Patent ID: 9119509
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. A hand dryer apparatus that includes a high-pressure airflow generator that generates a high pressure airflow, a control circuit that controls the high-pressure airflow generator, a power connecting unit that connects a commercial power source to the control circuit, a main body that forms a hull by housing the high-pressure airflow generator, the control circuit, and the power connecting unit, and nozzles that are formed in the main body and blow out the high pressure airflow created by the high-pressure airflow generator, the hand dryer apparatus further comprising: a panel composing a part of the main body, the panel having an inside surface that face towards inside the hand dryer apparatus and an outside surface that faces in an opposite direction from the inside surface, a switching unit that is housed in the main body, and is configured to switch a setting of the hand dryer apparatus, and a drain container that is provided in a manner detachable from the main body, and collects water drops blown off by the high pressure airflow, wherein the panel is fixed to the main body by a screw provided on the outside surface of the panel, and is detachable from the main body by using a tool that engages the screw, the panel covers the power connecting unit and the switching unit when the panel is fixed to the main body and allows access to the power connecting unit and the switching unit when the panel is removed, the drain container covers a part of the panel where the screw fixes the panel to the main body and hides the screw from being viewed outside of the hand dryer apparatus, and the panel is configured such that the screw is inserted into the outside surface of the panel in a direction parallel to a direction in which the drain container is detached from the main body.