Hand dryer
AssigneeMila International Inc.
InventorShujen YU
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Abstract
In an implementation, a hand dryer is disclosed. The hand dryer includes an air compressor and a storage tank connected to the air compressor. The storage tank is configured to store pressurized air received from the air compressor. The hand dryer also includes an air manifold connected to the storage tank, and the air manifold includes at least one aperture. The hand dryer also includes a valve for selectively releasing the pressurized air from the storage tank into the air manifold such that the pressurized air is discharged from the at least one aperture.
Claims22
A hand dryer, comprising:
- an air compressor;
- a storage tank connected to the air compressor, the storage tank configured to store pressurized air received from the air compressor;
- an air manifold connected to the storage tank, the air manifold having at least one aperture;
- a valve for selectively releasing the pressurized air from the storage tank into the air manifold such that the pressurized air is discharged from the at least one aperture;
- a proximity sensor disposed proximate the aperture on the air manifold, the proximity sensor configured to detect an object near the aperture;
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- a controller configured to actuate the valve to release pressurized air based on a signal from the proximity sensor.
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A hand dryer, comprising:
- a housing;
- an air compressor;
- a storage tank connected to the air compressor, the storage tank configured to store pressurized air received from the air compressor;
- an air manifold connected to the storage tank, the air manifold being disposed in the housing, the air manifold having an aperture, the aperture being a single, elongated slot in the air manifold that extends a length of the housing, the elongated slot having a width of about 1 millimeter (mm);
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- a valve for selectively automatically releasing the pressurized air from the storage tank into the air manifold such that the pressurized air is discharged from the at least one aperture.
A hand dryer, comprising:
- an air compressor;
- a storage tank connected to the air compressor, the storage tank configured to store pressurized air received from the air compressor, the storage tank being configured to store pressurized air within a pressure range;
- an air manifold connected to the storage tank, the air manifold having at least one aperture;
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- a valve for selectively releasing the pressurized air from the storage tank into the air manifold such that the pressurized air is discharged from the at least one aperture, the valve being configured to release the pressurized air at a velocity ranging from at least about 80 meters/second (m/s) to about 110 m/s.
A hand dryer, comprising:
- an air compressor;
- a storage tank connected to the air compressor, the storage tank configured to store pressurized air received from the air compressor;
- an air manifold connected to the storage tank, the air manifold having an aperture, the air manifold having an egg-shaped cross-section and being configured to expel air from the aperture in a rounded point of the egg-shaped cross-section;
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- a valve for selectively releasing the pressurized air from the storage tank into the air manifold such that the pressurized air is discharged from the at least one aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.