US2098337A - Cigarette extinguisher - Google Patents

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Nov. 9, 1937. H. D. EDWARDS 2,098,337

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHER Harry n. Edwards, Los Angeles. caux,

Application April 1, 1936, Serial'No. 72,071

3 Claims.

My invention relates to a cigarette extinguisher, and has for its principal object the provision of a relatively simple, practical and inexpensive device that may be easily and conveniently used for extinguishing cigarettes and cigars.

A further 'object of my invention is to provide an extinguisher including a receptacle containing water, 'into which the lighted ends of cigarettes and cigars are dipped, thereby positively extinguishing the burning ends of the cigarettes and cigars, and at the same time, Washing the ashes from the burned ends of the cigarettes and cigars, and which ashes are left in the water container to be later removed when the latter is cleaned.

A further object of my invention is to provide a cigarette extinguisher, the use of which will eliminate the undesirable effects produced as a result of smoke and noxious odors arising from partially extinguished cigarettes, or from the ashes and burnt ends of the cigarettes that are removed by pressing the cigarettes against an ash tray, or the like.

A further object of my invention is to provide a cigarette extinguisher which, when properly shaped and finished, presents a neat, pleasing and ornamental appearance.

With the foregoing and other objects in view my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangements of parts that will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 isl a top plan view of a cigarette'extinguisher constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of a portion of the extinguisher and showing the valvular member into which the lighted ends of the cigarettes are inserted, in depressed position.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing which illustrates a preferred embodiment of my invention, I designates a base which may be cast or pressed from metal or molded from glass, porcelain or the like, andsaid base being provided with a chamber I I that is adapted to contain water. "Ihis base may be of any convenient size and shape, and its external surface may be decorated and finished so as to present a neat and pleasing appearance.

Mounted on top of the base at one end-thereof, is a hollow member I2 that functions as a reservoir for containing the supply of water used in (Cl. ISI-51) the extinguisher, and depending from the center of this container or reservoir is a tube I3 that projects through' an opening formed in the top of the base, and said tube extends a short distance downwardly into chamber II. To rmly secure the reservoir on the base, the tube I3 may be externally threaded, and the opening in the top of the base is provided with a complementary thread. The reservoir I2 may be of any desired shape, and it may be formed of metal, glass, porcelain or the like. The upper end of the reservoir is normally closed by a removable cap or cover Il.

Formed in the top of base I0 to the side of the reservoir, is an opening I5 in which is seated a short tubular member I6, that projects a short distance downwardly into chamber II.

Arranged to slide freely through tubular member I6, is a short tubular member I1, preferably of metal, the upper end of which is provided with an outwardly presented flange I8, that overlies the upper end of tubular member I6.

Secured to the lower end of tubular member I1, is a disc I9, that functions as a valve to engage against and close the lower end of tubular member I6, said disc being arched or made convex in cross-section so that water and ashes will, by gravity, pass outwardly inv all directions from the center of said disc, and discharge from the edge thereof.

`Secured to the under side of disc I9 is the upper end of an expansion spring 20, the lower end of which rests in a depression or recess that is formed inthe bottom of base III. 'I'hus when tubular member I6 is removed from the base, the tubular member II, disc I9 and spring 20 that are carried by said member I6 are moved therewith, and such construction simplifies and facilitates the assembly of the device, and also the cleansing or washing out of the chamber II in the base.

Formed through the lower portion of the wall of tubular member I1 just above the edge of disc I9. is a series of apertures 2|, which when said tubular member is in its normal elevated position, or closed by the lower portion of the wall of member I6, and when said tubular member I1 is moved downward through member I8, these openings 2I are open and communicate with the water containing chamber II, the latter position being illustrated in Fis'. 3.

When my improved cigarette extinguisher 'is made ready for use, water is delivered into the container I2 and discharges from the lower end thereof. into the chamber II in the base, and when the level or surface of the water in the base furnishing an ample water supply to take the` place of the water in chamber Il that is lost by evaporation, and by being absorbed by the ends .of the cigarette or cigars that are inserted in the device to be extinguished.

In extinguishing a cigarette or cigar, the lighted end thereof is inserted downwardly through tubular member Il, and with the same movement the lingers holding the cigarette or cigar engage and press downwardly on ilange Il, so as to move tubular member Il downwardly through member ii, with the result that the disc I9 moves downwardly away from the lower end of member I6, to a point below the level of the body oi' water within chamber Il, and water will pass through the openings 2| and thereby extinguish the lighted end of the cigarette or cigar that occupies a position upon or directly above disc i9.

When the pressure on the upper end of tubular member Il is relieved, spring 20 acts to irnmediately elevate disc I9 and member I1, and the water containing the ashes that have been washed from the extinguished cigarette or cigar will, during the upward movement of disc I9, pass outwardly over the arched central portion thereof and discharge over the edge of said disc. thus leaving the upper surface of said Vdisc comparatively clean.

From time to time, the extinguisher may be cleansed, and to facilitate such operation, the tubular member i6 carrying member I1, disc i9 and spring 20 are removed from the base i0, and by removing the cap or cover Il from the reservoir, water may be flushed freely through the reservoir and the chamber in the base, thereby thoroughly cleansing the same.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided an 40 extinguisher for cigarettes and cigars that is relatively simple in construction, inexpensive of manufacture and very effective in performing the functions for which it is intended.

The base portion of the extinguisher and the reservoir may be shaped, decorated and finished so as to present a neat and pleasing appearance, and thus the device may serve -as a useful and decorative article on tables, sideboards, smoking stands and the like.

aooassv y It will be understood that minor changes in the sise, form, and construction of the various parts of my improved cigarette extinguisher may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the spirit of the invention, the scope of which is set forth in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention: n

1. In a cigarette extinguisher, a base provided with a chamber adapted to contain water. an open ended tubular member seated in said base and extending downwardly into the water chamber therein and a valvular member arranged for sliding movement through said tubular member and adapted to close the lower end thereof.

2. In a cigarette extinguisher, a base provided with a chamber adapted to contain water, an open-ended tubular member mounted on the upper portion of said base and extending downwardly into the water chamber therein, a valvular member arranged for sliding movement through said `tubular member, a disc carried by the lower end of said valvularmember and adapted to engage the lower end of said tubular member, a spring arranged beneath said disc for yieldingly resisting the downward movement of said disc and tubular member and there being openings formed in the valvular member above said disc.

3. In a cigarette extinguisher, a base provided with a chamber adapted to contain water, an open-ended tubular member mounted on the upper portion of said' base and extending downwardly into the water chamber therein, a tubular member arranged for sliding movement through said open ended tubular member, a disc carried by the lower end of said second mentioned tubular member and adapted to engage the lower end of said open ended tubular member, a spring arranged beneath said disc for yieldingly resisting the downward movement of said disc and said second mentioned tubular member, there being openings formed through the wall of the second mentioned tubular member immediately above said disc and a reservoir mounted on said base and having communication with the water chamber therein.

HARRY D. EDWARDS.

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