Smoke controlling ash tray

An ash tray, comprising

• a. a housing having a passageway on one end thereof communicating with the interior of said housing,
• b. support means positioned on said housing for supporting thereon a cigarette or cigar with its lighted end adjacent to said passageway,
• c. a fan mounted within said housing so constructed and arranged as to create a draft of air through said passageway in a singular direction,
• d. porous air outlet means arranged on said housing and positioned rearwardly of said fan, such that the draft of air created by said fan exits said housing through said porous outlet means,
• e. smoke detector means operatively connected to said fan and contained within said housing, said smoke detector means adapted to detect the presence of smoke adjacent said passageway so as to obtain electrical energization of said fan such that smoke from the lighted cigarette or cigar is carried into said housing by the draft of air created by said fan,
• f. control means electrically connected to said fan and said smoke detector means to automatically energize or deenergize said fan in response to the presence or absence of smoke adjacent to said smoke detector means, respectively,
• g. heating means coupled to said housing, and including an element which when electrically energized is operative to ignite the end of a cigarette brought proximate a surface of said heating element, and
• h. retaining means positioned with respect to said heating means so as to support a cigarette against the surface of said element.

An ash tray, comprising:

• a. a housing having a passageway on one end thereof communicating with the interior of said housing,
• b. support means positioned on said housing for supporting thereon a cigarette or cigar with its lighted end adjacent to said passageway,
• c. a fan mounted within said housing so constructed and arranged as to create a draft of air through said passageway in a singular direction,
• d. porous air outlet means arranged on said housing and positioned rearwardly of said fan, such that the draft of air created by said fan exits said housing through said porous outlet means,
• e. smoke detector means operatively connected to said fan and contained within said housing, said smoke detector means adapted to detect the presence of smoke adjacent said passageway so as to obtain electrical energization of said fan such that smoke from the lighted cigarette or cigar is carried into said housing by the draft of air created by said fan,
• f. control means electrically connected to said fan and said smoke detector means to automatically energize or deenergize said fan in response to the presence or absence of smoke adjacent to said smoke detector means, respectively,
• g. baffle means in said housing in substantial alignment with said passageway for the accumulation of ashes, and
• h. said baffle means includes a plurality of vertically extending plates in spaced apart relationship to each other, each said plate having an upper end below the top of said fan, such that ashes may be permitted to accumulate in said baffle means as the smoke is processed by said fan.

An ash tray comprising:

• a. a housing having a passageway on one end thereof communicating with the interior of said housing,
• b. support means positioned on said housing for supporting thereon a cigarette or cigar with its lighted end adjacent to said passageway,
• c. a fan mounted within said housing so constructed and arranged as to create a draft of air through said passageway in a singular direction,
• d. porous air outlet means arranged on said housing and positioned rearwardly of said fan, such that the draft of air created by said fan exits said housing through said porous outlet means,
• e. smoke detector means operatively connected to said fan and contained within said housing, said smoke detector means adapted to detected the presence of smoke adjacent said passageway so as to obtain electrical energization of said fan such that smoke from the lighted cigarette or cigar is carried into said housing by the draft of air created by said fan,
• f. control means electrically connected to said fan and said smoke detector means to automatically energize or deenergize said fan in response to the presence or absence of smoke adjacent to said smoke detector means, respectively,
• g. an alarm coupled to said smoke detector means to provide an audible signal when smoke enters said housing, and
• h. first switch means electrically connected to said fan and said alarm such that said fan may be deactivated and the ash tray acts as a smoke detector.

An ashtray, comprising in combination:

• a. a housing having a passageway on one end thereof communicating with the interior of said housing,
• b. support means positioned on said housing for supporting thereon a cigarette or cigar with its lighted end adjacent to said passageway,
• c. a fan mounted within said housing so constructed and arranged as to create a draft of air through said passageway in a downward direction,
• d. smoke detector means operatively connected to said fan and contained within said housing, said smoke detector means adapted to detect the presence of smoke adjacent said passageway,
• e. control means electrically connected to said fan and said smoke detector means to automatically energize or deenergize said fan in response to the presence or absence of smoke adjacent to said smoke detector means,
• f. a purifier filter mounted in said housing between said fan and said passageway so as to obtain a filtering of the smoke prior to the air exiting from said housing,
• g. a porous air outlet panel in operative relationship to said housing and positioned rearwardly of said fan, such that the draft of air created by said fan exits said housing through said outlet panel,
• h. baffle means in said housing in substantial alignment with said passageway for accumulation of ashes, said baffle means including a plurality of vertically extending plates in spaced apart relationship to each other, each plate having an upper end below the top of said fan, such that ashes may be permitted to accumulate in said baffle means as the smoke is processed by said fan,
• i. an alarm connected to said smoke detector means to provide an audible signal when smoke enters said housing, and
• j. first switch means electrically connected to said fan and said alarm such that said fan may be deactivated and the ash tray acts as a smoke detector.