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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2021
Toto Ltd., Kitakyushu, JP;
Hiroshi Tsuboi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Koji Sonoda, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kei Watanabe, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yu Ichikawa, Kitakyushu, JP;
Masayoshi Enoki, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kensuke Azuma, Kitakyushu, JP;
Ryoko Uno, Kitakyushu, JP;
Mao Jinde, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yuwa Ishii, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kenji Furukawa, Kitakyushu, JP;
Hiroki Kurita, Kitakyushu, JP;
TOTO LTD., Kitakyushu, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a bathtub apparatus capable of satisfactorily detecting an electrocardiographic signal even in a state where water is being discharged into a bathtub by a water discharge device. The present invention is a bathtub apparatus () including a bathtub main body (), a water discharge device () that discharges water toward inside of the bathtub main body and is provided above a first inner wall surface () forming a short side of the bathtub main body, and electrodes () attached to the bathtub main body to detect an electrocardiographic signal of a bathing person, where the electrodes are arranged on an inner wall surface of the bathtub main body, and are arranged closer to the first inner wall surface than a position (P) where water discharged from the water discharge device hits a water surface of the water stored in the bathtub main body.