IP Library Granted Patent US 10,435,876
Granted Patent B2
US 10,435,876 · App. 15/756,558 · Granted Oct 8, 2019

Bubble generator and flush toilet

Inventors: Hirokazu Shimasaki (Tokyo, JP); Kouji Fukuya (Tokyo, JP); Masato Wakabayashi (Tokyo, JP); Shuhei Haida (Tokyo, JP); Koji Shimizu (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
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Patent No.
US 10,435,876
App. No.
15/756,558
Granted
Oct 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bubble generator includes an ejector including a flow passage, a water supplier that supplies water into the flow passage, an air supplier that supplies air into the flow passage, a cleaner supplier that supplies a cleaner into the flow passage, and a bubble discharger that discharges bubbles generated by mixing the water, the air, and the cleaner; a water supply device that supplies water to the flow passage via the water supplier, and a cleaner supply device that supplies the cleaner to the flow passage via the cleaner supplier. The cleaner supplier is formed on a lower surface of the flow passage.

Claims (17)

1. A bubble generator, comprising:

a flow passage;

a water supplier that supplies water into the flow passage;

an air supplier that supplies air into the flow passage;

a cleaner supplier that supplies a cleaner into the flow passage;

a bubble discharger that discharges bubbles generated by mixing the water, the air, and the cleaner;

a water supply device that supplies water to the flow passage via the water supplier; and

a cleaner supply device that supplies the cleaner to the flow passage via the cleaner supplier,

wherein the cleaner supplier is formed on a lower surface of the flow passage,

the cleaner supplier is formed into a stepped shape lower than the flow passage surrounding the cleaner supplier, and

a cleaner supply port of the cleaner supply device is arranged on a bottom surface of the cleaner supplier.

2. The bubble generator of claim 1 ,

wherein the water supply device is configured to periodically flush water to the flow passage.

3. A flush toilet, comprising:

a toilet bowl part;

a bubble passage that guides bubbles toward the toilet bowl part; and

the bubble generator of claim 1 , the bubble generator provided in the bubble passage.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 10, 2021
From: LIXIL GROUP CORPORATION
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055545/0434 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 9, 2021
From: LIXIL CORPORATION
To: LIXIL GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055532/0047 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2018
From: SHIMASAKI, HIROKAZU; FUKUYA, KOUJI; WAKABAYASHI, MASATO; HAIDA, SHUHEI; SHIMIZU, KOJI
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046832/0415 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-171384 · Aug 31, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180291607A1 · Oct 11, 2018