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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
May. 27, 1997
Masuo Ota, Kadoma, JP;
Miho Shirakawa, Kadoma, JP;
Shigehiko Fujita, Kadoma, JP;
Katsumi Nishimura, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yoshitaka Ezoe, Kitakyushi, JP;
Kinya Kawanobe, Kadoma, JP;
Hajime Miyazaki, Kitakyushi, JP;
Toto Ltd, , JP;
Abstract
A handy body washer comprises: a main body; a pump accommodated in the main body, a tank, slidably attached to the main body to house the main body therein, and a retractable nozzle member connected to the main body. The nozzle member has a free end and a plurality of nozzle apertures formed proximate the free end. The tank comprises: (i) a bottomed cylindrical body having an open top end and a bottom end, where the bottom end has a water supply opening; (ii) a water supply cover pivotally supported on the bottom end for opening and closing the water supply opening; and (iii) a gutter formed in an inner surface of the water supply cover for introducing the washing water flowing downward into the water supply opening while the water supply cover is open.