Toto Ltd.

Toshio Koguro

Kuniaki Shinohara

Hiroshi Tsuboi

Masahiro Kuroishi

Masami Yamanaka

Satoko Morioka

Yuichi Furuta

Yuta Sakai

Masateru Miyazaki

Kentaro Todoroki

Takanori Matsuno

Naoki Sato

Chiaki Nakayama

Mie Ikushima

Kensuke Murata

Kengo Iwata

Yukihiro Fukuda

Youichi Murase

An object of the present invention is to provide a remote control apparatus for a toilet seat apparatus which generates electric power by a user's pressing operation, the remote control apparatus being capable of balancing design quality and transmission accuracy of a signal at a high level. A remote control apparatus RC has a main button group MB, including a water spray button WB and a water stop button MB, and a sub-button group SB, including a stronger button SB, etc. Each button in the sub-button group SB has a circular shape with a diameter smaller than that of each button in the main button group MB from a front view. When a button in the main button group MB is pressed, mechanical energy is transferred to a power generation unit GU by a first slide memberand a second slide member. On the other hand, when a button in the sub-button group SB is pressed, mechanical energy is transferred only by the second slide memberand a loss in the mechanical energy in such situation is smaller than the situation where a button in the main button group MB is pressed.

Remote control apparatus

An object of the present invention is to provide a remote control apparatus for a toilet seat apparatus which generates electric power by a user's pressing operation, the remote control apparatus being capable of balancing operability and the ability to reliably stop water spray at a high level. When a cleansing button MB, being a button other than a stop button MB, is pressed, a slide memberreceives force F' at a branch. When the branchslides in a direction indicated by an arrow A, a main partalso slides in a direction indicated by an arrow A. A power generation unit GU generates electric power using mechanical energy input by a pressing force of an output partof the slide member. When the stop button MBis pressed, the slide memberreceives force Fat a stop input partand slides in the direction indicated by an arrow A. At this time, a loss in the mechanical energy caused until it is transferred to the power generation unit GU by the slide memberis smaller than that caused as a result of the pressing operation of the cleansing button MB

An object of the present invention is to provide a toilet cleaning device which is capable of cleaning a toilet stool by supplying cleaning water in an appropriate quantity corresponding to the state of usage by a user, which is provided with a self-diagnosis function for diagnosing cleaning water stoppage or the like, and which has a simple constitution so that maintenance can be performed easily. The output of a Doppler sensoris amplified by an amp, and a frequency spectrum is determined by an FFT calculation portion. A flow rate is determined by conversion in a flow rate calculation portionon the basis of the frequency spectrum. A controlleroperates other devices on the basis of the flow rate calculated by the flow rate calculation portionand the operational state of a cleaning instruction button. Cleaning water supply valveis opened and closed in accordance with instructions from the controller. Electrolyzed water is generated in an electrolyzed water generating portionto prevent the formation of urinary calculus in a drainpipe, and this electrolyzed water is discharged from a water spout when an electrolyzed water supply valveis opened.

Stool flushing device

A plurality of antenna electrodeson a substratecan be connected to a ground electrode on the substratevia connectors at spotsA-C,A-C,A-C, andA-C. Each connector can be opened/closed by a switch; or provided with a impedance varying device. Any one of the antenna electrodes may be connected to the ground electrode by the switch or the impedance varying device. The radio wave beam outputted from this antenna electrode shifts in phase from the radio wave beams outputted from the other antenna electrodes, whereby the direction of the integrated radio wave beam is inclined. Connecting one or another of the spotsA-C,A-C,A-C, andA-C to the ground electrode changes the direction and the magnitude of the integrated radio wave beam.

Microstrip antenna

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Kitakyushu, Japan

Toshio Koguro