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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2010
Hiroshi Kanemaru, Fukuoka, JP;
Kenichi Aoyagi, Fukuoka, JP;
Masato Yamahigashi, Fukuoka, JP;
Masateru Miyazaki, Fukuoka, JP;
Tsuyoshi Miura, Fukuoka, JP;
Hiroshi Kanemaru, Fukuoka, JP;
Kenichi Aoyagi, Fukuoka, JP;
Masato Yamahigashi, Fukuoka, JP;
Masateru Miyazaki, Fukuoka, JP;
Tsuyoshi Miura, Fukuoka, JP;
Toto Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
To provide a water spouting device capable of switching between spouting and stopping, flow volume adjustment, and spouted water temperature adjustment with a single operating portion. The present invention is a water faucet device () furnished with a flow volume adjustment function and a temperature adjustment function, including: an operating portion () capable of being pressed and rotated by a user; and flow volume/temperature adjustment means (), whereby in a stopped water state, spouting is commenced when the operating portion of this flow volume/temperature adjustment means is pressed; in a spouting state, spouted water flow volume is changed when the operating portion is pressed continuously for a predetermined long-press determining time; and water flow is stopped when pressing of the operating portion ceases in less than the long-press determining time.