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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2014
Toto Ltd., Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Shu Kashirajima, Kitakyushu, JP;
Tomohiro Hirakawa, Kitakyushu, JP;
Masaki Kitamura, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yuki Shinohara, Kitakyushu, JP;
Koji Kamei, Kitakyushu, JP;
TOTO LTD., Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
A flush toilet which includes: a bowl portion having a waste-receiving surface, a rim and a recess; a first rim spout portion which spouts flush water toward a front end of the bowl portion so as to form a swirl flow; and a second rim spout portion which spouts flush water so as to form a swirl flow having a same flow direction as that of the swirl flow formable by the first rim spout portion. The bowl portion is configured to allow flush water spouted from the first rim spout portion to form a major stream which flows from the front end of the bowl portion into the recess, and allow flush water spouted from the second rim spout portion to flow into the recess from a lateral side of the bowl portion and then merge with the major stream M.