US Patent Issued to TOTO on June 2 for "Flush toilet device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,266, issued on June 2, was assigned to TOTO Ltd. (Kitakyushu, Japan).

"Flush toilet device" was invented by Hideaki Kashimura (Kitakyushu, Japan), Daichi Okada (Kitakyushu, Japan), Ayako Habu (Kitakyushu, Japan), Satoshi Matsunaka (Kitakyushu, Japan) and Seika Tatsuoka (Kitakyushu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a flush toilet device in which flushing can be effectively performed with small amount of flush water by accurately setting opening times for individual drain valves. A flush toilet device (1) of the present invention includes a flush toilet main body (2), a flush water tank (4), a first drain valve (10) conf...