Ashtray

Abstract

An improved structure of an ashtray includes a body, a hollowed rim at the center of the body, an ash disk placed on the bottom of the hollowed rim, and multiple needles erected at equal distance from one another on the bottom of the hollowed rim; the ash disk being provided with multiple pores in quantity and arrangement same as that of those needles; the ash disk penetrating through those needles before being secured on the bottom of the hollowed rim; a burning butt being fast and automatically killed by inserting the butt upright into tips of those needles; a burning butt when not desired to be put out firmly resting at a certain inclination on tips of those needles; and dead butts and ashes being easily cleaned by removing the ash disk to dump them.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001](a) Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention is related to an ashtray, and more particularly to one that ensures of killing a live cigarette butt and allows easy cleaning.[0003](b) Description of the Prior Art[0004]A conventional ashtray usually has provided a flat surface surrounded by a rim for a smoker to kill a live cigarette butt by twisting it on the flat surface; and the rim is disposed with multiple notches on edges of the rim to serve rests for one or a plurality of cigarette. However, the conventional ashtray is not always sufficient to immediately and absolutely kills a live cigarette butt since it is not provided with a device exclusively for easy killing of the butt. The remaining smokes may become an annoyance while it takes a smoker to twist the cigarette butt several round on the flat surface of the ashtray just to kill it. Besides the residual butt not immediately killed may well kindle the packing paper of other butts and t...

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Benefits of technology

[0010]The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide an improved structure of an ashtray that allows safe, fast and automatic operation for an immediate killing of a burning cigarette butt to prevent residual smokes. To achieve the purpose, the present invention is comprised of multiple needles erected on a flat surface of the ashtray and the height of each needle is not greater than the depth of the flat surface surrounded by the edges of the ashtray. A smoker wishing to kill the butt simply inserts the butt onto the needles for their tips and shanks to fast and automatically destroy burning point of the butt thus to kill the but.

[0011]Another purpose of the present invention is to provide an improved structure of an ashtray that allows easy cleaning. To achieve the purpose, a porous ash disk in the same shape as but in slightly smaller size than that of the hollowed rim is secured in the hollowed rim with the number of pores equal to that of those needles erected on the bottom of the hollowed rim and to allow each needle to merely pass through its respective hole provided on the ash disk. Accordingly, to clean ashtray, simply pick up the ash dish to dump ash and butts left on the disk and then replace the ash disk into the hollowed rim.

[0012]Another purpose yet of the present invention is to provide an improved structure of an ashtray that prevents ash from spreading around. To achieve the purpose, those multiple needles erected on the bottom of the hollowed rim allow ash from burning cigarette resting upon the edge of the ashtray to drop through gaps among those needles and quietly stay there to prevent ash from spreading around.

[0013]Another purpose yet of the present invention is to provide an improved structure of an ashtray that holds steady a burning cigarette resting on the edge of the ashtray for safety concerns. To achieve the purpose, a burning cigarette when resting on the edge of the ashtray is held in place without rolling around or falling onto the floor to cause fire disaster since the cigarette rests directly upon tips of those needles at a certain inclination. The cigarette keeps on burning when resting on those tips of needles erected in the hollowed rim as its weight is constantly shared by those tips without being smuggled.

Problems solved by technology

However, the conventional ashtray is not always sufficient to immediately and absolutely kills a live cigarette butt since it is not provided with a device exclusively for easy killing of the butt.

The remaining smokes may become an annoyance while it takes a smoker to twist the cigarette butt several round on the flat surface of the ashtray just to kill it.

In more serious cases, a hard dying cigarette butt may drop on the floor to wind up a fire disaster.

Accordingly, the conventional ashtray is not practical, presents cleaning problem, and is not convenient to use.

Nonetheless, the pit is not necessarily to fit all brands of cigarettes, and it prevents easy cleaning thus to result in a mess in a short time.

1. Small amount of oxygen remains to be admitted into the space plus the residual air in the space, any burning cigarette butt is prevented from an instant kill. Accordingly, smokes do escape out of the space to fill the room with smokes and odors to make the occupant(s) very uncomfortable.

2. The structure to combine the ashtray and the enclosed space below is very complicated and prevents easy cleaning while reporting a comparatively incidence of failure. While keeping sediments and odors of cigarette butts, the closure of the independent space is getting poor and the amount of escaping smokes increases by day.

3. The volume of the independent space is very limited to either get jammed or prevent input of extra butt to cause further inconvenience to its user and frequently render the ashtray useless.

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