Hand dryer
First Claim
1. A hand dryer that blows out a high-pressure airflow generated by a high-pressure air generator into a hand insertion area which is so sized as to be able to accommodate a hand, to have moisture that is adhered on the hand blown away inside the hand insertion area by kinetic energy of the high-pressure airflow,the hand dryer comprising:
- an ejection port that opens to a space around the hand dryer;
a switching damper that is provided to be openable and closable and that, in an open state thereof, opens part of an airflow path extending from the high-pressure air generator to the hand insertion area to make the airflow path communicate with the ejection port; and
an ion generator that generates ions having a sterilization function in the high-pressure airflow flowing at an upstream side of the switching damper in the airflow path.
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Abstract
A hand dryer is equipped with a hand insertion area (10), having a width that is able to accommodate hands, a high-pressure air generator (2), which generates a high-pressure airflow, discharge nozzles (N1, N2), which are disposed in the upper surface of the hand insertion area (10) and blow the high-pressure airflow, an exhaust duct (4), which is connected between the exhaust side of the high-pressure air generator (2) and the discharge nozzles (N1, N2), an ejection port (23), which opens to the space surrounding the hand dryer, a switching damper (24), which opens a portion of the exhaust duct (4) and is connected to the ejection port (23), and an ion generator (22), which generates ions having sterilization action into the high-pressure airflow passing through the exhaust duct (4) on the upstream side of the switching damper (24).
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14 Claims
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1. A hand dryer that blows out a high-pressure airflow generated by a high-pressure air generator into a hand insertion area which is so sized as to be able to accommodate a hand, to have moisture that is adhered on the hand blown away inside the hand insertion area by kinetic energy of the high-pressure airflow,
the hand dryer comprising: -
an ejection port that opens to a space around the hand dryer; a switching damper that is provided to be openable and closable and that, in an open state thereof, opens part of an airflow path extending from the high-pressure air generator to the hand insertion area to make the airflow path communicate with the ejection port; and an ion generator that generates ions having a sterilization function in the high-pressure airflow flowing at an upstream side of the switching damper in the airflow path. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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2. A hand dryer, comprising:
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a hand insertion area which is so sized as to be able to accommodate a hand; a high-pressure air generator that generates a high-pressure airflow; a discharge nozzle that is provided in an upper surface of the hand insertion area and blows out a high-pressure airflow; an exhaust duct that is connected between an exhaust side of the high-pressure air generator and the discharge nozzle; an ejection port that opens to a space around the hand dryer; a switching damper that opens part of the exhaust duct to make the exhaust duct communicate with the ejection port; and an ion generator that generates ions having a sterilization function in the high-pressure airflow flowing at an upstream side of the switching damper in the exhaust duct. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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