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US 2023/0141834 A1Published application
Dryer
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorsPeter Kajuch, William Kuru, Peter Denzin, Jason Kwacz
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Abstract
A hand dryer apparatus includes a fan, a duct, at least one air knife driven by the fan and configured to direct air to dry one or more hands and push water from the one or more hands into the duct, and at least one cyclone device to provide at least a partially circular path for the air and water from the hand.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a fan;
- a duct;
- at least one air knife configured to direct air from the fan and configured to dry one or more hands and push water from the one or more hands into the duct;
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- at least one cyclone device to provide at least a partially circuitous path for the air and the water from the one or more hands.
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A control system for operation of a hand dryer, the control system comprising:
- a sensor configured to generate sensor data for an object in vicinity to the hand dryer;
- a timer configured to measure an elapsed time period;
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- a controller configured to operate a fan to move air through the hand dryer in response to the sensor data or the elapsed time period.
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A hand dryer comprising:
- a left ducted cavity;
- a right ducted cavity;
- at least one first air knife angled toward the left ducted cavity;
- at least one second air knife angled toward the right ducted cavity;
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- an expansion cavity coupled to the left ducted cavity and the right ducted cavity and configured to slow down a flow of air from the at least one first air knife and the at least one second air knife, wherein the expansion cavity is configured to collect water droplets or particles suspended in the flow of air.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.