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AssigneeDyson Technology Limited
InventorsPeter David GAMMACK, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Leigh Michael RYAN, Stuart James STEELE
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The invention relates to a wall-mountable hand dryer of the type which uses an air-knife to wipe the water from a user's hand. In accordance with the invention, the hand dryer is configured to have a maximum depth, front-to-back, of less than 150 mm when it is surface-mounted on—not recessed within—the wall. The air-knife is discharged downwardly through one or more discharge apertures on the dryer. These discharge apertures are configured so that the air-knife is discharged in front of the wall or a rear part of the dryer, and is discharged forwards towards the user at a downward angle. The downward angle of the air-knife is such that the air-knife projects to a distance of at least 75 mm in front of the wall or, as the case may be, in front of the rear part of the dryer.
A wall-mountable air-knife hand dryer which uses an air-knife to wipe water from a user's hand, an external casing of the hand dryer being configured to have a maximum depth, front-to-back, of 150 mm or less when it is surface-mounted on—not recessed within—a wall, the air-knife being discharged downwardly through at least two discharge apertures on the casing at a speed of at least 80 m/s, the at least two discharge apertures being configured to discharge at least two separate air-knives, each air-knife being discharged in front of the wall or a rear part of the dryer forwards towards the user at a downward angle, the downward angle of the air-knife being such that the air-knife projects to a distance of at least 75 mm in front of the wall or in front of the rear part of the dryer.
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