Title:
SINGLE LEVER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3898963
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a single lever which can easily manually be operated even by elderly persons having a weak grip and a weak finger force.
SOLUTION: The single lever has the rear end part 30 connected to a faucet body 4 side and the front end part 33 constituted of a pair of upper and lower tongue pieces 31, 32 extended from the rear end part 30 in a bifurcate state. By holding or pinching the front end part, or by putting a fist on the front end part 33, the single lever can be manually operated with vertical or horizontal manual operation. A putting space S for the fist 28 is set between a pair of the upper and lower tongue pieces 31, 32. The upper tongue piece 31 is formed in a substantially ring-shaped opening 3, 4 in which the fingers can be inserted, and further, the upper face M of the lower tongue piece 32 is connected to the upper face N of the rear end part 30. The upper face M of the lower tongue piece 32 has a gently downward and forward slope face from the upper face N of the rear end part 30.
Inventors:
Akira Nishioka
Application Number:
JP2002052009A
Publication Date:
March 28, 2007
Filing Date:
February 27, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Sanei Faucet Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
E03C1/042; F16K11/078; F16K31/60; (IPC1-7): E03C1/042; F16K31/60; //F16K11/078
Domestic Patent References:
| JP6024061U | ||||
| JP2001214481A | ||||
| JP1121778U |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hideo Fujimoto
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