Hand drier control apparatus
US5163234A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 21, 1990 |
| Grant date | Nov 17, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF24H3/0411
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present invention is a warm-air machine control apparatus which is capable of blowing warm air from the beginning of the delivery of air without preheating an electric heater, and which comprises an electric fan (4), an electric heater (5) which heats air sent from the electric fan (4), a detector (7) which detects a first object to be detected within a first detecting range (a, c) and which also detects a second object to be detected within a second detecting range (b, d), and a control circuit which energizes the electric heater (5) when the detector (7) detects the first object of detection within the first detecting range (a, c), and which energizes the electric fan (4) when the detector (7) detects the second object of detection within the second detecting range (b, d).
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