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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2011
Applicants:
Masao Akiyoshi, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Fumikazu Matsuura, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Hitoshi Kikuchi, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 10/48 (2006.01); B05B 1/04 (2006.01); F26B 21/02 (2006.01); F26B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 10/48 (2013.01); B05B 1/04 (2013.01); F26B 21/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
To provide a hand dryer that is capable of reducing the amount of noise without reducing the drying performance, and is capable of preventing foreign substances from entering from an air outlet thereof. A hand dryer is configured to blow water off hands with airflow emitted from nozzles. The hand dryer includes a hand insertion section that is open toward the outside, and the nozzles disposed on wall surfaces of the hand insertion section. A nozzle hole at the distal end of each of the nozzles is a wave-shaped slit.