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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2010
Masahiro Kuroishi, Fukuoka-ken, JP;
Naoyuki Onodera, Fukuoka-ken, JP;
Tomoko Sato, Fukuoka-ken, JP;
Toto Ltd, Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a faucet hydroelectric generator includes: a cylinder portion including a supply water inflow port and a supply water outflow port and having a supply water flow channel formed therein; a bucket having a rotation center axis generally parallel to the supply water flow channel, and including a bucket blade provided in the supply water flow channel so as to be rotatable about the rotation center axis; a magnet rotatable integrally with the bucket; a coil configured to generate electromotive force by rotation of the magnet; a nozzle portion including a plurality of injection ports configured to cause incoming water flowing parallel to the rotation center axis to be squirted in a plane generally perpendicular to the rotation center axis from radially outside the bucket blade toward the bucket blade; and a lid provided at an upstream end of the bucket blade and configured to rotate integrally with the bucket blade. The lid includes a thrust reducer configured to reduce a thrust force applied to the bucket.