maintain a comfortable temperature of the hands or when working with protective gloves.

Also, the claimed device can be used even with wet or damp hands, which usually happens, for example, after using wet wipes, or, for example, in summer - on vacation at the sea, river or after a pool.

For convenience, the device is equipped with a clothespin, which allows you to always have it with you, for example, attach it to a pack of tobacco sticks or cigarettes, or wear it as an accessory, fasten it to the lapel of your jacket, pocket, etc., while maintaining the sanitary state of the device.

The claimed device can be made of any material that allows its design implementation. For example - from bioplastics for food: by vacuum forming, pressing or thermoforming. Such material is hypoallergenic, ecological, does not change the taste and smell of tobacco products with which it comes into contact. In addition, this material is convenient for giving it the required shape, allows the manufacture of the device as light as possible, makes it possible to reuse the device and keep it in a constant sanitary condition. It is also possible to manufacture the claimed device from plastic, polypropylene, metal and various alloys.

The flashlight inserted into the body of the claimed device can be made of any material that allows its design implementation, while in the manufacture of the flashlight for the claimed device, the advantage will be given to the use of materials of the lightest weight possible. When manufacturing a flashlight for the device according to the invention, the size and shape of the flashlight will correspond to the size and shape of the device for which it is being manufactured.

Therefore, the claimed device is compact in size, light in weight, portable, easy to manufacture and convenient in operation, allowing the user to enjoy the process of using tobacco products and makes this process as convenient and hygienic as possible.

Also, to ensure the sanitary condition of this device, you can treat its inner and outer surfaces with disinfectants or wash it under running water using soap or dishwashing detergent, after removing the inserted flashlight from the body of the device. The necessary information on the conditions for ensuring the sanitary state of the device will be indicated in the instructions for its operation, taking into account the material from which this device is made.

Claims (4)

1. A device for removing sticks from a pack for a tobacco and / or cigarette heating system, which is made in the form of a cylinder with a round base and consists of: a body (1), inside of which there is a fixed partition (2) with an opening inside, which divides the body ( 1) on the upper and lower parts, while the lower part of the body has an open side (3) through which the tobacco product enters the device, while the open side of the device (3) is serrated, and the inner surface of the lower part of the body has longitudinal ribs (4 ) or has a rough surface, while the upper part of the body is made hollow with the possibility of installation inside the upper part of the body of an autonomous flashlight (5) and is closed with a cap-top (8), while the cap-cap (8) is made with a hole in the middle for a button-switch (7) a flashlight (5), while the inner diameter of the lower part of the device corresponds to the diameter of the tobacco product, taking into account the technologically provided gap, formed due to the ribbing or roughness of the inner surface of the device. 2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the cap-top (8) has an internal thread and is capable of being screwed from the outside onto the side of the device body opposite to the open toothed side (3), which is made with an external thread for the cap (8) top ... 3. A device according to claim 2, characterized in that a clothespin (9) is additionally placed on its outer side. 4. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that an autonomous flashlight (5) is installed inside the upper part of the housing (1), which contains a battery located in its housing, a button-switch (7) and a lens (6).

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