Patents by Inventor Kyoji Asada

Kyoji Asada 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: 10077547
    Abstract: A flush toilet wherein the rim inside wall portion comprises a rim inside wall upper sloped surface, and an improvement in user visibility and user rim portion cleanability is sought, flush water can be constrained from splashing outside the bowl portion by traveling by centrifugal force along the rim inside wall upper sloped surface from the inside surface formed at a relatively low height. The rim portion of the flush toilet of the invention includes a rim inside wall portion; the rim inside wall portion comprises a rim inside wall upper sloped surface, and an inside surface vertically extending straight up to the rim inside wall upper sloped surface; and the water supply apparatus comprises a constant flow rate valve for spouting a predetermined constant flow rate of flush water from the water spouting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Kyoji Asada, Satoshi Yamakawa, Kazuyoshi Mizoguchi, Masaki Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20170275862
    Abstract: A flush toilet wherein the rim inside wall portion comprises a rim inside wall upper sloped surface, and an improvement in user visibility and user rim portion cleanability is sought, flush water can be constrained from splashing outside the bowl portion by traveling by centrifugal force along the rim inside wall upper sloped surface from the inside surface formed at a relatively low height. The rim portion of the flush toilet of the invention includes a rim inside wall portion; the rim inside wall portion comprises a rim inside wall upper sloped surface, and an inside surface vertically extending straight up to the rim inside wall upper sloped surface; and the water supply apparatus comprises a constant flow rate valve for spouting a predetermined constant flow rate of flush water from the water spouting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Shu KASHIRAJIMA, Kyoji ASADA, Satoshi YAMAKAWA, Kazuyoshi MIZOGUCHI, Masaki KITAMURA
  • Patent number: 9702135
    Abstract: A flush toilet wherein the rim inside wall portion comprises a rim inside wall upper sloped surface, and an improvement in user visibility and user rim portion cleanability is sought, flush water can be constrained from splashing outside the bowl portion by traveling by centrifugal force along the rim inside wall upper sloped surface from the inside surface formed at a relatively low height. The rim portion of the flush toilet of the invention includes a rim inside wall portion; the rim inside wall portion comprises a rim inside wall upper sloped surface, and an inside surface vertically extending straight up to the rim inside wall upper sloped surface; and the water supply apparatus comprises a constant flow rate valve for spouting a predetermined constant flow rate of flush water from the water spouting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Kyoji Asada, Satoshi Yamakawa, Kazuyoshi Mizoguchi, Masaki Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20160273205
    Abstract: To provide a flush toilet wherein the rim inside wall portion comprises a rim inside wall upper sloped surface, and an improvement in user visibility and user rim portion cleanability is sought, flush water can be constrained from splashing outside the bowl portion by traveling by centrifugal force along the rim inside wall upper sloped surface from the inside surface formed at a relatively low height. The rim portion of the flush toilet 1 of the invention includes a rim inside wall portion 52; the rim inside wall portion 52 comprises a rim inside wall upper sloped surface 52a, and an inside surface 52b vertically extending straight up to the rim inside wall upper sloped surface; and the water supply apparatus 6 comprises a constant flow rate valve 16 for spouting a predetermined constant flow rate of flush water from the water spouting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Shu KASHIRAJIMA, Kyoji ASADA, Satoshi YAMAKAWA, Kazuyoshi MIZOGUCHI, Masaki KITAMURA
  • Patent number: 7661153
    Abstract: A flush toilet that uses a prescribed amount of cleansing water stored in a cleansing water tank to cleanse the toilet and discharge waste is disclosed. The flush toilet includes a bowl having a waste receiving surface, an overhanging rim and a shelf, a drainage channel whose inlet is connected to the bottom of the bowl for discharging waste, a first water spouting section for spouting cleansing water onto the shelf of the bowl to form a vortex; a second water spouting section for spouting cleansing water onto shelf of the bowl in the same direction as the swirling direction of the vortex, a first water channel for supplying cleansing water from the cleansing water tank to the first water spouting section, and a second water channel for supplying cleansing water from the cleansing water tank to the second water spouting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Ozeki, Toshifumi Yoneda, Tomoyasu Ichiki, Hiroshi Tomonari, Kyoji Asada, Katsuhiro Kawakami
  • Patent number: 7325258
    Abstract: Providing a flush toilet wherein the amount of water supplied to the jet hole and the amount of water supplied to the rim section are independently controlled. The present invention is a flush toilet (1) for supplying flushwater from a flushwater tank, the flush toilet comprising a bowl section (2) at the bottom portion of which is formed a jet hole; a jet flushwater tank (10) for storing flushwater to be supplied from the jet hole; a jet drain valve (14) disposed on the jet flushwater tank; a jet water conduit (18) for conducting flushwater which has passed through the jet drain valve to the jet hole; a rim section (4) disposed on the upper portion of the bowl section; a rim flushwater tank (8) for storing flushwater supplied to the rim section; a rim drain valve (12) disposed on the rim flushwater tank; and a rim water conduit (16) for conducting flushwater passed through the rim drain valve to the rim section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoji Asada, Toshifumi Yoneda, Tomohiro Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20070061955
    Abstract: Providing a flush toilet wherein the amount of water supplied to the jet hole and the amount of water supplied to the rim section are independently controlled. The present invention is a flush toilet (1) for supplying flushwater from a flushwater tank, the flush toilet comprising a bowl section (2) at the bottom portion of which is formed a jet hole; a jet flushwater tank (10) for storing flushwater to be supplied from the jet hole; a jet drain valve (14) disposed on the jet flushwater tank; a jet water conduit (18) for conducting flushwater which has passed through the jet drain valve to the jet hole; a rim section (4) disposed on the upper portion of the bowl section; a rim flushwater tank (8) for storing flushwater supplied to the rim section; a rim drain valve (12) disposed on the rim flushwater tank; and a rim water conduit (16) for conducting flushwater passed through the rim drain valve to the rim section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoji Asada, Toshifumi Yoneda, Tomohiro Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20060005310
    Abstract: A flush toilet that uses a prescribed amount of cleansing water stored in a cleansing water tank to cleanse the toilet and discharge waste is disclosed. The flush toilet includes a bowl having a waste receiving surface, an overhanging rim and a shelf, a drainage channel whose inlet is connected to the bottom of the bowl for discharging waste, a first water spouting section for spouting cleansing water onto the shelf of the bowl to form a vortex; a second water spouting section for spouting cleansing water onto shelf of the bowl in the same direction as the swirling direction of the vortex, a first water channel for supplying cleansing water from the cleansing water tank to the first water spouting section, and a second water channel for supplying cleansing water from the cleansing water tank to the second water spouting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Kenichi Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Ozeki, Toshifumi Yoneda, Tomoyasu Ichiki, Hiroshi Tomonari, Kyoji Asada