HAND DRYER

• Main Authors: ARAKI HIROSHI, FUKAYA ZENKO, SAWABE KENJI, KAMEISHI KEIJI, MORI SHUNICHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 12.02.2015
• Subjects: COFFEE MILLS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TOILET ACCESSORIES

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a convenient hand dryer capable of automatically detecting a hand drying state while the hand is being inserted without performing the direct visual observation of the hand drying state.SOLUTION: A hand dryer includes: a housing 10 having a blow port 44 and a hand insertion part 11; a blow part 42 for supplying dry air from the blow port 44 to the hand insertion part 11; conductive parts 22a, 22b arranged adjacent to the hand insertion part 11 inside the housing 10; drying state detection means for detecting the drying state of hands inserted to the hand insertion part 11 on the basis of electrostatic capacities generated in the conductive parts 22a, 22b by the hands inserted to the hand insertion part 11; and control means for controlling the operation of the blow part 42. 【課題】手の乾燥状態を直接目視で確認しなくても、手を挿入したままで手の乾燥具合を自動で検知することができる使い勝手のよいハンドドライヤーを提供する。【解決手段】送風口４４および手挿入部１１を有する筐体１０と、送風口４４から手挿入部１１に乾燥風を供給する送風部４２と、手挿入部１１に近接して筐体１０の内側に配置された導電部２２ａ，２２ｂと、手挿入部１１に挿入された手により導電部２２ａ，２２ｂに生じた静電容量に基づいて手挿入部１１に挿入された手の乾燥具合を検知する乾燥具合検知手段と、送風部４２の運転を制御する制御手段とを備える。【選択図】図２