PURPOSE: To reduce the consumption of electric power in an automatic water supply device, to lengthen the life of a battery, and to lessen the frequency of exchanging the battery
CONSTITUTION: All automatic water supply device is provided with a control section to send opening and closing signals to a water supply section 3 on the input of a sensing signal issued from a human body sensing device composed of an optical sensor having light projecting and receiving elements and the water supply section 3 to open and to close a valve on the input of opening and closing signals issued from the control section 4. The power source is a battery 5. Electric power consumption is reduced by controlling the device so as to stop projecting light from the light projecting element in the state of the opened valve.
SUZUKI HITOSHI
ITO TOSHIHIRO