Patent ID: 9125533
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. A dryer and towel dispenser combination comprising: a housing; a towel dispenser within the housing comprising at least a portion for holding a plurality of interfolded towels and for dispensing said towels through a first area; a sensor having a sensing area for sensing an object that penetrates said sensing area, wherein said sensing area is in front of at least a portion of said first area; a dryer within the housing comprising a blower, said dryer activated in response to a sensing of said object for drying said object; and a first duct and a second duct coupled to said blower, wherein the first duct comprises a first outlet and wherein the second duct comprises a second outlet, wherein air blown through the first duct discharges through the first outlet and air blown through the second duct discharges through the second outlet, wherein said at least a portion of the towel dispenser for holding said interfolded towels is between the first and second ducts, wherein said blower is located above said at least a portion of the towel dispenser for holding said interfolded towels, wherein said housing comprises a front recess for receiving an object and for dispensing said towels therethrough, wherein said first duct extends along a portion of a first side of said front recess and said second duct extends along a portion of a second side of said front recess opposite the first side, wherein air blown through the first outlet is directed at least toward the second side and air blown through the second outlet is directed toward at least the first side, and wherein air blown through said first and second ducts is at least generally along a plane of a towel dispensed through said dispenser.