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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2014
Toto Ltd., Fukuoka, JP;
Satoko Morioka, Kitakyushu, JP;
Toshio Koguro, Kitakyushu, JP;
Masahiro Kuroishi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Masateru Miyazaki, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yuta Sakai, Kitakyushu, JP;
Masami Yamanaka, Kitakyushu, JP;
TOTO LTD., Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a remote control apparatus for a toilet seat apparatus which generates electric power by a user's pressing operation, the remote control apparatus being capable of balancing operability and the ability to reliably stop water spray at a high level. When a cleansing button MB, being a button other than a stop button MB, is pressed, a slide memberreceives force F' at a branch. When the branchslides in a direction indicated by an arrow A, a main partalso slides in a direction indicated by an arrow A. A power generation unit GU generates electric power using mechanical energy input by a pressing force of an output partof the slide member. When the stop button MBis pressed, the slide memberreceives force Fat a stop input partand slides in the direction indicated by an arrow A. At this time, a loss in the mechanical energy caused until it is transferred to the power generation unit GU by the slide memberis smaller than that caused as a result of the pressing operation of the cleansing button MB