Unbelievable – a hand-drier that actually works
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Unbelievable – a hand-drier that actually works
Image Gallery ( 7 images )October 4, 2006 James Dyson has done it again and this time he’s invented a hand drier that uses just 15-25% of the electricity of common hand driers, costs around 20-25% of the annual running costs of the current crop and it’s significantly more hygienic into the bargain. Most significantly, it’ll get your hands dry before you die of old age – the Dyson airblade dries hands in about ten seconds which is at least twice as fast as most common hand driers. Hallelujah brothers and sisters – this is one of those inventions that’s been obviously required for a long time. The airblade produces a stream of unheated air flowing at 400mph to do the job.
The Dyson press release reads as follows:
James Dyson said: "Instead of painfully slow evaporation, Dyson Airblade™ creates a high speed sheet of air, the ‘blade’, which gently squeegees your hands dry. It’s very quick and it’s very clean."
Speed: Conventional hand dryers either don’t work or simply take too long. In fact most people give up waiting and wipe damp hands on clothes.
A sheet of air acts like an invisible windscreen wiper to wipe moisture from hands leaving them completely dry.
Hygiene: Electric hand dryers use 60 year old technology that relies on evaporation to dry hands. Washroom air, which contains faecal germs and is laden with bacteria, is heated and blown onto people’s shoes, clothes and freshly washed hands.
People rub their hands together to speed up the lengthy drying process but research proves that this actually draws bacteria from deeper skin layers and fingernails. Most people get frustrated and leave with damp hands.
Damp hands are 1,000 times more likely to cross contaminate than dry hands. Dyson Airblade dries hands completely in just ten seconds.
Dyson Airblade removes bacteria and mould from the air using HEPA filtration. Waste water is passed through an iodine resin filter to disinfect it. And then Piezo crystal technology releases the sterilized water as a harmless invisible mist.
