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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2021
Toto Ltd., Kitakyushu, JP;
Naoki Koga, Kitakyushu, JP;
Satoru Kitazaki, Kitakyushu, JP;
Hiroyuki Kameshige, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yuki Okayasu, Kitakyushu, JP;
Tomofumi Ano, Kitakyushu, JP;
Toto Ltd., Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a sanitary ware compatibly satisfying both low water absorption and weight reduction. The sanitary ware has a pottery substrate of a vitreous body and a glaze layer, in which part of the substrate is exposed to outside thereof without the glaze layer; the substrate has (A) an anorthite and (B) an alkali metal component; and an amount of the alkali metal component is in the range of 5 to 10% by weight in terms of an oxide conversion (AO) relative to the substrate. This sanitary ware has the properties of low water absorption and light weight.