Hand dryer apparatus
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorsYukimichi Imai, Yasuyuki Itoigawa, Takaki Kobayashi
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Abstract
A hand dryer apparatus includes: a casing having an air inlet port that admits air and a nozzle that discharges the air admitted through the air inlet port; a fan that is housed in the casing and generates an airflow directed from the air inlet port toward the nozzle; and an intake air pathway body placed in the casing and forming an intake air pathway extending from the air inlet port toward the fan. The casing includes a base supporting the fan and a cover having the air inlet port and removable from the base. The intake air pathway body is fixed on the cover.
Claims5
A hand dryer apparatus, comprising:
- a casing having an air inlet port that admits air and a nozzle that discharges the air admitted through the air inlet port;
- a fan that is housed in the casing and generates an airflow directed from the air inlet port toward the nozzle;
- and
- an intake air pathway body placed in the casing and forming an intake air pathway configuring at least part of an air pathway connecting the air inlet port and the fan, wherein
- the casing comprises:
- a base supporting the fan;
- and
- a cover having the air inlet port and being removably connected to the base,
- the intake air pathway body is fixed on the cover, and
- the cover and the intake air pathway body are removable from the base while the intake air pathway body remains fixed to the cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.