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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2017
Toto Ltd., Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Tetsuro Kamiyoshi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Hideyuki Matsui, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kenichi Hashimoto, Kitakyushu, JP;
Makoto Hatakeyama, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kaneko, Kitakyushu, JP;
Toto Ltd., Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
A faucet apparatus includes a rotating operation unit that rotationally operates water spouting and shutting off operations, and a flow adjustment operation and a temperature adjustment operation of hot and cold water, an acceleration sensor that detects an attitude and a rotating movement of the rotating operation unit, and a control unit. The rotating operation unit moves without striding across a horizontal plane at a time of performing a rotating operation from a first operation position to a second operation position around a predetermined rotation axis in the water spouting state. The acceleration sensor is set in a state where a rotation axis at a time of rotating within a predetermined plane in response to the flow adjustment operation and temperature adjustment operation of the hot and cold water does not coincide with a gravity direction axis.