Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids – Apparatus – Combined
Reexamination Certificate
2006-11-17
2008-10-21
Gravini, S. (Department: 3749)
Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids
Apparatus
Combined
Reexamination Certificate
active
07437833
ABSTRACT:
A hand dryer is disclosed having little unpleasant blowback from the hand insertion opening portion of the hand drying chamber and little splattering of water droplets around the device, and offering superior drying performance. The hand dryer1of the present invention comprises a box-shaped main housing2constituted by a front side wall portion11, a rear side wall portion13, and a bottom surface portion14forming a hand drying chamber10having a rear member6, side members8, and a hand insertion opening portion12opening on the top surface thereof; an electric blower16contained within the main housing; a nozzle means18provided on the front side wall portion and the rear side wall portion of the main housing and blowing an air flow from the electric blower toward hands inserted into the hand drying chamber; a ventilation opening portion22formed on the side of the main housing and ventilating the air flow in the hand drying chamber to the outside, and a water droplet splatter prevention means24provided on the ventilation opening portion to prevent the splattering of water droplets in the hand drying chamber to the outside.
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Kai Hideyasu
Sato Shingo
Yonezawa Yoshihiro
Brooks & Kushman P.C.
Gravini S.
ToTo Ltd.
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