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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Toto Ltd., Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOTO LTD., Fukuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03D 1/34 (2006.01); E03D 5/094 (2006.01); E03D 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E03D 1/34 (2013.01); E03D 1/14 (2013.01); E03D 1/144 (2013.01); E03D 5/094 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drain valve device includes a valve body and a lift part. The valve body plugs a drain outlet arranged on a bottom surface of a tank. The lift part is configured to lift the valve body. The lift part includes an engagement part. The engagement part engages with the valve body at a first height and releases engagement of the engagement part with the valve body at a second height. The second height is greater than the first height.