Hand dryer
US9743813B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 16, 2012 |
| Grant date | Aug 29, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 16, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47K10/48
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A wall-mountable hand dryer for drying one side of a user's hands at a time, the dryer having two nozzle sections—one for each hand—which nozzle sections are positioned towards the front of the dryer so that they are spaced away from the wall in use, the nozzle sections each extending to span the width of a user's open hand and being arranged for directing drying air down onto the front or back of said hand as it is inserted lengthwise underneath the nozzle sections from the front of the dryer, wherein the dryer comprises a downwardly pitched guide part positioned behind each nozzle section for guiding the pitch of the user's hands underneath the nozzle sections.
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