Apparatus for drying and sanitizing hands
First Claim
1. An apparatus for drying and sanitizing hands, said apparatus comprising a housing having a hand placement area and a hand sanitizing means to spray a hand sanitizing fluid into the placement area, and an airflow generator to provide an airflow to dry hands in the placement area, said airflow generator being located between an inlet and an outlet for generating a circulating airflow, and wherein at least part of the circulating airflow passes through the hand placement area thereby providing a blowing force and a suction force in the hand placement area.
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Abstract
An apparatus for sanitizing hands (400) comprising a housing (402) having a hand placement area (403) and a hand sanitizing means (420, 421, 406) to in use spray a hand sanitizing fluid into the placement area (403), and means (414) to provide an airflow to dry hands in the placement area.
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23 Claims
- 1. An apparatus for drying and sanitizing hands, said apparatus comprising a housing having a hand placement area and a hand sanitizing means to spray a hand sanitizing fluid into the placement area, and an airflow generator to provide an airflow to dry hands in the placement area, said airflow generator being located between an inlet and an outlet for generating a circulating airflow, and wherein at least part of the circulating airflow passes through the hand placement area thereby providing a blowing force and a suction force in the hand placement area.
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22. An apparatus for sanitizing hands (400) comprising a housing (402) having a hand placement area (403) and a hand sanitizing means to spray a hand sanitizing fluid into the placement area (403), and means to provide an airflow to dry hands in the placement area, wherein the hand sanitizing means comprises at least one nozzle (406) to direct a spray of hand sanitizing fluid into the placement area, the apparatus further comprising a reservoir (420) for hand sanitizing fluid, wherein a tank (422) of concentrated sanitizer liquid is connected to the reservoir for sanitizer fluid, and wherein the reservoir for hand sanitizing fluid is connected to a water supply.
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23. An apparatus for drying and sanitizing hands, said apparatus comprising a housing having a hand placement area and a hand sanitizing means to spray a hand sanitizing fluid into the placement area, and an airflow generator to provide an airflow to dry hands in the placement area, said airflow generator being located between an inlet and an outlet for generating a circulating airflow, wherein at least part of the circulating airflow passes through the hand placement area thereby providing a blowing force and a suction force in the hand placement area, the apparatus further comprising a reservoir (420)for hand sanitizing fluid, wherein a tank (422) of concentrated sanitizer liquid is connected to the reservoir for sanitizer fluid, and wherein the reservoir for hand sanitizing fluid is connected to a water supply.
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