Water discharge device and bathtub fitting

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10132063-B2
Application number	US-201615363933-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 29, 2016
Priority date	May 30, 2014
Publication date	Nov 20, 2018
Grant date	Nov 20, 2018

Abstract

A water discharge device comprising a water discharge member formed with a slit-like discharge port and a discharge path, wherein the discharge path is formed with a reservoir chamber for holding, as reserve water, water flowing into the discharge path from its upstream side, and is formed with a constricting flow path that sends forth the reserve water in the reservoir chamber to the discharge port, and lateral surfaces on either side of the discharge path in its width direction are formed such that a path width of the discharge path spreads as approaching its discharge port side from its reservoir chamber side, and is formed such that the angle formed by an imaginary line paralleling the width direction of the discharge port and, on the lateral surfaces, a tangent line passing over the discharge port's opening rim is greater than or equal to 45° and less than 90°.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A water discharge device for discharging water in film form, comprising:
a water discharge member formed with a slit-like discharge port and a discharge path for delivering water to the discharge port, wherein
the discharge path is formed with a reservoir chamber for holding, as reserve water, water flowing into the discharge path from its upstream side, and is formed with a constricting flow path that from a reservoir-chamber side thereof sends forth the reserve water in the reservoir chamber to the discharge port along a discharge-port side of the constricting flow path, the constricting flow path being of constant path height from its reservoir-chamber side to its discharge-port side, and
lateral surfaces on either side of the discharge path in its width direction are formed such that a path width of the discharge path spreads as approaching its discharge port side from its reservoir chamber side, and is formed such that the angle formed by an imaginary line paralleling the width direction of the discharge port and, on the lateral surfaces, a tangent
line passing over the discharge port's opening rim is acute and greater than or equal to 45° and less than 90°.

2. The water discharge device according to claim 1 , wherein the lateral surfaces on either side of the discharge path in the width direction are formed by arcuate portions that bend drawing near inner sides of the discharge path in the width direction as it approaches the discharge port from a depth surface thereof, being depth-ward of the discharge port.

3. The water discharge device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the lateral surfaces on either side of the discharge path in the width direction include an entry-side surface portion continuing from the discharge port's opening rim, and single or multiple depth-end surface portions provided depth-ward of the entry-side surface portions; and
the entry-side surface portion and the depth-side surface portions are formed such that the angle, being acute, formed by the imaginary line and a tangent line passing over any surface portion that is more depth-ward than any other surface portion is smaller than the acute angle of the any other surface portion.

4. A bathtub fitting comprising:
the water discharge device according to claim 1 ; and
a bathtub on which the water discharge device is installed.

5. A bathtub fitting comprising:
the water discharge device according to claim 2 ; and
a bathtub on which the water discharge device is installed.

6. A bathtub fitting comprising:
the water discharge device according to claim 3 ; and
a bathtub on which the water discharge device is installed.

Assignees

• Lixil Corp

Inventors

• Nagayanagi Masako
• Idota Mayumi
• Ichikawa Yuichiro
• Kawakami Masashi

Classifications

• B05B1/22

  Spouts (anti-splash devices for water-taps E03C1/08) · CPC title

• B05B1/044

  Slits, e.g. narrow openings defined by two straight and parallel lips; Elongated outlets for producing very wide discharges, e.g. fluid curtains (B05B1/046 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B05B17/085

  designed to produce sheets or curtains of liquid, e.g. water walls · CPC title

• E03C1/0404 Primary

  Constructional or functional features of the spout · CPC title

• A47K3/02

  Baths (combined with showers A47K3/20) · CPC title