Patent ID: 7614160
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. A hand drying apparatus comprising: a hand inserting portion having a concave shape including a front inner wall facing a back inner wall; an airflow generator that generates high-pressure airflows; and a first air nozzle and a second air nozzle that inject the high-pressure airflows generated by the airflow generator to the hand inserting portion, wherein the first air nozzle is provided on the front inner wall and the second air nozzle is provided on the back inner wall, wherein the first air nozzle includes a plurality of slit-shaped first holes arranged in a first line, each having a first length along the first line, and a plurality of first intervals, each having a third length along the first line, between the first holes, the second air nozzle includes a plurality of slit-shaped second holes arranged in a second line parallel to and opposite the first line, each having a second length along the second line, and a plurality of second intervals, each having a fourth length along the second line, between the second holes, and the first length and the second length are different, or the third length and the fourth length are different, and the first and second air nozzles are configured such that the high-pressure airflows injected from the first air nozzle and the high-pressure airflows injected from the second air nozzle collide at a plurality of first regions the high-pressure airflows injected from the first air nozzle and the high-pressure airflows injected from the second air nozzle do not collide at at least one second region the first regions have different lengths, and the at least one second region is between the first regions.