Patent ID: 8051579

Claim:
A dryer for hair shaving devices, comprising: a casing having a drying space for removably receiving a blade portion of a hair shaving device, a blade rest tray, arranged in a bottom portion of the drying space, for receiving the blade portion, an air passage hole provided in the blade rest tray, an air guide passageway communicating at one end thereof with an air intake inlet of the casing, and an air passage tube communicating at one end thereof with the air passage hole and at the other end thereof with the air guide passageway; a heater and a fan for drying the blade portion received in the drying space; and a control unit for controlling output power of the heater and the fan to perform operation modes including a drying operation mode in which the heater and the fan are driven simultaneously and a sterilizing operation mode in which the heater alone is driven with the fan kept stopped, wherein the heater is arranged on a bottom surface of the blade rest tray, the air passage tube is formed to extend through an inside of the heater, and the fan is arranged on an upstream side of the air guide passageway, and wherein the drying space and the air guide passageway communicate with each other through the air passage hole.