公开(公告)号：US09370785B2

公开(公告)日：2016-06-21

申请号：US14568050

申请日：2014-12-11

Applicant: TOTO LTD.

Inventor： Kiyotake Ukigai ,  Minoru Sato ,  Takahiro Ohashi ,  Yutaka Aihara ,  Minami Okamoto ,  Katsuya Nagata

IPC: A61M11/02 ,  B05B1/18 ,  B05B7/04

CPC classification number: B05B1/185 ,  B05B7/0425

Abstract: Provided is a shower apparatus which can stably supply bubbly water through all nozzle holes and can cause water droplets of large, uniform size to land continuously on the user so as to allow the user to enjoy a shower with a voluminous feel as if the user were being showered by large drops of rain. The shower apparatus includes a water supply unit, a throttle unit adapted to eject passing water downstream, an aeration unit adapted to produce bubbly water by aerating the water ejected through the throttle unit, and a nozzle unit provided with a plurality of nozzle holes used to discharge the bubbly water, wherein the throttle unit has a flat-shaped throttle channel and water ejected through the throttle channel plunges into an air-liquid interface as a sheet-like stream, thereby producing bubbly water, which is then discharged through the nozzle hole.