US 12,215,489 B2
Automatic faucet device
Hiroshi Murayama, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/995,959
Filed by The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 7, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/000319
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/210224, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-072110 (JP), filed on Apr. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0220656 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. E03C 1/05 (2006.01); B64D 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC E03C 1/057 (2013.01) [B64D 11/02 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automatic faucet device configured to be attached to a sink or a wall portion near the sink, the automatic faucet device comprising:
a faucet comprising a water discharge port;
a detection unit attachment portion provided in the faucet;
a detection unit that is detachably provided in the detection unit attachment portion and configured to detect part of a human body; and
a control unit configured to switch between discharge and stop of water from the water discharge port in accordance with a detection signal output from the detection unit;
the detection unit being either a first detection unit comprising a non-contact sensor configured to detect the part of the human body in a non-contact manner or a second detection unit comprising a contact sensor configured to detect the part of the human body when contacted by the part of the human body,
both the first detection unit and the second detection unit configured to be selectively attached to or detached from the detection unit attachment portion, and
the first detection unit and the second detection unit being interchangeable without modification of any portion of the faucet other than the first detection unit or the second detection unit.