JP2008521520A5

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Publication number: JP2008521520A5
Application number: JP2007543652A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2005-11-30
Publication date: 2009-01-22

Claims

A sterilized hand dryer adapted to generate a flow of heated air that is substantially sterilized to dry the hand,
A housing;
Heating means provided in the housing for heating air that can be used to dry the hands;
Inlet means for introducing air into the housing and moving it to reach the heating means in use;
Outlet means for releasing air as heated air that can be used to dry hands after being heated by the heating means in use;
Air flow generating means adapted to quickly move air from the inlet means to the outlet means through the heating means as an air flow;
The device comprises an electrical control circuit that supplies power to the device;
The electrical control circuit includes a cut-off mechanism that disables power supply when the housing is opened to minimize the risk of a user being electrocuted when the housing is opened.

The cut-off mechanism has a two-state switch that enables power supply only when in the first state, and an actuator that maintains the switch in the first state when the housing is closed Provided in the housing, the actuator actuates the switch to a second state when the housing is opened, thereby disabling power supply to the device when the housing is opened. The apparatus according to claim 1 .

The cut-off mechanism has an elastic mounting switch that allows power supply only when depressed, and an activator of the cut-off mechanism is provided in the housing, the cut-off mechanism activator is Depressing the switch when the housing is closed, lifting the switch off when the housing is opened, thereby disabling power supply to the device when the housing is opened the apparatus of claim 1 wherein being configured.

The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the elastic mounting switch is attached to a base mount to which a hood of the housing can be detachably attached, and the cut-off mechanism activator is attached to an inner surface of the hood.

The cut-off mechanism activator, the housing of the hood is attached to the base mount removably attachable, wherein the resilient mounting switch device according to claim 3, characterized in that attached to the inner surface of the hood.

6. An apparatus according to claim 4 or 5 , wherein the cut-off mechanism activator is in the form of a depressor that activates the cut-off mechanism when in contact with the cut-off mechanism.

The base mount is adapted to be fastened to an upright mounting surface, the hand drying apparatus, according to claim 4 which is to be installed on the upright mounting surface by attaching to the base mount of the housing or 5 apparatus according.

A base plate to which a hood of a housing of a sterilization type hand dryer can be detachably attached,
The hand dryer includes an electrical control circuit that supplies power to the device;
When the base plate is used, when the housing is opened with the hood attached to the base plate, electric power is not supplied to the electric control circuit and the user is exposed to electric shock when the housing is opened. A base plate with a cut-off mechanism to minimize the risk of death.

The base plate according to claim 8, wherein the sterilization type hand-drying device is one of claims 1 to 7 .

A sterilization type hand drying device adapted to generate a flow of substantially sterilized heated air for drying hands,
A housing;
Heating means provided in the housing for heating air that can be used to dry the hands;
Inlet means for introducing air into the housing and moving it to reach the heating means in use;
Outlet means for releasing air as heated air that can be used to dry hands after being heated by the heating means in use;
An air flow generating means adapted to quickly move air as an air flow from the inlet means to the outlet means through the heating means;
A filter material adapted to filter the air stream,
The apparatus includes a filter replacement mechanism that can automatically replace the filter material with a replacement filter material during use.

The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the filter exchange mechanism periodically replaces the filter material with a replacement filter material after a period of time during use.

The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the filter replacement mechanism gradually replaces the filter material with a replacement filter material continuously or intermittently during use.

The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the filter material is in the form of a sheet-like strip.

The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the filter material is carried by an electric reel mechanism.

The filter material includes bacteria capture filter means for passing the air stream during use;
The bacteria trapping filter means captures and retains most of the bacteria in the air stream during use, and the air stream exiting the bacteria trapping filter means enters the bacteria trapping filter means. The device according to any one of claims 10 to 14 , wherein the degree of sterilization is higher than that of the time.

An automatic filter exchange mechanism for exchanging filter material of a sterilization type hand dryer, wherein the filter exchange mechanism is a filter exchange mechanism according to any one of claims 11 to 15. .

A sterilized hand dryer that is adapted to generate a flow of heated air that is substantially sterilized to dry the hands.