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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Toto, Ltd., Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Toshinari Yaoka, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yoichi Murase, Kitakyushu, JP;
Assignee:
TOTO, Ltd., Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03D 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E03D 13/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a urinal apparatus including: a water supplying device configured to supply water to a bowl section of a urinal; a water sprinkling device including a sprinkling hole configured to sprinkle water to a space inside the bowl section; and a human body sensing device configured to sense use of the urinal. The water sprinkling device not sprinkling the water from the sprinkling hole when the human body sensing device has transitioned from a human body non-sensing state to a human body sensing state.