Patent ID: 7552879

Claim:
A water spouting device to be provided in a water faucet facility comprising: a water sprinkling plate having a plurality of water sprinkling holes defined therein for a shower spouting; a tube member comprising a water spouting outlet for a straight water spouting, the water spouting outlet having a circular ring shape, and an inverted tapered portion having a surrounding convex portion at an inner peripheral surface at a lower portion of the tube member, wherein the water spouting outlet surrounds a periphery of the plurality of water sprinkling holes and an outer periphery of the water sprinkling plate; a flow path switching mechanism for performing a first flow path selection for supplying water only to the plurality of water sprinkling holes through the water sprinkling plate so as to perform the shower spouting and a second flow path selection for supplying the water to both the plurality of water sprinkling holes and the water spouting outlet so as to perform the straight water spouting; and a joint member where the water flows in from an upper end side and flows out from a lower end side, and a sealing member provided at the lower end side, and wherein the tube member fits upon the joint member and the sealing member, wherein the water sprinkling plate is provided in an inner part of the tube member such that the water spouting outlet for the straight water spouting entirely surrounds the water sprinkling holes, and wherein the water sprinkling plate is movable in an up-and-down direction, and the flow path switching mechanism comprises an operating member for moving the water sprinkling plate in the up-and-down direction, and wherein when the water sprinkling plate moves upward and an outer peripheral edge of the water sprinkling plate is brought to be in contact with the sealing member, the water supplied to the water spouting outlet is interrupted and the water only flows to the water sprinkling plate through the water sprinkling holes, and when the water sprinkling plate moves down and the outer peripheral edge of the water sprinkling plate is spaced apart from the sealing member, the water flows through both of the water sprinkling holes in the water sprinkling plate and the water spouting outlet, and wherein the tube member is movable in an up-and-down direction, and the operating member moves the water sprinkling plate up-and-down by moving the tube member up-and-down.