Patents by Inventor Hodaka SARUWATARI

Hodaka SARUWATARI 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: 10151089
    Abstract: A flush valve for a toilet, the flush valve including a main valve unit for causing a main valve body to reciprocate between a closed position and an open position in response to pressure inside a back pressure chamber communicating with a primary side flow path thereby opening and closing a flow path between the primary side flow path and the secondary side flow path. The flush valve further including a sub-valve unit having a sub-valve body for opening and closing a bypass flow path connecting the back pressure chamber and the secondary side flow path. The flush valve further including a generating unit disposed on the downstream side of the main valve unit and serving as flow path resistance on the secondary side flow path. Wherein the bypass flow path is connected to the secondary side flow path downstream of the generating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventor: Hodaka Saruwatari
  • Publication number: 20170175373
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a flush valve capable of providing flush water at a high force. [Means for solving the problem] A flush valve 1 connected on the downstream side to a toilet 2, comprising: a main valve unit 10 for causing a main valve body 11 to reciprocate between a closed position and an open position in response to pressure inside a back pressure chamber 27 communicating with a primary side flow path A, thereby opening and closing a flow path between the primary side flow path A and the secondary side flow path B; a sub-valve unit 30 having a sub-valve body 31 for opening and closing a bypass flow path 25 connecting the back pressure chamber 27 and the secondary side flow path B; and a generating unit 50, disposed on the downstream side of the main valve unit 10 and serving as a flow path resistance on the secondary side flow path B; wherein the bypass flow path 25 is connected to the secondary side flow path B downstream of the generating unit 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventor: Hodaka SARUWATARI