Abstract: An ash-tray of the kind having an ash compartment and a moveable closing element, which normally seals the compartment to prevent any unpleasant smell, comprises an upwardly extending sleeve supported above the ash compartment and which is closed off at the bottom by a pivotable flap. To extinguish the glowing part of a cigarette stub or the like the stub is dropped into the closely fitting sleeve and, after a few seconds, the glowing ember is smothered. The cigarette stub can thereafter be dropped down into the ash compartment by downward pressure on an actuating member to open the flap via a pin.

Abstract: The present bottle closing device is intended especially for a one time use, for example, in medication bottles. The closing device is constructed to function as a guaranteed seal and may enclose a sealing gasket or stopper received in an elastically yielding claw ring which has claws held engaged with a bottle mouth rim by a closing cap provided with a so-called rip-top or flip-top which is ripped away for opening the bottle and breaking the seal.