Patent ID: 9421291
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A47K,A61L,B03C,F26B

Claim Text:
1. A hand dryer assembly for drying the hands of a user, said hand dryer assembly comprising: a blower assembly for generating a moving air stream having an operational cycle with a normal airstream velocity of at least 10,000 linear feet per minute, an air channel extending from an air inlet through said blower assembly to an air outlet; an ionization assembly including a plasma power supply electrically coupled to at least two ion sources and wherein said at least two ion sources are at least partially disposed within said air channel, and wherein said ionization assembly is at least partially disposed within an outer shell and free from glass and wherein said ionization assembly is configured to avoid the production of ozone; and a motion sensor capable of detecting a user activation through the presence of the hands of the user and configured to activate said blower assembly and said ionization assembly in response to the user activation, and wherein the blower assembly and ionization assembly after removal of the user activation are configured to operate for at least a specified time interval at a reduced air stream velocity.