Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Faucet hydroelectric generator
- Patent Title (中): 水龙头水力发电机
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Application No.: US12893117Application Date: 2010-09-29
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Publication No.: US08461705B2Publication Date: 2013-06-11
- Inventor: Masahiro Kuroishi , Naoyuki Onodera , Tomoko Sato
- Applicant: Masahiro Kuroishi , Naoyuki Onodera , Tomoko Sato
- Applicant Address: JP Fukuoka
- Assignee: Toto Ltd
- Current Assignee: Toto Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: JP Fukuoka
- Agency: Pearne & Gordon LLP
- Priority: JP2009-225578 20090929
- Main IPC: F03B13/00
- IPC: F03B13/00

Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a faucet hydroelectric generator includes: a cylinder portion including a supply water inflow port and a supply water outflow port and having a supply water flow channel formed therein; a bucket having a rotation center axis generally parallel to the supply water flow channel, and including a bucket blade provided in the supply water flow channel so as to be rotatable about the rotation center axis; a magnet rotatable integrally with the bucket; a coil configured to generate electromotive force by rotation of the magnet; a nozzle portion including a plurality of injection ports configured to cause incoming water flowing parallel to the rotation center axis to be squirted in a plane generally perpendicular to the rotation center axis from radially outside the bucket blade toward the bucket blade; and a lid provided at an upstream end of the bucket blade and configured to rotate integrally with the bucket blade. The lid includes a thrust reducer configured to reduce a thrust force applied to the bucket.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110074157A1 FAUCET HYDROELECTRIC GENERATOR Public/Granted day:2011-03-31
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