Patent ID: 8461705

Claim:
A faucet hydroelectric generator comprising: a cylinder portion including a supply water inflow port and a supply water outflow port and having a supply water flow channel formed in the cylinder; 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 at least one 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 including a thrust reducer configured to reduce a thrust force applied to the bucket, the lid being provided between a first space and a second space, the bucket blade being located in the second space, the thrust reducer configured to reduce a pressure of the first space by communicating the first space and the second space through the lid.