Wall mounted dryer

• US 4,707,933 A
• Filed: 04/30/1986
• Issued: 11/24/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1986
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bobrick Washroom Equipment Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Bobrick Washroom Equipment Incorporated
• Inventors: Fujitaki, Roy K., Keck, Henry C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Makay, Albert J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Westphal, David W.
• Application Number:
  US06/858,360
• Time in Patent Office: 573 Days
• Field of Search: 34/97, 34/202, 34/241, 219/366, 219/367
• US Class Current: 34/97
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/48 Drying by means of hot air hair-drying devices A45D20/00; curative hot-air baths A61H33/06; electric heating elements H05B

Abstract

A wall-mounted dryer of the type for drying a person'"'"'s hands, face and hair with blowing heated air. The inlet for air into the dryer is formed by a narrow opening around the periphery, except on top, along the surface of the wall for inhibiting the entry of foreign objects, such as by vandals. The narrow opening has inclined louvres for further reducing the size of the openings into the dryer.

Claims

1. In a dryer for mounting on a wall, an improvement comprising;

a housing means including a support frame and a cover mounted on the support frame, said support frame having air inlet means extending along and adjacent the wall, and said cover having a peripheral edge closely spaced from the wall around a substantial portion of the support frame for forming a narrow opening at said air inlet means for inhibiting the entry of foreign objects into the housing means said support frame and cover having cooperating top portions when mounted on the wall to form a closed top for preventing the entry of foreign objects and water into the dryer from above the dryer.

2. The dryer of claim 1 wherein said air inlet means includes closely spaced louvers for further inhibiting the entry of foreign objects.

3. The dryer of claim 2 wherein said louvres are substantially perpendicular to the wall.

4. The dryer of claim 3 wherein said louvres are at an acute angle to an outer surface of the cover at the louvres.

5. The dryer of claim 1 wherein said support frame includes a portion extending in an opening in the wall for recessing a portion of the dryer.

6. A dryer for mounting on a wall including a support frame for mounting to the wall, said support frame having two sides, a top and a bottom adated to be adjacent the wall when mounted, said support frame having a plurality of closely spaced louvres extending around a substantial portion of the two sides and bottom of the support frame and along a plane adapted to be coincident with an outer surface of the wall when the dryer is mounted to the wall, said louvres being substantially perpendicular to said plane and inclined both downwardly and outwardly from the support frame when the dryer is mounted to the wall, a cover mounted on said support frame and having an edge extending along and adjacent to said louvres, said edge being closely spaced from the wall when the dryer is mounted to the wall for forming a narrow air inlet along the wall outer surface and inhibiting the entry of foreign objects and water into the dryer through the louvres, and the cover having a top portion cooperating with the top of the support frame to form a closed top to prevent the entry of foreign objects and water into the dryers from above the dryer.