HAND DRYING APPARATUS

WIPO Patent Application WO/2005/110176

A1

A hand drying apparatus less causing discomfortable blow back from an hand insertion opening in a hand drying compartment and spattering of water droplets around the apparatus and having excellent drying performance. The hand drying apparatus (1) comprises a box-like body housing (2), an electric blower (16) stored in the body housing, nozzle means (18), a ventilation opening (22), and a water droplet spattering prevention means (24). The body housing (2) is formed of a front member (4), a rear member (6), and side members (8), and a front side wall part (11), a rear side wall part (13), and a bottom part (14) forming the hand drying compartment (10) with the hand insertion opening (12) opening in the upper face thereof. The nozzle means (18) is installed at the front side wall part and the rear side wall part of the body housing and blowing airflow fed from the electric blower toward hands inserted into the hand drying compartment. The ventilation opening (22) is formed in the side of the body housing and ventilating the airflow in the hand drying compartment to the outside. The water droplet spattering prevention means (24) is installed in the ventilation opening and preventing water droplets in the hand drying compartment from spattering to the outside.

SATO SHINGO (JP)
YONEZAWA YOSHIHIRO (JP)
KAI HIDEYASU (JP)

PCT/JP2005/008423

November 24, 2005

May 09, 2005

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TOTO LTD (JP)
SATO SHINGO (JP)
YONEZAWA YOSHIHIRO (JP)
KAI HIDEYASU (JP)

A47K10/48; (IPC1-7): A47K10/48

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Kumakura, Yoshio (Shin-Tokyo Bldg. 3-1, Marunouchi 3-chome, Chiyoda-k, Tokyo 55, JP)

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