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Title:
手乾燥装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6552749
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A hand dryer (1) includes: a hand insertion portion (3) formed in a recessed shape in a body casing; an air blower (6) provided in the body casing (2) and generating a high-pressure airflow; and nozzles (3a, 3b) each provided on a wall of the hand insertion portion (3), transforming the high-pressure airflow from the air blower (6) into a high-speed airflow, and blowing the high-speed airflow into the hand insertion portion, whereby the hand dryer removes water adhering to a hand inserted into the hand insertion portion (3) with the high-pressure airflow blown from the nozzles (3a, 3b). The hand dryer (1) includes: a hand sensor (13) including a plurality of electrode pairs and detecting a hand inserted into the hand insertion portion (3) from a change in capacitance between two electrodes included in the plurality of electrode pairs, each of the plurality of electrode pairs consisting of a first electrode and a second electrode having different polarities to each other; and a controller (14) that drives the air blower (6) on the basis of a combination of the two electrodes with which a hand has been detected by the hand sensor (13).

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Inventors:
Tatsuya Fujimura
Ryoji Mori
Fukuda Yuki
Application Number:
JP2018536023A
Publication Date:
July 31, 2019
Filing Date:
August 26, 2016
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
International Classes:
A47K10/48
Domestic Patent References:
JP201433820A
JP200836113A
JP2783078B2
Foreign References:
WO2015137123A1
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Jun Takamura