Title:
AUTOMATIC FAUCET AND WATER EJECTING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/071158
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Disclosed is an automatic faucet that is easy for users to use, of which sensor window can be easily cleaned, and of which sensor is prevented from falsely detecting streams of water ejected from a spout member. Specifically disclosed is an automatic faucet that includes a spout member (60) and a sensor (66) disposed in a front end portion of a water ejecting tube (12) and that ejects water from the spout member (60) in response to detection by the sensor (66). A part of the water ejecting tube (12) adjacent to the front end extends obliquely forward and downward to a user. The spout member (60) and the sensor (66) are fitted into the water ejecting tube (12) in the axial direction of the tube from an opening (16) of the front end of the water ejecting tube (12), the opening facing obliquely downward, and the sensor (66) is disposed above the spout member (60) such that the front end face of the spout member (60) is closer to the inside of the water ejecting tube (12) than that of the sensor (66).
Inventors:
ITAZU Nobuaki (())
板頭 伸明 (())
板頭 伸明 (())
Application Number:
JP2010/072274
Publication Date:
June 16, 2011
Filing Date:
December 10, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
INAX CORPORATION (1 Koiehonmachi 5-chome, Tokoname-shi Aichi, 85, 〒4798585, JP)
株式会社ＩＮＡＸ (〒85 愛知県常滑市鯉江本町５丁目１番地 Aichi, 〒4798585, JP)
ITAZU Nobuaki (())
株式会社ＩＮＡＸ (〒85 愛知県常滑市鯉江本町５丁目１番地 Aichi, 〒4798585, JP)
ITAZU Nobuaki (())
International Classes:
E03C1/05
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HONDA Hironori et al. (Eikoh Patent Firm, Toranomon East Bldg. 10F 7-13, Nishi-Shimbashi 1-chome, Minato-k, Tokyo 03, 〒1050003, JP)
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