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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2012
Applicants:
Hiroshi Hashimoto, Kitakyushu, JP;
Minoru Sato, Kitakyushu, JP;
Shuhei Hayata, Kitakyushu, JP;
Akihiro Uemura, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yukihiro Kozono, Kitakyushu, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroshi Hashimoto, Kitakyushu, JP;
Minoru Sato, Kitakyushu, JP;
Shuhei Hayata, Kitakyushu, JP;
Akihiro Uemura, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yukihiro Kozono, Kitakyushu, JP;
Assignee:
Toto Ltd., Fukuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 3/26 (2006.01); A61H 35/00 (2006.01); E03D 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E03D 9/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A water discharge device generates a large air bubble having a cross sectional area larger than a channel sectional area of a jetting port when the inside of a water storage chamber is viewed from the jetting port. The water discharge device intermittently forms the large air bubble to change a flow speed of a jet flow.