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US 11,891,785 B2Granted
Faucet apparatus
AssigneeToto Ltd.
InventorsYutaro Ohara, Hiroshi Mizoguchi
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Abstract
The object of the present invention is to provide a faucet apparatus in which both the area for the air inlet port and the area for the babble-water flow discharge port are secured, without excessively increasing sizes of a faucet aerator cap and a faucet apparatus. The air inlet port is provided in a lateral surface of the faucet aerator cap. The flow channel of the spout is provided with a communication port for guiding air between the outside wall and the flow channel toward the air inlet port.
Claims7
A faucet apparatus comprising:
- a spout having an outside wall and a flow channel for water;
- and
- a faucet aerator cap installed on an outlet side of the flow channel;
- wherein
- the faucet aerator cap has:
- an inside-space part in which an inside space is defined;
- a water inlet port provided at an end on an upstream side of the faucet aerator cap, for taking water into the inside space part of the faucet aerator cap;
- an air inlet port for taking air into the inside space part of the faucet aerator cap, by means of flow of the water;
- a babble-water flow discharge port provided at an end on a downstream side of the faucet aerator cap, for discharging a babble-water flow formed in the inside space part of the faucet aerator cap;
- the air inlet port is provided in a lateral surface of the faucet aerator cap;
- a part on the outlet side of the flow channel is provided with a communication port for guiding air between the outside wall and the flow channel toward the air inlet port;
- and
- the air inlet port and the communication port are arranged at positions which are at least partially out of alignment in an axially up-and-down direction such that an upper side of the air inlet port faces the communication port but a lower side of the air inlet port does not face the communication port.
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