IP Library Granted Patent US 10,494,804
Granted Patent B2
US 10,494,804 · App. 15/860,859 · Granted Dec 3, 2019

Sanitary washing device

Inventors: Yoshihisa Tsuruta (Anjo, JP); Tomohiro Hamajima (Chita-gun, JP)
Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
E03D9/08B05B7/04A47K13/302B05B1/14
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Patent No.
US 10,494,804
App. No.
15/860,859
Granted
Dec 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sanitary washing device includes: a nozzle configured to wash a local region of a human body; a tank configured to accommodate a sterilizing agent, a sterilizing component of which is dissolved into liquid, and to store supplied liquid therein; a nozzle washing unit configured to wash the nozzle using liquid supplied from the tank; and a buffering unit disposed between the sterilizing agent and an inner wall of the tank inside the tank and having liquid permeability.

Claims (33)

1. A sanitary washing device comprising:

a nozzle configured to wash a local region of a human body;

a tank configured to accommodate a sterilizing agent, a sterilizing component of which is dissolved into liquid, and to store supplied liquid therein;

a nozzle washing unit configured to wash the nozzle using liquid supplied from the tank; and

a buffering unit disposed between the sterilizing agent and an inner wall of the tank inside the tank and having liquid permeability,

wherein the buffering unit has a bag shape that encloses the sterilizing agent, and

the buffering unit is disposed in the tank in a folded state.

2. The sanitary washing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the tank has an outlet port that discharges the liquid toward the nozzle washing unit,

the buffering unit has a mesh shape, and

the buffering unit has a mesh opening area smaller than an opening area of the outlet port.

3. A sanitary washing device comprising:

a nozzle configured to wash a local region of a human body;

a tank configured to accommodate a sterilizing agent, a sterilizing component of which is dissolved into liquid, and to store supplied liquid therein;

a nozzle washing unit configured to wash the nozzle using liquid supplied from the tank; and

a buffering unit disposed between the sterilizing agent and an inner wall of the tank inside the tank and having liquid permeability,

wherein the buffering unit is disposed in the tank in a folded state,

the tank has an outlet port that discharges the liquid toward the nozzle washing unit,

the buffering unit has a mesh shape, and

the buffering unit has a mesh opening area smaller than an opening area of the outlet port.

4. The sanitary washing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the tank has an outlet port that discharges the liquid toward the nozzle washing unit,

the buffering unit has a mesh shape, and

the buffering unit has a mesh opening area greater than or equal to an opening area of the outlet port.

5. A sanitary washing device comprising:

a nozzle configured to wash a local region of a human body;

a tank configured to accommodate a sterilizing agent, a sterilizing component of which is dissolved into liquid, and to store supplied liquid therein;

a nozzle washing unit configured to wash the nozzle using liquid supplied from the tank; and

a buffering unit disposed between the sterilizing agent and an inner wall of the tank inside the tank and having liquid permeability,

wherein the buffering unit is disposed in the tank in a folded state,

the tank has an outlet port that discharges the liquid toward the nozzle washing unit,

the buffering unit has a mesh shape, and

the buffering unit has a mesh opening area greater than or equal to an opening area of the outlet port.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 14, 2025
From: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: AISIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070509/0418 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 14, 2025
From: AISIN CORPORATION
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070509/0431 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 13, 2025
From: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: AISIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070506/0157 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2018
From: TSURUTA, YOSHIHISA; HAMAJIMA, TOMOHIRO
To: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 044522/0414 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-019165 · Feb 6, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180223518A1 · Aug 9, 2018