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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2012
Applicant:
Bradley Ip, Llc, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Inventors:
Graeme S. Bayley, Brookfield, WI (US);
Mark A. Figurski, Hartland, WI (US);
Assignee:
Bradley Fixtures Corporation, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A45D 20/00 (2006.01); F26B 21/12 (2006.01); A47K 4/00 (2006.01); A47K 10/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 21/12 (2013.01); A47K 4/00 (2013.01); A47K 10/48 (2013.01); A47K 2210/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lavatory system includes a hand dryer with a first plenum above a basin and a second plenum incorporated within the basin. A display screen, which may be a touch-screen, can display operational data such as run time, energy consumed, water consumed, soap dispensed, soap remaining, etc. A noise-cancelling feature may actively and/or passively suppress noise from the hand dryer. Electrical energy spent by the hand dryer may also be re-captured with the use of a device within the air plenums that converts the kinetic energy of moving air into electric energy.