Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Water discharge apparatus and photoelectric sensor
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Application No.: US15486444Application Date: 2017-04-13
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Publication No.: US10392789B2Publication Date: 2019-08-27
- Inventor: Minoru Karei
- Applicant: TOTO LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Kitakyushu-Shi, Fukuoka
- Assignee: TOTO LTD.
- Current Assignee: TOTO LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kitakyushu-Shi, Fukuoka
- Agency: Pearne & Gordon LLP
- Priority: JP2016-097266 20160513
- Main IPC: E03C1/05
- IPC: E03C1/05 ; E03D5/10 ; G01J1/02 ; G01J1/04 ; G01V8/12

Abstract:
A water discharge apparatus including a water discharger, a water supply path, an opening/closing valve, a photoelectric sensor, and a controller, the photoelectric sensor projects detection light, receives a reflected light of the detection light, and outputs a received signal corresponding to a light reception amount of the reflected light, the controller detects an existence or absence of an object based on the received signal and controls opening and closing of the opening/closing valve according to a detection result of the object, the photoelectric sensor includes a sensor main body and a conductive member, the sensor main body includes a light-projecting element and a light receiving element, and the conductive member covers a front of the light receiving element, is formed in a sheet configuration, is light-transmissive, is conductive, and is electrically connected to a reference potential of the sensor main body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170328048A1 WATER DISCHARGE APPARATUS AND PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR Public/Granted day:2017-11-16
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