Toto Ltd.

Daisuke Kazaoka

Makoto Hatakeyama

Masanobu Kanashiro

Yoshihiro Kiyofuji

Kenji Kido

Yukito Tsuruda

Hiroyuki Nagaiwa

Ryoichi Sugimoto

Takafumi Inoue

A faucet device includes: a base member; an outer shell member; a metallic casing member that is inserted in a columnar section of the outer shell member and whose one end is fixed to the base member; a hot-water supply pipe and a cold-water supply pipe that supply hot water and cold water, respectively; a single lever cartridge provided at the other end of the casing member; connecting members provided inside the casing member, connecting the hot-water supply pipe and the cold-water supply pipe to the single lever cartridge; a fixing member fixing the single lever cartridge to the connecting members; and mechanical engagement pins. The casing member is formed of a metallic plate or pipe with a size that allows the casing member to be insertable into the columnar section of the outer shell member, and capable of retaining the connecting member in accordance with the mechanical engagement means.

Faucet device and manufacturing method therefor

Provided is a water faucet capable of ensuring a required strength even when an exterior of the water faucet is formed with a cross-sectional shape having a longer direction and a shorter direction in a cross-section. The water faucet () comprises: an exterior member () having a longer direction (L) in a cross-section and a shorter direction (W) in the cross-section, and forming an exterior of the water faucet (); a discharging port () for discharging water therefrom; a water-conducting member () for providing fluid communication between the discharging port () and a water supply source for supplying water to the discharging port (); and a reinforcement member () provided inside the exterior member () so as to reinforce the exterior member ().

Water faucet housing

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Kitakyushu, Japan

Daisuke Kazaoka