Hand dryer with top surface opening and vertical splash plates
US7437833B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 17, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 21, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 17, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47K10/48
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A hand dryer is disclosed having little unpleasant blowback from the hand insertion opening portion of the hand drying chamber and little splattering of water droplets around the device, and offering superior drying performance. The hand dryer 1 of the present invention comprises a box-shaped main housing 2 constituted by a front side wall portion 11, a rear side wall portion 13, and a bottom surface portion 14 forming a hand drying chamber 10 having a rear member 6, side members 8, and a hand insertion opening portion 12 opening on the top surface thereof; an electric blower 16 contained within the main housing; a nozzle means 18 provided on the front side wall portion and the rear side wall portion of the main housing and blowing an air flow from the electric blower toward hands inserted into the hand drying chamber; a ventilation opening portion 22 formed on the side of the main housing and ventilating the air flow in the hand drying chamber to the outside, and a water droplet splatter prevention means 24 provided on the ventilation opening portion to prevent the splattering of water droplets in the hand drying chamber to the outside.
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