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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2003
Makoto Fujii, Fukuoka, JP;
Shoji Miura, Fukuoka, JP;
Yoshihiro Kiyofuji, Fukuoka, JP;
Toto Ltd., Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
It is an object to provide a novel water discharging apparatus capable of rapidly enhancing an outer appearance and a cleaning property and enjoying a plurality of water discharging configurations. In order to achieve the object, the water discharging apparatus comprises a hot and cold water mixing portion including a housing to which a cold water supply tube and a hot water supply tube are connected respectively, and a hot and cold water generating portion provided in the housing and serving to mix cold water and hot water which are supplied from the cold water supply tube and the hot water supply tube, thereby generating hot and cold water, and a water discharging portion coupled to the hot and cold water mixing portion and serving to discharge the generated hot and cold water from at least one water discharging nozzle, wherein the housing of the hot and cold water mixing portion is formed longitudinally in a vertical direction and the water discharging portion is coupled to an upper part and/or a lower part of the housing.