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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2011
Shigeo Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiro Nakamiya, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsunori Murai, Tokyo, JP;
LIXIL CORPORATION, Koto-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Providing a toilet apparatus which can reduce an amount of water discharged into a waste collection tub. The toilet apparatus includes a toilet body () equipped with a toilet bowl () having a drain outlet (A) in its lower part, a discharge part () communicating between the drain outlet (A) and a waste collection tub () located below the toilet body (), a drainage channel () branched from the discharge part (), and a private parts cleaning device () assembled to the toilet body () and having a cleaning nozzle (). When the private parts cleaning device () is actuated and an amount of cleaning water ejected from the cleaning nozzle () equals or exceeds a set amount, the cleaning water flowing into the toilet bowl () is caused to flow into the drainage channel () without being discharged via the discharge part () into the waste collection tub ().