Global Patent Index - EP 4255269 A1

EP 4255269 A1 20231011 - HAND DRYER AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A HAND DRYER

Title (en)

HAND DRYER AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A HAND DRYER

Title (de)

HÄNDETROCKNER UND VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINES HÄNDETROCKNERS

Title (fr)

SÈCHE-MAINS ET PROCÉDÉ DE FONCTIONNEMENT DE SÈCHE-MAINS

Publication

EP 4255269 A1 20231011 (DE)

Application

EP 21835601 A 20211201

Priority

  • DE 102020131880 A 20201201
  • DE 102021116869 A 20210630
  • DE 102021117593 A 20210707
  • EP 2021083813 W 20211201

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2022117668A1] The invention relates to a hand dryer (10). The hand dryer (10) is intended to avoid potential health risks particularly effectively. For this purpose, the hand dryer (10) has: a shroud-like housing (12) with an interior space (14) having an opening (16) for parts of the body to be dried; a first filter element (22) for filtering air taken in; at least one nozzle (24), by means of which the filtered air is conducted out into the interior space (14) of the housing (12); a second filter element (34), by means of which the air conducted into the interior space (14) of the housing (12) by the nozzle (24) is filtered; and an outlet (32), by means of which the air filtered by the second filter element (34) is conducted out of the housing (12). The invention also relates to a method for operating a hand dryer (10).

IPC 8 full level

A47K 10/48 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A47K 10/48 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2022117668 A1 20220609; EP 4255269 A1 20231011; JP 2023551341 A 20231207; US 2024090715 A1 20240321

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 2021083813 W 20211201; EP 21835601 A 20211201; JP 2023555860 A 20211201; US 202118255522 A 20211201