US2113745A - Ash and cigarette butt receiver - Google Patents

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April 12, A1938. V, M, PYATT 2,113,745

ASH AND CIGARETTE BUTT RECEIVER Filed Aug. 18, 1936 Patented' Apr. 12,':71938 N UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Valdis M. Pyatt, Great Falls, Mont.

Application August 18, 1936, Serial No. 96,691

y 4 claims. This invention relates toash receptacles and particularly to. a receptacle designed for taking care of and' receiving ashes andthe butts of cigarettes.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide means of this character which will permit ashes and the butts of cigarettes to'be carried in a safe and sanitary way and which will prevent any chance ol' fires being started in' the ll0 woods, at home'and under like circumstancesby carelessly thrown down lighted cigarette butts.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which is adapted to be carried in the pocket or clipped to the pocket and which in- 15,c1udes an elongated receiving section and an upper section detachably connecting to the receiving section and having a c'ap, this upper section supporting an electing disk normally disposed in the lower end of the receiving section which, when pulled out by detaching the upper section from the receiving section, withdraws.

with it the ashes, cigarette butts, etc., so as to clean the receptacle.

A further object is to provide means carried by the upper section whereby ashes on a cigarette may be knocked oil without knocking od the lighted end ci the cigarette, or whereby a cigarette may be put out entirely before dropping it into the receptacle. My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherelnz Figure 1 is an elevation of an ash and butt receiver constructed in accordance with my invention; Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view on an enlarged scale of the structure shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a section on the line #-4 ofFigure 2;

posed upon the upper end of this receptacle I0 is a cylindrical section or collar I2 which is reduced in diameter at its lower end, as at I3, this reduced portion I3 fitting within the upper end 55 oi the receptacle IIJ and being provided with opposed pins Il which engagewithin the bayonet slots II so that upon arotation in one direction, after insertion, the collar or section I24 will be locked upon'the'upper end of the section I0, and upon a rotation in the opposite direction and a 5 withdrawal of the section I2the section I2 may be detached from the section I0.

The collar has attached to it the two longitudinally extending rods or strips I5 which carry at their lower ends the disk-shaped ejector I8, 10 which ts within the lower end oi the barrel I0. Plvotally mounted upon the collar I2 is a. cap I1, a spring I8 acting to retract this cap to an open position. The upper end of the collar l2 is reduced in diameter, as at I9, and the cap nts l5 over this reduced portion.

The collar is provided with the spring projected latch 20 and a knob or button 2| is provided which, when pushed inward, releases this latch from engagement with the cap II, the cap being 20 provided with a recess or keeper for engagement with the latch when the cap is closed.

Preferably, though I do not wish to be limited to this, there is inserted within the collar a transversely arcuate sleeve 22 of thin metal. the 25 upper edge of which is cut .so as to curve upwardly toward the middle of the sleeve and then downwardly toward the other edge of the sleeve.' This sleeve is inserted within the collar I2 and, of course, does not project so high as to prevent 30 the closing of the cap. This sleeve is for the purpose of easily knocking 0E the ashes on the end of a cigarette, the sleeve being disposed with its center approximately opposite the hinged joint of the cap. While I do not wish to be .35

limited to this, there may be provided a convoluted wire 23 on the inner face of the sleeve forming a roughened surface against which the lighted end of a cigarette may be pressed and ground so as to put out the cigarette, this ac- 40 tion causing the fire to drop down into the receptacle or barrel I0.

In the use of this device, the collar I2 is, of course, interlocked with the barrel or receptacle I0 and normally the cap is closed\\ Preferably, 45 though I do not wish to be limited "to this, the barrel I Il is provided with a spring clip 2l whereby it may be supported within a pocket as fountain pens are supported. Ashes may` be knocked olf the cigarette and will drop down into the barrel I0 and onto the ejector I6. The lighted butt of a cigarette may be also dropped down into this receptacle Ill and when the cap ls closed, this butt will goout for lack of air, or the lighted end of the butt may be forced against/the convoluted wire 23 and ground away -beiore the butt is dropped into the receptacle, or

the butt, after the lighted end has been ground ofi, may be thrown aside without danger. The cap, as before stated, is normally closed, but as soon as the button 2l is pushed inward, the cap will spring open.

Obviously, the device might be made in a number of sizes, andobviously the ejector I6 might be vsupported by only one strip or rod Il instead of the two shown. A

Various modiications might be made in the minor details without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

1. An ash and butt receptacle including an elongated tubular body closed at its bottom and open at its top, a cap operatively detachably engaging said receptacle to close it, and a sleeve disposed in theupper portion of said receptacle. the sleeve being arcuate in cross section and having a curved upper end extending beyond the upper end of the receptacle, the inner face of said sleeve being roughened to provide a surface against which the lighted end of a cigarette may be ground.

2. An ash and butt receptacle including an elongated tubular body closed at its bottom and open at its top, a cap operatively hinged to said receptacle to close it, and a sleeve disposed in the upper portion of said receptacle, the sleeve being arcuate in cross section and having a curved upper endge'xtending beyond the upper end of the receptacle. the inner face of said sleeve having a convoluted wire attached thereto against which the lighted end oi a cigarette may be ground.

3. An ash and butt receptacle adapted to be carried in the pocket, including an elongated tubular body closed at its bottom and open at its top and having bayonet slots in its upper end, a tubular section having an outside diameter equal to the outside diameter of the body and having one end reduced to fit within the upper end of the body, said section having pins engageable in said bayonet slots, the' tubular section having a supporting element extending downwardly into the lower end of the body and supporting an ejector at its lower end, and a cap hingedto the tubular section and adapted to close the same, a spring urging the cap to an open position, and a latch holding the cap closed.

4. An ash and butt receptacle adapted to be carried ln the pocket, including an elongated tubular body closed at its bottom and openvat its top, an elongated tubular section having one end formed and constructed to be inserted and tightly t within the upper end of said tubular body,

the tubular section having a supporting elementextending downward into the lower end of the,

VALDIS M. PYATI.

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