Spout apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10272451
APP PUB NO 20170165687A1
SERIAL NO

15377587

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To provide a spout apparatus which is easily maintainable by a user even when, in a fluid device utilizing Karman vortices, scale adheres to the Karman vortex generating portion. A spout apparatus for discharging hot or cold water while causing it to reciprocally oscillate, having a spout apparatus body and an oscillating element; whereby the oscillating element has a water supply passage, a vortex generating passage, and a spout port passage; the spout port passage is formed of an elastically deformable soft member and is attached to the spout apparatus body so that a user can manipulate the spout port passage to deform it; and the vortex generating passage is formed of an elastically deformable soft member, and is integrally formed with the spout port passage so that deformations of the spout port passage can be transmitted to this vortex generating passage.

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TOTO LTDKOKURAKITA-KU KITAKYUSHU-SHI FUKUOKA 802-8601

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aihara, Yutaka Kitakyushu, JP 15 93
Hayata, Shuhei Kitakyushu, JP 7 13
Miyazaki, Masateru Kitakyushu, JP 6 82
Nagata, Katsuya Kitakyushu, JP 18 93
Nishijima, Hiroshi Kitakyushu, JP 13 192
Tanizaki, Nao Kitakyushu, JP 2 8
Ukigai, Kiyotake Kitakyushu, JP 21 98
Watanabe, Kei Kitakyushu, JP 165 753

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