KR20070034363A - Cigarette cutting machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cigarette cutting machine, comprising: a hollow cutting housing into which a cigarette is inserted; Cutting means installed in the cutting housing and cutting the combustion unit of the cigarette inserted into the cutting housing; It is coupled to the cutting housing in communication with the storage housing for storing the combustion material of the tobacco burner cut by the cutting means, it is possible to easily and cleanly extinguish the smoking cigarette as well as to store the unburned portion And a tobacco cutter that is convenient for reuse.

Description

Cigarette Cutting Machine {APPARATUS FOR CUTTING A TABACCO}

1 is a perspective view for explaining a state of a cigarette cutter and a cigarette inserted thereto according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the tobacco cutter taken along the line II-II of FIG. 1 and the tobacco inserted therein; FIG.

3 is a perspective view of the cutting means of FIG.

4 is a perspective view for explaining another embodiment of the cutting means of FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view of the cutting means of FIG. 4 taken along the line V-V of FIG. 1.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

1: cigarette cutter 2: cigarette

10: cutting housing 11: cutting chamber

12: insertion hole 14: stop pin

15: Rail groove 16: Sliding jaw

20: storage housing 21: storage room

23: sliding projection 30,30 ': cutting means

31,31 ': Cutting edge 33,33': Cutting switch

35: elastic member 37, 37 ': extension

39,39 ': Crushing protrusion 40: Reclosure means

41: Block 45: Stopper

50: plug 60: pushbutton mechanism

61: main body 63: retreat part

The present invention relates to a cigarette cutting machine, and more particularly, to a cigarette cutting machine capable of cutting a burned portion of the cigarette and storing the cut combustion material.

In general, the cigarette has a form extending in the longitudinal direction, it is divided into pieces so that the user can enjoy. In addition, portions other than the filter portion, which the user bites into the mouth, are burned, and the temperature of the combustion portion reaches a considerable temperature.

If there is a sudden ejaculation while smoking, and want to stop smoking, there is a problem with the treatment of the burned section.

In general, a finger is blown to strike the vicinity of the combustion section of the cigarette to remove a portion of the combustion section, or the combustion section is rubbed against the floor or the wall of a building to take out the fire.

However, according to the former method, it is not only a possibility of hitting a high temperature burner on a finger that is inconvenient, and there is a risk of being burned by it. There is an aspect.

Even in the latter method, the surrounding facilities such as the floor or the wall of the building are contaminated by black tobacco material, which hurts the aesthetics. There is a side to be reluctant.

From this point of view, there is a constant need for a device that can cleanly separate the burning part of the cigarette and the next part that can be smoked, to completely extinguish the separated burning part and to clean up the post-treatment.

The present invention has been made in view of the above necessity, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cigarette cutting machine capable of simply cutting and extinguishing only a combustion part during smoking.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a cigarette cutting machine that is stored so that the digested combustion material does not leak to the outside of the cutter and can be processed when necessary.

 In order to achieve the above object, the tobacco cutting machine according to the present invention comprises a hollow cutting housing into which the cigarette is inserted; Cutting means installed in the cutting housing and cutting the combustion unit of the cigarette inserted into the cutting housing; It is coupled to communicate with the cutting housing and comprises a storage housing for storing the combustion material of the tobacco combustion section cut by the cutting means.

Hereinafter, a cigarette cutting machine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view illustrating a state of a cigarette cutter and a cigarette inserted thereto according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the cigarette cutter taken along the line II-II of FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the cutting means of FIG.

As illustrated in the drawings, the cigarette cutting machine 1 according to the present invention is installed in the cutting housing 10, the storage housing 20 and the cutting housing 10 in communication with the tobacco 2 is inserted therein It is configured to include a cutting means 30 for cutting the tobacco (2).

The cutting housing 10 is burned by the filter part 2a which the user bites with the mouth, the non-combustion part 2b which is not lit in the smoking state, and is attached to the opposite end of the filter part 2a. It is a hollow body which provides a space for inserting and cutting out the combustion part 2c among the cigarettes 2 which consist of the combustion part 2c located.

The cutting chamber 11 inside the cutting housing 10, which is a hollow body, is opened to the outside through the insertion hole 12, and the cigarette 2 is inserted through the insertion hole 12. On the insertion opening 12 side of the cutting housing 10, a stepped portion 13 having a diameter larger than the diameter of the insertion opening 12 is formed so that the cigarette 2 can be more easily inserted into the cutting chamber 11. .

At least one stop pin 14 protrudes from a predetermined position of the inner circumference of the cutting housing 10. This stop pin 14 determines the position at which the combustion section 2c of the tobacco 2 inserted into the cutting housing 10 is to be cut. In addition, the stop pin 14 should not interfere with the movement of the cut combustion section (2c), it should have a thin shape and length enough to support the combustion section (2c) of the cigarette (2).

The outer circumference of the cutting housing 10 is provided with a rail groove 15 recessed along its longitudinal direction. On both ends of the rail groove 15, sliding jaws 16 which protrude gently are formed.

The storage housing 20 is connected to the longitudinal direction of the cutting housing 10 and is a hollow body communicated with the combustion unit 2c of the tobacco 2 cut in the cutting housing 10 in the storage compartment 21 therein. Will be kept. The storage housing 20 may be formed integrally with the cutting housing 10, or may be slidably formed so that one of the two slides into the other. For the latter case, the sliding protrusion 23 is formed to protrude in correspondence with the rail groove 15 of the cutting housing 10 at the end connected to the cutting housing 10 side of the storage housing 20.

In addition, the step portion 25 is formed at the opposite side end of the end formed with the sliding projection 23 of the storage housing 20 so that the stopper 50 detachably coupled to the storage housing 20 can be coupled. . In order to prevent the loss of the stopper 50 is provided with a connecting line (not shown) connecting the storage housing 20 and the stopper 50, or the stopper 50 is rotatably coupled to the storage housing 20, the storage compartment It is also conceivable to configure the opening and closing (21).

In addition, the cutting housing 10 and the storage housing 20 as described above is formed of a transparent material to be visible from the outside. The user of the cigarette cutter 1 thus knows how the tobacco 2 is cut, whether the burned portion 2c of the cut tobacco 2 is being crushed well, and thus the combustion material 2c 'is stored in the storage compartment 21. You can check how much is accumulated in the).

The cutting means 30 is installed in the cutting housing 10 and inserted into the cutting chamber 11 to cut the combustion portion 2c of the cigarette 2 placed at a predetermined position by the stop pin 14.

The cutting means 30 is connected to the cutting blade 31 and the cutting blade 31 disposed in the cutting chamber 11 of the cutting housing 10 for cutting the combustion section 2c of the cigarette 2. And a cutting switch 33 exposed to the outside of the cutting housing 10, and an elastic member 35 elastically supporting the cutting housing 33 with respect to the cutting housing 10.

Here, the elastic member 35 is, for example, a coil spring, one end is coupled to the extension portion 37 extending in the longitudinal direction of the cutting housing 10 in the cutting switch 33 and the other end is an extension portion 37. It is fixed on the inner circumference of the cutting housing 10 opposite to). Furthermore, the elastic member 35 may be directly coupled to the cutting switch 33 without a separate extension 37 through a coupling part (not shown).

The above extension 37 functions to crush the combustion section 2c of the tobacco 2 cut by the cutting blade 31. To this end, the extension portion 37 has a constant thickness, and as the cutting edge 31 descends toward the tobacco 2, the lower portion is lowered together to crush the combustion portion 2c of the tobacco 2 that has been cut. In order to ensure the crushing of the combustion part 2c of the cigarette 2 more, the extension part 37 may be provided with a plurality of crushing protrusions 39. These crushing protrusions 39 are formed to protrude toward the combustion section 2c side of the cigarette 2, and may be arranged to be staggered or parallel to each other.

The tobacco cutter 1 may further include a reclosing means 40. The reclosing means 40 is installed in one of the cutting housing 10 and the storage housing 20, and is cut by the cutting means 30, for example, when the storage housing 20 is disposed upward. This prevents the combustion material 2c 'of the combustion part 2c of the crushed tobacco 2 from moving from the storage chamber 21 of the storage housing 20 to the cutting chamber 11 of the cutting housing 10.

To this end, the reclosing means 40 includes, for example, two semicircular blocking plates 41, a hinge portion 43 for rotatably coupling the blocking plate 41 to the cutting housing 10, and a blocking plate ( And a stopper 45 for determining the rotational limit of 41). The stopper 45 causes the blocking plate 41 to rotate only to a position substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cutting housing 10, so that the combustion material 2c 'in the storage chamber 21 when the storage housing 20 faces upward. Is blocked from moving to the cutting chamber (11). To this end, the stopper 45 protrudes in a ring shape along the inner circumference of the cutting housing 10 and does not necessarily protrude continuously.

According to such a configuration, when it is necessary to extinguish the cigarette 2 and to extinguish it, the user of the cigarette cutter 1 cuts the insert 12 of the housing 10 by cutting the combustion section 2c of the cigarette 2. It is inserted into the cutting chamber 11 through. At this time, the insertion degree of the cigarette 2 is determined by the stop pin 14 formed to protrude at a predetermined position in the inner circumference of the cutting housing 10. If necessary, the user may adjust the insertion depth of the cigarette 2 through the transparent cutting housing 10 to change the cutting position to a predetermined position.

When the cigarette 2 is inserted into the cutting housing 10, the user presses the cutting switch 33 of the cutting means 30. Thus, the cutting blade 31 cuts the combustion section 2c of the cigarette 2 while advancing toward the cigarette 2. In this process, the extension part 37 coupled to the cutting switch 33 and / or the crushing protrusion 39 formed therein are crushed by pressing or penetrating the cut combustion part 2c.

Thus, the combustion material 2c 'made by crushing the combustion part 2c falls from the cutting chamber 11 to the storage chamber 21 of the storage housing 20 and is accumulated there. The user can grasp the amount of the combustion material 2c 'accumulated therein through the transparent storage housing 20, and can open the stopper 50 to empty the combustion material 2c' if necessary.

If the storage housing 20 faces upward while the combustion material 2c 'is being stored in the storage compartment 21, the blocking plate 41 facing the longitudinal direction of the storage housing 20 is the length of the storage housing 20. By rotating in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction, the combustion material 2c 'is prevented from moving from the storage chamber 21 to the cutting chamber 11 and eventually leaking out of the cigarette cutter 1.

In addition, when storing the tobacco cutting machine 1 in a bag, it is useful if the overall size is small. Accordingly, the user may use the sliding protrusion 23 of the storage housing 20 disposed to correspond to the rail groove 15 formed on the outer circumference of the cutting housing 10 to allow the cutting housing 10 to enter into the storage housing 20. Sliding and insertion can reduce the overall size of the cigarette cutter (1). At this time, the sliding projection 23 is seated in the space between the sliding jaw 16 formed in the rail groove 15 and both ends of the rail groove 15, the tobacco cutting machine 1 is minimized or maximized the overall length Will be maintained.

Next, another embodiment of the above cutting means 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 (and FIG. 1).

4 is a perspective view illustrating another embodiment of the cutting means of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the cutting means of FIG. 4 taken along the line VV of FIG. 1.

As shown in FIG. 4, the cutting means 30 ′ according to another embodiment includes a cutting blade 31 ′ disposed in the cutting housing 10 and a cutting switch connected to the cutting blade 31 ′ and exposed to the outside of the cutting housing 10. 33 ', an extension portion 37' and a crushing projection 39 'for crushing the combustion portion 2c of the cut tobacco 2 may also be provided. Furthermore, an interlocking portion 38 protrudes from the side of the cutting switch 33 ′, and the interlocking portion 38 will be described with reference to FIG. 5.

As shown in FIG. 5, the interlocking portion 38 functions to interlock the cutting switch 33 (and the cutting blade 31) with the pushbutton mechanism 60. Here, the push button mechanism 60 is disposed on the protruding portion 17 side of the cutting housing 10 by going through the body portion 61 and the retreating portion 63 moving forward and backward.

As the advance and retreat portion 63 of the pushbutton mechanism 60 is interlocked with the cutting switch 33 'via the interlocking portion 38, the cutting blade 31' is cut when the cutting switch 33 'is pressed. The burner 2c of the cigarette 2 inserted into the slit is cut (see FIG. 5B). In this state, since the cutting blade 31 ′ keeps cutting the tobacco 2 and cuts the cutting chamber 11, the cutting blade 31 ′ may play a part of the reclosing means 40 as described above. There is also an advantage. It is also useful that the amount of the cutting switch 31 ′ exposed to the outside of the cutting housing 10 is also small (compared to the case of FIG. 5A), thereby improving the portability of the tobacco cutter 1.

When the cutting switch 33 ′ is pressed again in the above state, the cutting switch 33 ′ protrudes outward as the advance / department portion 63 of the push button mechanism 60 protrudes from the main body portion 61. It pops out so that the cigarette 2 can be inserted into the cutting chamber 11 (see FIG. 5A). The operation method of the pushbutton mechanism 60 will be easily understood by those skilled in the art, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, the description of the function of the re-closing means 40 and the length adjustment of the cigarette cutting machine 1 will also be replaced with the description of the foregoing embodiment.

In the above described the configuration in which the cigarette 2 is inserted and cut along the longitudinal direction of the cigarette cutter 1, but is not limited thereto. In other words, an insertion hole 12 for inserting the cigarette 2 into the cutting housing 10 is formed at the side of the cutting housing 10 so that the cigarette 2 is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cutting housing 10. It can also be configured to be inserted into. Accordingly, the cutting means 30, 30 'will be arranged on the insertion hole 12 side. Furthermore, the structure of the present invention will be easily understood by those skilled in the art having sufficiently understood the above description, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

 As described above, the cigarette cutting machine according to the present invention can be easily extinguished by cutting the combustion part cut through the crushing protrusion while simply cutting only the combustion part while smoking the cigarette with a cutting blade. . This allows the non-combustion portion that has not been combusted to be stored and smoked again when necessary.

In addition, the cigarette cutting machine according to the present invention can be discarded by collecting the extinguished combustion material to the outside rather than being discarded to the outside by opening the stopper when necessary, without worrying about the combustion material even when there is no trash can. Cigarettes can be burned, thus not damaging the environment.

In addition, the cigarette cutting machine according to the present invention can adjust the overall length of the cutting housing is slidably coupled to the storage housing can slide into the inside, and the combustion material of the storage chamber by the reclosing means to the outside through the cutting chamber Since it does not leak, there is no inconvenience in carrying it in a pocket or the like.

In addition, the cigarette cutting machine according to the present invention is provided with a stop pin, so that when the cigarette is inserted into the cutting housing, there is no need for a special effort to match the cigarette at the cutting position.

In addition, when the cigarette cutting machine according to the present invention employs a push button mechanism as the cutting means, the amount of the cutting switch is less exposed to the outside, thereby improving portability of the cigarette cutting machine.

Furthermore, the cigarette cutting machine according to the present invention may be formed of a transparent material to precisely control the cutting position of the cigarette when necessary, as well as to easily grasp the degree of accumulation of the combustion material and to discard the combustion material at an appropriate time.

Claims (10)

A hollow cutting housing into which tobacco is inserted; Cutting means installed in the cutting housing and cutting the combustion unit of the cigarette inserted into the cutting housing; And a storage housing coupled to communicate with the cutting housing and storing a combustion material of the tobacco combustion section cut by the cutting means. The method of claim 1, And the cutting housing and the storage housing are slidably coupled to each other so that any one of the two rows can be inserted by sliding against the other one. The method of claim 1, And at least one stop pin protruding in the cutting housing to determine a position to be cut by the cutting means with respect to the cigarette inserted into the cutting housing.  The method of claim 1, The cutting means, A cutting blade disposed in the cutting housing; A cutting switch connected to the cutting blade and exposed to the outside of the cutting housing; And a resilient member for elastically supporting the cutting blade and the cutting switch with respect to the cutting housing. The method of claim 1, The cutting means, A cutting blade disposed in the cutting housing; A cutting switch connected to the cutting blade and exposed to the outside of the cutting housing; Is disposed in the cutting housing, the cigarette cutting machine comprising a pushbutton mechanism interlocked with the cutting switch. The method according to claim 4 or 5, An extension part extending in the longitudinal direction of the cutting housing from the cutting switch; Tobacco cutting machine further comprises at least one crushing protrusion protruding from the extension. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, A blocking plate rotatably coupled to any one of the cutting housing or the storage housing to block the cutting housing and the storage housing from communicating; Tobacco cutting device further comprises a reclosing means consisting of a stopper protruding from any one of the cutting housing or the storage housing to determine the rotational limit of the blocking plate. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, Tobacco cutting machine further comprises a stopper that is detachably coupled to the storage housing. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, And the cutting housing is configured to insert the cigarette along a longitudinal direction of the cutting housing or along a direction having a predetermined angle thereto. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, At least one of the cutting housing and the storage housing is a cigarette cutting machine, characterized in that formed from a transparent material.

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