Patents by Inventor Hachihei Watanabe

Hachihei Watanabe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5829468
    Abstract: A valve device using pipe materials in which a fluid control mechanism is arranged and which comprises a valve device body (11) made of a metallic pipe material and having a tubular flange (21) integrally formed on the outer surface of the body so as to protrude therefrom, and a tubular member (12) for forming a flow passage, which is fitted and connected at the base end thereof to the top end of the tubular flange (21). The tubular flange (21) is formed so that the area of the opening at the base end thereof communicating with the flow passage within the valve device body is greater than the area of the opening at the top end of the tubular flange. The inner peripheral portion (21a) of the base end of the tubular flange (21) is formed with a smoothly curved surface, and the flow passage is formed along such a curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Hachihei Watanabe, Masatoshi Enoki, Katsuaki Nakamura, Tatsuo Matsukuma, Tsuguya Okubo, Akira Yubisui, Takayoshi Yanagida, Hiromi Katahira, Toshiyuki Iwao, Yuji Matsuo
  • Patent number: 5143295
    Abstract: A bubbly water outlet device comprises a swirl chamber which is connected to a water supply source and is adapted to swirl a flow, and a bubbler chamber which is connected to the swirl chamber through a discharge port provided substantially at a center of the swirl chamber. The bubbler chamber is adapted to suck air from an exterior by virtue of the inflow of water from the discharge port and is capable of discharging bubbly water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1992
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Okayama, Yoshitaka Oba, Masahiko Imazono, Masatoshi Enoki, Masao Shimizu, Yoshiki Ohta, Koji Nakano, Eiji Matsuda, Osamu Tokunaga, Tomoaki Nakano, Hachihei Watanabe, Toshihide Ushita