mechanical engineering heritage awards

Washlet toilet, stainless-steel train declared engineering marvels

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN


2012/07/24



A toilet seat with a warm-water spray feature, a stainless-steel train car and three others have won mechanical engineering heritage awards.

The Washlet G toilet (Provided by the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers)Stainless-steel rail cars (Provided by Japan Transport Engineering Co.)The Yoshino-yama Ropeway (Provided by Yoshino Omine Ke-buru Bus Corp.)Power lathe (No.1) produced by the Ikegai Plant, the oldest existing power lathe produced in Japan (Provided by the National Museum of Nature and Science)Ricopy 101, a desktop copier released in 1955 (Provided by Ricoh Co.)