Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Nakamiya

Toshihiro Nakamiya 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: 9181689
    Abstract: Providing a toilet apparatus which can reduce an amount of water discharged into a waste collection tub. The toilet apparatus includes a toilet body (10) equipped with a toilet bowl (11) having a drain outlet (11A) in its lower part, a discharge part (20) communicating between the drain outlet (11A) and a waste collection tub (90) located below the toilet body (10), a drainage channel (30) branched from the discharge part (20), and a private parts cleaning device (50) assembled to the toilet body (10) and having a cleaning nozzle (51). When the private parts cleaning device (50) is actuated and an amount of cleaning water ejected from the cleaning nozzle (51) equals or exceeds a set amount, the cleaning water flowing into the toilet bowl (11) is caused to flow into the drainage channel (30) without being discharged via the discharge part (20) into the waste collection tub (90).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: LIXIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeo Imai, Toshihiro Nakamiya, Tatsunori Murai
  • Publication number: 20130191983
    Abstract: Providing a toilet apparatus which can reduce an amount of water discharged into a waste collection tub. The toilet apparatus includes a toilet body (10) equipped with a toilet bowl (11) having a drain outlet (11A) in its lower part, a discharge part (20) communicating between the drain outlet (11A) and a waste collection tub (90) located below the toilet body (10), a drainage channel (30) branched from the discharge part (20), and a private parts cleaning device (50) assembled to the toilet body (10) and having a cleaning nozzle (51). When the private parts cleaning device (50) is actuated and an amount of cleaning water ejected from the cleaning nozzle (51) equals or exceeds a set amount, the cleaning water flowing into the toilet bowl (11) is caused to flow into the drainage channel (30) without being discharged via the discharge part (20) into the waste collection tub (90).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: LIXIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeo Imai, Toshihiro Nakamiya, Tatsunori Murai