Patents by Inventor Katsumi Matsuzawa

Katsumi Matsuzawa 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: 5743463
    Abstract: The body of an automatic water combination faucet has, as separate parts, an outer cylinder with the cylindrical wall thereof having assembling hole portions for assembling connectors connected to the hot water, water and combination water lines and an inner cylinder housing accommodating a mixing valve unit. The inner cylinder housing is formed by casting or the like, and has, as integral and continuous parts, a main portion accommodating the mixing valve unit, a passage-defining portion in the form of a line for leading hot water to the main portion, and a passage-defining portion in the form of a duct line for leading out combination water. A separate cap which surrounds an adjustment screw unit of the mixing valve unit is engagedly coupled to the main portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: NTC Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuseki Ueno, Shigeru Iwai, Katsumi Matsuzawa