Patent ID: 11891785
Assignee: TOTO LTD.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC E  B  Y | IPC B  E

Claim 0:
1. A faucet apparatus comprising:
a spout having an outside wall and a flow channel for water; and
a faucet aerator cap installed on an outlet side of the flow channel;
wherein
the faucet aerator cap has:
an inside-space part in which an inside space is defined;
a water inlet port provided at an end on an upstream side of the faucet aerator cap, for taking water into the inside space part of the faucet aerator cap;
an air inlet port for taking air into the inside space part of the faucet aerator cap, by means of flow of the water;
a babble-water flow discharge port provided at an end on a downstream side of the faucet aerator cap, for discharging a babble-water flow formed in the inside space part of the faucet aerator cap;
the air inlet port is provided in a lateral surface of the faucet aerator cap;
a part on the outlet side of the flow channel is provided with a communication port for guiding air between the outside wall and the flow channel toward the air inlet port; and
the air inlet port and the communication port are arranged at positions which are at least partially out of alignment in an axially up-and-down direction such that an upper side of the air inlet port faces the communication port but a lower side of the air inlet port does not face the communication port.