PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bathtub device preventing the application of an excessive load to a pump due to the closing of all of a plurality of valve elements when driving the pump.SOLUTION: This bathtub device includes an inlet of bathwater and a plurality of outlets in a bathtub, a circulation pipe for connecting the inlet and the outlets, and the pump and a plurality of control valves for controlling a water flow jetting out from the plurality of outlets in the middle of the circulation pipe. The control valve has an inflow passage, a plurality of outflow passages, and valve elements changing the communication states between the inflow passage and the outflow passages, and at least one control valve out of the plurality of control valves is controlled to open during the driving of the pump.COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT【課題】 ポンプを駆動している時に複数の弁体が全て閉状態となってしまうことでポンプに過大な負荷がかかってしまうのを防止する浴槽装置を提供する。【解決手段】 浴槽に浴水の吸込口と複数の噴出口とを設けて該吸込口と噴出口とを循環管路で接続し、前記循環管路の途中にポンプと複数の噴出口から噴出する水流を制御するための複数の制御弁とを設けた浴槽装置であって、前記制御弁は流入路と複数の流出路と前記流入路と流出路の連通状態を変化させる弁体とを備え、前記ポンプの駆動中に前記複数の制御弁のうち少なくとも一つの制御弁が開状態となるように制御する。【選択図】図1
