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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2009
Hikoya Ishii, Osaka, JP;
Hisaharu Yagi, Osaka, JP;
Hikoya Ishii, Osaka, JP;
Hisaharu Yagi, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A hand dryer is equipped with a hand insertion area (), having a width that is able to accommodate hands, a high-pressure air generator (), which generates a high-pressure airflow, discharge nozzles (N, N), which are disposed in the upper surface of the hand insertion area () and blow the high-pressure airflow, an exhaust duct (), which is connected between the exhaust side of the high-pressure air generator () and the discharge nozzles (N, N), an ejection port (), which opens to the space surrounding the hand dryer, a switching damper (), which opens a portion of the exhaust duct () and is connected to the ejection port (), and an ion generator (), which generates ions having sterilization action into the high-pressure airflow passing through the exhaust duct () on the upstream side of the switching damper ().