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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2016
Toto Ltd., Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Kiyotake Ukigai, Kitakyushu, JP;
Katsuya Nagata, Kitakyushu, JP;
Masateru Miyazaki, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yutaka Aihara, Kitakyushu, JP;
Shuhei Hayata, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kei Watanabe, Kitakyushu, JP;
Nao Tanizaki, Kitakyushu, JP;
Hiroshi Nishijima, Kitakyushu, JP;
TOTO LTD., Kitakyushu-Shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
To provide a spout apparatus whereby expansion and deformation of the inner wall surface of the vortex generating portion such that a desired Karman vortex cannot be generated are prevented, even when the port portion is formed of an elastically deformable soft member. A spout apparatus for discharging hot or cold water with reciprocal motion, having a spout apparatus body and a vortex generating passage; whereby the oscillating element has a supply passage, a vortex generating passage, and a spout port passage, and the spout port passage is formed by an elastically deformable soft member, and is attached to the spout apparatus body so that a user can manipulate and deform the spout port passage, and the vortex generating passage is formed so as not to expand and deform even if internal pressure rises due to the supply of hot or cold water from the supply passage.