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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2016
Toto Ltd., Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Koki Shinohara, Kitakyushu, JP;
Hideki Tanimoto, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kenji Hatama, Kitakyushu, JP;
Makoto Abe, Kitakyushu, JP;
TOTO LTD., Kitakyushu-Shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
An operating device for a flush water tank assembly includes: a rotary shaft, an operating handle, an operating wire, and a drive unit, wherein the drive unit includes: a rotary member, a rotary winding member, a locking unit for mutually locking the rotary member and the rotary winding member when the rotary winding member rotates in a forward rotational direction from operating position Pand reaches operating position P, and a lock release portion for releasing the lock between the rotary member and the rotary winding member when the rotary member and the rotary winding member rotate in a forward rotational direction from operating position Pand reach operating position P