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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2015
Toto Ltd., Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Minoru Tani, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yusuke Takiguchi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yuichi Furuta, Kitakyushu, JP;
Tomohiro Kai, Kitakyushu, JP;
Hironori Yamasaki, Kitakyushu, JP;
TOTO LTD., Kitakyushu-Shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
A urinal having the bowl surface formed by only the front face portion in an upper region which does not have any forwardly projecting plate-like side walls at opposite sides thereof as in the conventional urinal. Flush water cleans a wider part of the bowl surface than in the prior art as well as reduce an area of the bowl surface that is not cleaned and provide an improved cleanliness and sanitation of the bowl surface. The urinal includes: a bowl surface being arranged so as to situate between a line segment connecting the left and right side edges and an arcuate segment of a circle having a diameter corresponding to the line segment, as viewed in the horizontal section through the flush water discharging device.