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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2009
Minoru Sato, Fukuoka-ken, JP;
Tomohisa Kato, Fukuoka-ken, JP;
Masako Fujita, Fukuoka-ken, JP;
Masayuki Mochita, Fukuoka-ken, JP;
Minoru Sato, Fukuoka-ken, JP;
Tomohisa Kato, Fukuoka-ken, JP;
Masako Fujita, Fukuoka-ken, JP;
Masayuki Mochita, Fukuoka-ken, JP;
Toto Ltd, Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a bathtub device including a bathtub, a jetting unit, a jetting driving unit, and a controller. The bathtub includes a first bathtub wall surface and a second bathtub wall surface opposed to the first bathtub wall surface. The jetting unit is provided in the second bathtub wall surface and configured to jet a jet flow to a sole of a bather bathing in the bathtub. The jetting driving unit is connected to the jetting unit and configured to adjust jetting flow rate of the jet flow jetted from the jetting unit. The controller is configured to control the jetting driving unit. The controller is configured to control the jetting driving unit to cause the jetting unit to intermittently jet the jet flow with a strength, a leg of the bather being passively bent by the jet flow with the strength.