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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2009
Takahiro Ohashi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Minoru Sato, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yutaka Aihara, Kitakyushu, JP;
Minami Okamoto, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kiyotake Ukigai, Kitakyushu, JP;
Katsuya Nagata, Kitakyushu, JP;
Takahiro Ohashi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Minoru Sato, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yutaka Aihara, Kitakyushu, JP;
Minami Okamoto, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kiyotake Ukigai, Kitakyushu, JP;
Katsuya Nagata, Kitakyushu, JP;
TOTO LTD., Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
A shower apparatus Fincludes a water supply unit; a throttle unitinstalled downstream of the water supply unitand adapted to eject passing water downstream; an aeration unitprovided with an openingadapted to produce bubbly water by aerating the water ejected through the throttle unit; and a nozzle unitprovided with a plurality of nozzle holesadapted to discharge the bubbly water, wherein a virtual water ejection straight line obtained by extending an ejection direction of the water ejected through the throttle unitreaches a location where the nozzle holesare formed, without interfering with inner walls of the aeration unitand the nozzle unit