Automatic soap dispenser and hand dryer unit

Apparatus for use in washing the hands of a user comprising:

• a housing including an upper portion and upper and lower intermediate portions for enclosing an automatic soap dispenser and a lower portion for enclosing an automatic hand dryer;
• said automatic soap dispenser comprising:
• a disposable container of liquid soap located in the upper portion of the housing;
• a resilient tubular member connected at one end thereof to the interior of the container and extending down through the upper intermediate portion of the housing, said tubular member having a self-sealing nipple valve on its opposite end;
• actuating means including a motor means and a squeezer means, said squeezer means located in said upper intermediate portion in front of said tubular member;
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• a horizontally disposed transparent cylindrical chamber located in the lower intermediate portion of the housing and having an upper wall with an opening therein aligned with the nipple valve;
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• a first sensor located in said cylindrical chamber responsive to a hand placed therein to actuate said actuating means to cause said squeezer means to move from a rest position to press said tubular member and supply a dosage of soap from said tubular member into the hand of the user and then return to said rest position;
• said automatic hand dryer comprising:
• a warm air blower located in said lower portion of said housing beneath said cylindrical chamber;
• said warm air blower having an outlet;
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• a second sensor located adjacent said outlet and responsive to the hands of a user positioned opposite the outlet to energize the hot air blower to dry the hands.