Patent ID: 7657162
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. A hand dryer apparatus comprising: a casing that forms a frame of the hand dryer apparatus, the casing including one surface and an other surface; a hand inserting portion that is opened at the one surface or at both the one surface and the other surface, the hand inserting portion including a space in which hands can be accommodated; a high-pressure-airstream generating unit that generates a high-speed airstream; and a nozzle provided on each of two opposing sides of the hand inserting portion, from which the high-speed airstream is jetted into the space of the hand inserting portion, wherein the nozzle includes a hole array formed by arranging a plurality of nozzle holes in a row, and an air volume of the high-speed airstream is larger at a central portion of the hand insertion portion than at other portions of the hand insertion portion.