Tilting ashtray for motor vehicles

A tilting ashtray for motor vehicles, the facing part of which is milled out of a facing plate covering the surroundings, has a burning-ash protection strip which is integrally formed closely beneath an upper-lying milled-through transverse gap onto the facing part.

BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
The invention relates to a tilting ashtray for motor vehicles of the type 
having a cup housing tiltable to a limited extent into the interior 
vehicle space to uncover the ashtray opening. 
It is known from the state of the art (used in Mercedes vehicles) to cover 
the upper edge of the front end of a cup part of a tilting ashtray 
together with its facing part by a burning-ash protection strip which is 
clipped on in this location and possibly also has to be adhesively bonded. 
On account of the necessity of a reliably adhering protection against 
damage caused by burning ash falling onto the upper edge, it is essential 
that the attached burning-ash protection strip is also completely taken 
around the upper edge, and the facing surface pointing towards the 
interior space of the vehicle is thus partly covered. This generally 
disturbs the uniform facing pattern. In addition, further expense is 
entailed by attempting to advantageously form the visible transition from 
the burning-ash protection strip to the refined surface of the facing. 
An object of the invention is to design a cup housing of a tilting ashtray 
for motor vehicles in such a manner that, at its upper edge pointing 
towards the interior space of the vehicle in the opened state, it is 
protected against the influence of temperature, which cup housing has a 
front end covered by a facing part which is separated by milled 
encompassing gaps from a facing plate covering the surroundings. 
This object is achieved by integrally forming the burning-ash protection 
strip onto a temperature-resistant facing part. 
As a result of the burning-ash protection strip integrally formed onto a 
temperature-resistant facing part, the refined surface of the latter 
pointing towards the interior space of the vehicle is in no way impaired 
in its overall pattern. The operation to provide the facing plate with an 
integrally formed burning-ash protection strip, to improve the appearance 
of the surface, e.g., by a veneer, and then to cut out the facing part 
leads to a low-cost production method. 
Other objects, advantages and novel features of the present invention will 
become apparent from the following detailed description of the invention 
when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
FIG. 1 shows a cup housing 1 of a tilting ashtray 2 which accommodates an 
ashtray insert 3 with a burning ash deadener 4, and its front end is 
covered by a facing part 5 onto which a veneer 6 is applied for surface 
refinement. 
This facing part 5 is separated by milled, encompassing gaps 7 from a 
facing plate 8 covering the surroundings and constructed in the same 
manner. 
The tilting ashtray 2, which is automatically pivoted to a limited extent 
about a pivot pin 9 towards the interior space of the vehicle by a 
mechanism (not shown) already known via a pressure application on the 
front end of the facing part and thereby uncovers an ashtray opening 10, 
is located in an ashtray frame 11 on which the cup housing 1 is 
interlocked via riveted spring 12 while a further catch spring 13 holds 
the ashtray insert 3. 
In such a manner that it points towards the ashtray opening 10, a 
burning-ash protection strip 16 is integrally formed onto the facing plate 
5 in the area of the upper edge 15 of the latter determined by an 
upper-lying, milled-through transverse gap 14. 
Up to the upper edge 15, the facing part 5 is covered on the front end by 
the veneer 6 which likewise covers the adjoining areas or is supplemented 
by further console parts 17 to form a unit. 
FIG. 2, in front view, shows a tilting ashtray 2 according to the 
invention, the facing part 5 of which, with the facing plate 8 which 
surrounds it and is inside the console 18, presents a uniform pattern, 
since the surface is veneered as a whole, and the facing part 5 is then 
cut out by a milling operation. 
Although the present invention has been described and illustrated in 
detail, it is to be clearly understood that the same is by way of 
illustration and example only, and is not to be taken by way of 
limitation. The spirit and scope of the present invention are to be 
limited only by the terms of the appended claims.