Patents by Inventor Masako Numao

Masako Numao 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).

  • Sanitary washing apparatus
    Patent number: 9074361
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sanitary washing apparatus includes a nozzle including a jetting port and configured to squirt water from the jetting port and to cause the water to impinge on female private parts. The nozzle is operable to switch between a first jetting and a second jetting. The first jetting squirts the water from the jetting port to cause the water to impinge on a first range of the female private parts, and the second jetting squirts the water from the jetting port more diffusively than the first jetting to cause the water to impinge evenly on a second range wider than the first range without moving the jetting port. The water is squirted so that flow velocity in the first range of the first jetting is slower than flow velocity in the second range of the second jetting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Mochita, Minoru Sato, Masako Numao
  • SANITARY WASHING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20120011647
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sanitary washing apparatus includes a nozzle including a jetting port and configured to squirt water from the jetting port and to cause the water to impinge on female private parts. The nozzle is operable to switch between a first jetting and a second jetting. The first jetting squirts the water from the jetting port to cause the water to impinge on a first range of the female private parts, and the second jetting squirts the water from the jetting port more diffusively than the first jetting to cause the water to impinge evenly on a second range wider than the first range without moving the jetting port. The water is squirted so that flow velocity in the first range of the first jetting is slower than flow velocity in the second range of the second jetting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Mochita, Minoru Sato, Masako Numao