Hand dryer comprising a detection volume
AssigneeFfuuss 2013, S.L.
InventorÓscar Ros Marín
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Abstract
Hand dryer having volume for receiving the hands delimited by two facing walls and provided with blow holes, an opening delimiting the volume by its sides superior and lateral, the walls being provided in their part opposed to the volume for receiving the hands with a fence delimiting a volume wherein air is injected blown before its ejection by the holes, each one of the fences including an upper wall, two lateral walls and a lower wall, the hand dryer being provided with means for detecting the introduction of hands in the volume, wherein the detecting means include a capacitive detector made of at least a continuous conductive element which runs in the vicinity of the upper and lateral walls of one of the fences.
Claims13
A hand dryer comprising:
- a volume for receiving hands, the volume being delimited by two facing walls each provided with blow holes, an opening delimiting the volume by the superior and lateral sides of the volume, each wall being provided in their side opposed to the volume for receiving the hands with a fence delimiting a volume wherein pumped air is injected before its ejection by the holes, each one of the fences comprising an upper wall, two lateral walls and a lower wall, the hand dryer being provided with means for detecting an introduction of hands in the volume, wherein the detecting means comprise a capacitive detector made of a continuous conductive element which runs in the vicinity of the upper and lateral walls of one of the fences and wherein the continuous conductive element is arranged in the side of the fences opposite to the volume wherein blown air is injected before being ejected by the holes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.