Cigarette butt extinguishing and disposing apparatus

Abstract

A cigarette butt extinguishing and disposing apparatus including a cutting arrangement for receiving a cigarette butt from a slot to cut the cigarette butt into cut pieces while extinguishing fire and a container configured to collect the cut pieces. The cutting arrangement includes a pair of cutting rollers having peripheral faces engaging with each other, the peripheral faces each having a plurality of cutting edges. The cigarette butt extinguishing and disposing apparatus further includes a pressing arrangement for receiving and pressing the cut pieces. As a result, a cigarette is reliably extinguished.

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