Patents by Inventor Kojiro Watari

Kojiro Watari 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: 11596281
    Abstract: A toilet device includes a toilet body that has a toilet bowl, a toilet seat that is attached to the toilet body and has a bowl facing surface facing an inner surface of the toilet bowl in the up-and-down direction and provided on a back surface thereof, a discharge part that can discharge a cleaning liquid so that the cleaning liquid runs along a bowl facing surface, and a guide that can guide a part of the cleaning liquid so that the cleaning liquid runs along an inner peripheral side portion of the bowl facing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Tamura, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Shinichi Gomita, Kojiro Watari, Keisuke Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 11525253
    Abstract: A first cleaning nozzle and a second cleaning nozzle configured to be capable of being advanced and retracted and perform private part cleaning on a human body in an advanced state; a shutter configured to open and close an opening through which the first cleaning nozzle and the second cleaning nozzle are advanced and retracted; and a shutter water film forming portion configured to supply water to a front surface of a shutter main body of the shutter to form a water film are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Tamura, Shinichi Gomita, Kojiro Watari
  • Patent number: 11391029
    Abstract: Provided are valve devices and flow heads for a valve device. A valve device can include a valve body (30) that opens and closes a valve hole (15a) to allow communication between a primary flow path (17a) and a secondary flow path (17b), a back pressure chamber (7) defined at the back side of the valve body, a small hole (51) that is provided in the valve body to allow the primary flow path of and the back pressure chamber to communicate with each other, and a pin (6) that has a straight portion inserted into the small hole to clean the small hole by relative motions of the small hole and the straight portion. A flow head (34) may be annular and include one or more notches along a perimeter and be configured to engage with an inner peripheral surface of an upper end portion of an inner barrel of the valve device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: AS America, Inc.
    Inventors: Marin Marinov, Walter Pitsch, Eric Soberano, Koji Shimizu, Kojiro Watari
  • Publication number: 20210230853
    Abstract: Provided are valve devices and flow heads for a valve device. A valve device can include a valve body (30) that opens and closes a valve hole (15a) to allow communication between a primary flow path (17a) and a secondary flow path (17b), a back pressure chamber (7) defined at the back side of the valve body, a small hole (51) that is provided in the valve body to allow the primary flow path of and the back pressure chamber to communicate with each other, and a pin (6) that has a straight portion inserted into the small hole to clean the small hole by relative motions of the small hole and the straight portion. A flow head (34) may be annular and include one or more notches along a perimeter and be configured to engage with an inner peripheral surface of an upper end portion of an inner barrel of the valve device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: AS America, Inc.
    Inventors: Marin Marinov, Walter Pitsch, Eric Soberano, Koji Shimizu, Kojiro Watari
  • Publication number: 20210093131
    Abstract: A toilet device includes a toilet body that has a toilet bowl, a toilet seat that is attached to the toilet body and has a bowl facing surface facing an inner surface of the toilet bowl in the up-and-down direction and provided on a back surface thereof, a discharge part that can discharge a cleaning liquid so that the cleaning liquid runs along a bowl facing surface, and a guide that can guide a part of the cleaning liquid so that the cleaning liquid runs along an inner peripheral side portion of the bowl facing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki TAMURA, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Shinichi GOMITA, Kojiro WATARI, Keisuke SAKAKIBARA
  • Publication number: 20210040720
    Abstract: A first cleaning nozzle and a second cleaning nozzle configured to be capable of being advanced and retracted and perform private part cleaning on a human body in an advanced state; a shutter configured to open and close an opening through which the first cleaning nozzle and the second cleaning nozzle are advanced and retracted; and a shutter water film forming portion configured to supply water to a front surface of a shutter main body of the shutter to form a water film are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki TAMURA, Shinichi GOMITA, Kojiro WATARI
  • Patent number: 9702130
    Abstract: A toilet flush tank is provided that is capable of preventing an increase in the external dimensions of a toilet main body even when the toilet flush tank is placed below the upper surface of a toilet main body and is also capable of performing toilet cleaning in a stable manner. A toilet flush tank stores cleaning water to be provided to a toilet main body having a toilet bowl and a toilet drainage channel that communicates with the downstream side of the toilet bowl. This toilet flush tank is placed inside a space below the toilet bowl and provided with a recessed portion that conforms to the shape of the toilet drainage channel at the upper surface of the toilet flush tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: LIXIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouji Fukuya, Naokazu Onishi, Ken Higuchi, Yuji Saito, Kojiro Watari
  • Publication number: 20150159356
    Abstract: A toilet flush tank is provided that is capable of preventing an increase in the external dimensions of a toilet main body even when the toilet flush tank is placed below the upper surface of a toilet main body and is also capable of performing toilet cleaning in a stable manner. A toilet flush tank stores cleaning water to be provided to a toilet main body having a toilet bowl and a toilet drainage channel that communicates with the downstream side of the toilet bowl. This toilet flush tank is placed inside a space below the toilet bowl and provided with a recessed portion that conforms to the shape of the toilet drainage channel at the upper surface of the toilet flush tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Kouji FUKUYA, Naokazu ONISHI, Ken HIGUCHI, Yuji SAITO, Kojiro WATARI
  • Patent number: 9009877
    Abstract: Air suction device for a flush toilet configured to suction air from a toilet drain duct having a suction chamber dividing a tank body interior, a float in the suction chamber and an on-off valve closing an air inlet when the float lifts to prevent air flow from the toilet drain duct side into the suction chamber. The air inlet is higher than the water level in a toilet flushing standby mode. The on-off valve opens the air inlet to allow air flow form the drain duct side in the suction chamber when flush water in the tank drops such that the float is lowered form the raised position. An embodiment includes a valve chest, a float and attracting member for on-off valve manipulation. Another embodiment includes a valve chest with a small air flow manipulation hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Lixil Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Miwa, Kojiro Watari, Hitomi Yamai, Ken Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20130291297
    Abstract: Providing a toilet flushing device and a flush toilet both of which can desirably execute toilet flushing. A toilet flushing device (20) includes a first tank (21) storing flush water, a second tank (22) having a lower opening (22C) communicating with the first tank (21) and having a lower region (22D) and an upper region (22U) with a larger capacity per unit height than the lower region (22D), an air passage (23) communicating between the second tank (22) and a toilet drainage (12) via a position located higher than a maximum storage water level (L) in the first tank (21), a water-supply passage (24) communicating between the first tank (21) and a toilet bowl (11) and a on-off valve (25) which maximizes a flow rate of an air in the air passage (23) with a delay to initiation of supply of flush water stored in the first tank (21) through the water-supply passage (24) into the toilet bowl (11), the air flowing from the toilet drainage (12) side to the second tank (22) side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: LIXIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Kitamura, Kojiro Watari, Hitomi Yamai, Shuhei Haida, Keisuke Sakakibara
  • Publication number: 20120210506
    Abstract: A flush tank device (10) includes a tank body (20) storing flush water to flush a toilet body (1), a water supply device (30) supplying flush water into the tank body, and an air suction device (40) sucking air in a toilet drain duct (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: LIXIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Miwa, Kojiro Watari, Hitomi Yamai, Ken Higuchi