Patents by Inventor Shu Kashirajima
Shu Kashirajima 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).
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Publication number: 20200308816Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet main body, a flush water tank device, and connection conduits for supplying, to a toilet main body, flush water supplied from a reservoir tank. The reservoir tank includes a large tank portion on a large volume side in the reservoir tank when the reservoir tank is divided into two at the left-right center and a small tank portion on a small volume side in the reservoir tank when the reservoir tank is divided into two at the left-right center. The upstream end of one connection conduit is connected to the large tank portion and, on the other hand, the downstream end of the other connection conduit is connected to the other side of the toilet main body divided into two at the left-right center.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu KASHIRAJIMA, Takahiro HARA, Masaki MORI, Yukari KAWAZU, Tsubasa ISHIBASHI, Hironori YAMASAKI
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Patent number: 10774511Abstract: A flush toilet is provided, which can enhance discharge performance of waste from an inside of a water discharge trap conduit even with a smaller amount of flushing water, in the flush toilet discharging waste by a siphon action. A flush toilet of the present invention has a bowl section, a water discharge trap conduit, and a jet spout port connected to a lower portion of the bowl section and opened toward the water discharge trap conduit, with an outlet portion bottom surface of an outlet portion thereof and a bottom surface of the bowl section being connected, and a bottom surface of the bowl section forms a curved surface that diagonally inclines more downward than the outlet portion bottom surface from a tip end of an outlet portion bottom surface of the jet spout port.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Yuuki Shinohara
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Patent number: 10753076Abstract: Problem: To provide a flush toilet wherein anomalous sounds can be suppressed from occurring when flush water is spouted from the rim spout port together with air accumulated in the upper portion within the rim conduit, and quietness can be improved. Solution: The flush toilet of the present invention includes: a bowl portion 20 having a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface 14 and a rim portion 18 formed on a top edge of a waste receiving surface; a rim spout port 26 configured to spout flush water from the rim portion onto the bowl portion; a rim conduit 24 disposed in the rim portion extending from a rear side region of the bowl portion to the rim spout port; and a stirring portion 44 configured to agitate flush water which is supplied into the rim conduit 24.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Makoto Bekki, Hironori Yamasaki
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Patent number: 10738452Abstract: Disclosed is a flush toilet including: a bowl portion having a waste-receiving surface and a rim; a drain passage; a rim spout section provided in the rim; and a water-conducting passage configured to supply the flush water to the rim spout section. The bowl portion has a front region and a rear region, and the rim spout section includes: a rim water passage formed inside the rim; and the rim spout port formed at a downstream end of the rim water passage. The rim water passage is provided to extend from either one of right and left parts of the rim to the remaining one of the right and left parts of the rim, via a front end of the rim. Further, the rim water passage has, in the front region of the bowl portion, a cross-sectional area constant zone.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Masaaki Momoe, Yuuki Shinohara
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Patent number: 10704243Abstract: Disclosed is a flush toilet which comprises: a bowl portion having a waste-receiving surface and a rim provided along an upper edge of the waste-receiving surface; a drain trap conduit connected to the bowl portion to drain waste therethrough; a rim spout section including a rim spout port provided in a part of the rim located in a front region of the bowl portion for spouting the flush water, and a rim water-conducting passage provided to conduct flush water to the rim spout port; and a first water-conducting hose for supplying the flush water to the rim water-conducting passage located in the front region of the bowl portion, via beneath the waste-receiving surface, wherein the first water-conducting hose is configured to enable flush water to remain thereinside during stop of supply of the flush water.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Makoto Bekki, Hironori Yamasaki
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Patent number: 10676908Abstract: A flush toilet comprises a bowl including a shelf formed on the top edge of a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface, and a rim forming an inner wall surface rising from the outside edge of this bowl; and a rim spout portion for spouting flush water to the inside of the bowl. The rim spout portion is disposed on the bowl rim and forms a single rim spout port over the entire perimeter of the rim for spouting flush water, and the rim spout port is disposed on either the left or right of the front side region, and spouts flush water rearward. The region to the side of the rim spout port in the inner wall surface forms a continuous band over the entire bowl perimeter.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Masaaki Momoe, Yuuki Shinohara
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Patent number: 10662634Abstract: The bowl portion of the flush toilet includes a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface and a rim portion formed on a top edge of the bowl portion. The rim portion includes a rim inside wall portion located on an inner side of the top edge of the bowl portion. The rim inside wall portion has a rim inside surface located at a lower area of the rim inside wall portion and a rim inside wall upper sloped surface having a section in a vertical plane, the shape of the section being sloped from an upper edge of the rim inside surface to an upper edge of the rim inside wall portion. The ratio between the height of the rim inside surface and the height of the rim inside wall upper sloped surface is 1:1 to 6:1 in a section in a vertical plane at any area other than a rear area.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Masaki Kitamura, Satoshi Yamakawa, Kazuyoshi Mizoguchi
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Patent number: 10633849Abstract: A flush toilet includes a shelf formed on the top edge of a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface, and a rim forming an inner wall surface rising from the outer edge of the shelf. The bowl includes a front side region and a rear side region, respectively, formed on the front side and the rear side of a center axis extending horizontally in the left-right direction so as to divide the bowl equally in the front-rear direction. The inner wall surface includes an overhang portion protruding toward inside of the bowl obliquely from the bottom end of the overhang portion. The ratio between the overhang amount and the width of the shelf is set smaller than 1.0.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Masaaki Momoe, Yuuki Shinohara
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Patent number: 10619337Abstract: The bowl portion of the flush toilet includes a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface and a rim portion formed on a top edge of the bowl portion. The rim portion includes a rim inside wall portion located on an inner side of the top edge of the bowl portion. The rim inside wall portion has a rim inside surface located at a lower area of the rim inside wall portion and a rim inside wall upper sloped surface having a section in a vertical plane, the shape of the section being sloped from an upper edge of the rim inside surface to an upper edge of the rim inside wall portion. The ratio between the height of the rim inside surface and the height of the rim inside wall upper sloped surface is 1:1 to 6:1 in a section in a vertical plane at any area other than a rear area.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Masaki Kitamura, Satoshi Yamakawa, Kazuyoshi Mizoguchi
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Patent number: 10604921Abstract: A flush toilet is provided, which can advance timing for startup of a siphon action that discharges waste, and can efficiently discharge waste from a water discharge trap conduit. A flush toilet of the present invention has a bowl section, a water discharge trap conduit connected to a lower portion of the bowl section, and a jet spout port that is opened toward the water discharge trap conduit, in the lower portion of the bowl section, and the jet spout port includes an outlet flow path in which a bottom surface extending toward an outlet of the jet spout port and toward a bowl section bottom surface in the lower portion of the bowl section, and a ceiling surface extending toward the outlet and having an inclination toward an upper direction than an inclination of the bottom surface are formed.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Yuuki Shinohara
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Publication number: 20200063418Abstract: A flush toilet includes: a toilet main unit having a bowl portion, and a water conduit formed in the toilet main unit and configured to supply flush water into the bowl portion. The water conduit has: a first water-guiding portion extending from a water supply portion to a first spout port located on one of right and left sides of the bowl portion; and a second water-guiding portion extending from the water supply portion to a second spout port located on the other of the right and left sides of the bowl portion. The water supply portion is located at a right-sided or left-sided position in a right and left direction. The flush water is supplied to the water supply portion in a direction inclined with respect to a front and back direction and intersected with an inside surface of the water supply portion, as seen in plan view.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Masaki MORI, Shu KASHIRAJIMA, Takahiro HARA
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Patent number: 10487489Abstract: A flush toilet bowl includes a bowl part, a rim nozzle, and a rim water spout part. The bowl part has a rim part on an upper edge of a receiving surface with a bowl shape. The rim nozzle is provided on a rear part of the bowl part and spouts flush water. The rim water spout part is provided on the rim part and spouts flush water that is spouted from the rim nozzle toward the receiving surface. The rim water spout part includes a rim water guide channel that is formed inside the rim part in such a manner that a cross-sectional area of a lower half part of the rim water guide channel is less than a cross-sectional area of an upper half part and a rim water spout port that is formed to be continuous with the rim water guide channel and in a front side region of the bowl part.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Masaaki Momoe, Yuuki Shinohara
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Patent number: 10465369Abstract: A flush toilet includes a bowl including a rim formed on the top edge of a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface; and a rim spout portion disposed on the rim for forming a circulating flow by spouting flush water into the bowl. The bowl further includes a shelf between the top edge of the waste receiving surface and the bottom end of the rim, and a connecting surface for connecting the outside edge of this shelf and the bottom end of the rim with a curved surface. The connecting surface is arranged so that the curvature radius of its curved surface in the vertical direction is essentially constant from the bowl front portion across both the left and right sides, and so that its position rises toward the left and right sides from the front portion of the bowl.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Masaaki Momoe, Yuuki Shinohara
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Patent number: 10443223Abstract: A flush toilet includes a body including a body inner wall forming the majority of the bowl surface of a bowl and a connecting portion connecting this outside wall and body inner wall; a rim including a rim inner wall forming a portion of the bowl surface, joined to the top end of the body; and a rim spout portion spouting flush water into the bowl. This rim spout portion respectively forms a rim conduit formed by joining a body and a rim, and a rim spout port; the joining surface between the body inner wall forming the rim conduit and the rim inner wall is set to a lower position from the rear side of the bowl toward the front; and the bottom surface of the rim conduit is set to a lower position from the upstream end toward the downstream end of the rim conduit.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Masaaki Momoe, Yuuki Shinohara
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Patent number: 10407890Abstract: A flush toilet bowl includes a bowl part, a rim nozzle, and a rim water spout part. The bowl part has a rim part on an upper edge of a receiving surface with a bowl shape. The rim nozzle is provided on a rear part of the bowl part and spouts flush water. The rim water spout part is provided on the rim part and spouts flush water that is spouted from the rim nozzle toward the receiving surface. The rim water spout part includes a rim water guide channel that is formed inside the rim part and guides flush water that is spouted from the rim nozzle and a rim water spout port that is formed to be continuous with the rim water guide channel and in a front side region of the bowl part. The rim nozzle spouts flush water upward in the rim water guide channel.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Yukihiro Sawayama
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Patent number: 10370839Abstract: A flush toilet includes: a bowl including a rim formed on the top edge of a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface, a discharge path connected to the bottom of this bowl for discharging waste, and a rim spout portion disposed on this rim for spouting flush water within the bowl to form a circulating flow. The bowl further includes a shelf, formed in the circumferential direction from the rim spout portion between the waste receiving surface top edge and the rim bottom end, for guiding flush water spouted from the rim spout portion in the circumferential direction. The rim spout portion is disposed on either the left or right of either the side region or the front region of the bowl, and forms a rim spout port to spout flush water rearward. The width of the shelf is set to decrease from the side to the rear of the bowl.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Masaaki Momoe, Yuuki Shinohara, Eiji Shiohara, Naoto Matsuo
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Patent number: 10301809Abstract: A flush toilet having a bowl portion including a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface and a rim portion wherein the rim portion includes a rim top inside corner portion, and a rim top outside corner portion, and in at least part of the entire perimeter of the rim portion, the rounding of the rim top inside corner portion is formed to be larger than the rounding of the rim top outside corner portion. This rim profile enables the rim portion top surface, the rim top inside corner portion, and the inside wall can be efficiently cleaned.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Masaki Kitamura, Satoshi Yamakawa, Kazuyoshi Mizoguchi, Shu Kashirajima
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Patent number: 10287766Abstract: A flush toilet is provided, which can restrain flushing water from excessively flowing down to an inner side of a bowl section before the flushing water reaches an upper end portion of a rising flow path, and can effectively restrain from occurring an unwashed region in the bowl section. A flush toilet of the present invention has a bowl section, and the bowl section forms a water conduit formed between the waste receiving surface and the rim section, and the water conduit includes a shelf portion forming an inclined surface lowering toward an outer side from an inner side of the bowl section, or a horizontal surface formed horizontally toward the outer side from the inner side of the bowl section, in at least a part of a rising flow path rising from a low portion of the water conduit.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Momoe, Shu Kashirajima, Masaki Kitamura
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Publication number: 20190078307Abstract: Problem: To provide a flush toilet wherein anomalous sounds can be suppressed from occurring when flush water is spouted from the rim spout port together with air accumulated in the upper portion within the rim conduit, and quietness can be improved. Solution: The flush toilet of the present invention includes: a bowl portion 20 having a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface 14 and a rim portion 18 formed on a top edge of a waste receiving surface; a rim spout port 26 configured to spout flush water from the rim portion onto the bowl portion; a rim conduit 24 disposed in the rim portion extending from a rear side region of the bowl portion to the rim spout port; and a stirring portion 44 configured to agitate flush water which is supplied into the rim conduit 24.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu KASHIRAJIMA, Makoto BEKKI, Hironori YAMASAKI
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Patent number: 10167618Abstract: A flush toilet for cleaning a toilet main body and discharging waste by using flush water is disclosed. The flush toilet contains a bowl portion including a bowl shaped waste-receiving surface and a rim portion formed on a top edge of the waste-receiving surface, the rim portion having an inner circumferential surface whose top portion is configured to rises vertically. The bowl portion contains a front region, the front region includes a first arc-shaped surface having a curvature R1 in a horizontal direction of a top portion of the waste-receiving surface and a second arc-shaped surface having a curvature R2 in a vertical direction formed by the inner circumferential surface of the rim portion and the waste-receiving surface, and the ratio of the curvature R1 to the curvature R2 is in a range of 1:3 to 3:1.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Masaaki Momoe, Masaki Kitamura