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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 1991
Filed:
May. 21, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshio Mikiya, Tokyo, JP;
Haruki Nakao, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Nikko Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4544 ;
Abstract
A bathtub having a pump, comprising a tub having side walls one of which has an inner surface, an outer surface, and a thin portion made of magnetically permeable material, pump means secured to the inner surface of the thin portion, for taking in hot water from said tub and pressurizing the hot water, motor means secured to the outer surface of the thin portion and opposing said pump means, and a magnetic coupling means for mangetically connecting said pump means and said motor means.