Patents by Inventor Yuji Hirashiba

Yuji Hirashiba 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: 5421039
    Abstract: A warm water tank in a sanitary device for a toilet bowl has a tank portion. A heater disposed in the tank portion so as to be located at a side portion of the toilet bowl. A water supply pipe is disposed in the tank portion so as to be located at the side portion of the toilet bowl. A water storing chamber formed in the tank portion so as to be located at a upper portion of the toilet bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuji Hirashiba, Osamu Matsubara, Kouichi Hayashi, Shinji Kawai
  • Patent number: 4829606
    Abstract: A washing device for parts of human body for use in a flush toilet which includes essentially a cylinder, a shaft and a water tank. The cylinder has a water supplying orifice and incorporates the shaft in the bore formed therein. The shaft comprises a shaft body and a control axis which is coaxially mounted in the bore of the shaft body. The shaft body has, at one end, a water spouting nozzle and an inflow orifice communicating a water passage to the water inlet port of the cylinder, and has, at the other end, a lever to rotate the whole shaft body. By operation of the lever, water spouting nozzle is movable to or from its inoperative rest position. An amount of washing water to be spouted is controlled by adjusting a sectional area of the water passage. This adjustment is effected by axial movement of the control axis which is provided with a tapered valve portion at one end and is provided with one operating knob at the other end thereof. The knob protrudes from one extremity of the shaft body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1989
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuji Hirashiba, Mikio Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 4597111
    Abstract: A sanitary spray device of the type having a nozzle adapted to extend into a toilet bowl for spraying and washing fluid on the private parts of a person seated on the toilet bowl is provided with a rotatable valve in association with a liquid supply tank. The nozzle is secured to the rotatable valve and is comprised of an outer pipe and an inner concentrically spaced pipe defining inner and outer liquid passages. A spray head is mounted on the end of the nozzle adapted to be disposed in the toilet bowl and is provided with first spray openings adapted to spray liquid on the anal portions of a person and second spray openings adapted to spray liquid on the genital portions of a person. The spray head is provided with a sealing arrangement to communicate the outer fluid passage with the first spray holes and the inner fluid passage with the second spray holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1986
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuji Hirashiba, Shinji Kawai, Tomio Oguma
  • Patent number: 4570274
    Abstract: A device for washing the posterior parts of the human body includes an electrically operated driving means which moves a nozzle means certainly either to a first position for washing the anal area or to a second position for washing the female genitals, independently of the hydraulic pressure used. The nozzle means can be shifted forward or backward from the first or second position within a given range according to the instruction from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1986
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Kaneko, Yuji Hirashiba, Shinji Kawai, Koichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 4564961
    Abstract: An appliance for washing the posterior parts of the human body with water is equipped with an outer nozzle and an inner nozzle that is rotatable inside the outer nozzle. The outer nozzle is provided with holes, while the inner nozzle is formed with a plurality of sets of holes. Any desired one set of the sets of holes in the inner nozzle can be brought into registry with the holes in the outer nozzle by rotating the inner nozzle, whereby the area through which washing water is spurted can be varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1986
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kaneko, Yuji Hirashiba, Shinji Kawai