Patents by Inventor Koji Sakemi

Koji Sakemi 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: 8510876
    Abstract: A drain valve device and a drain valve for a cleaning water tank are disclosed. A drain valve device for a cleaning water tank which stores a cleaning water for cleaning a toilet bowl, comprises a drain valve main body including a supporting shaft extending in a horizontal direction and a valve seat attached to a draining port formed at a bottom surface of the cleaning water tank, and a drain valve including an engaging portion which engages with the supporting shaft and is capable of swinging in a vertical direction, and a valve body, connected with the engaging portion through an extending portion, for carrying out a water discharge and a water stop when contacting with or separating from the valve seat by swinging in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Sakemi, Yoshihiko Morokuma
  • Publication number: 20100077545
    Abstract: A drain valve device and a drain valve for a cleaning water tank are disclosed. A drain valve device for a cleaning water tank which stores a cleaning water for cleaning a toilet bowl, comprises a drain valve main body including a supporting shaft extending in a horizontal direction and a valve seat attached to a draining port formed at a bottom surface of the cleaning water tank, and a drain valve including an engaging portion which engages with the supporting shaft and is capable of swinging in a vertical direction, and a valve body, connected with the engaging portion through an extending portion, for carrying out a water discharge and a water stop when contacting with or separating from the valve seat by swinging in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Koji SAKEMI, Yoshihiko MOROKUMA
  • Publication number: 20080235860
    Abstract: The present invention provides a toilet bowl flushing water tank device which can prevent the easy increase of a supply quantity of flushing water to a toilet bowl exceeding a predetermined quantity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Sakemi, Tadao Abe, Tsutomu Kido
  • Publication number: 20030213055
    Abstract: A toilet 10 has a bowl 20, a connection pathway 31, an ascending pathway 32, and a descending pathway 33 across a weir 34. The descending pathway 33 includes an expanded section 33a having a greater pipeline diameter and a tapered end 33b having a narrower opening area than that of the expanded section 33a, and is connected with a drain socket 70. The drain socket 70 has an inner drain conduit socket member 72 that is attached to be located inside a drain conduit 90. The inner drain conduit socket member 72 has an extended socket section 75, which is located below a floor surface FL of a lavatory and has a greater pipeline diameter, and a tapered conduit section 76, which has a narrowed diameter. These sections 75 and 76 constitute a siphon action induction module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Yoneda, Masaya Sou, Shinji Shibata, Takayuki Ohtani, Hidetaka Miyahara, Noboru Shimbara, Koji Sakemi, Masahiro Shinkawa, Masaki Kitamura, Hiroshi Tomonari, Takeshi Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20030204902
    Abstract: A toilet 10 has a bowl 20, a connection pathway 31, an ascending pathway 32, and a descending pathway 33 across a weir 34. The descending pathway 33 includes an expanded section 33a having a greater pipeline diameter and a tapered end 33b having a narrower opening area than that of the expanded section 33a, and is connected with a drain socket 70. The drain socket 70 has an inner drain conduit socket member 72 that is attached to be located inside a drain conduit 90. The inner drain conduit socket member 72 has an extended socket section 75, which is located below a floor surface FL of a lavatory and has a greater pipeline diameter, and a tapered conduit section 76, which has a narrowed diameter. These sections 75 and 76 constitute a siphon action induction module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Toshifumi Yoneda, Masaya Sou, Shinji Shibata, Takayuki Ohtani, Hidetaka Miyahara, Noboru Shimbara, Koji Sakemi, Masahiro Shinkawa, Masaki Kitamura, Hiroshi Tomonari, Takeshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: D484227
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventor: Koji Sakemi