Developments
The hand dryer was invented in 1948 by George Clemens.
In 1993, Mitsubishi Electric introduced a new type of hand dryer, called the Jet Towel. This high-speed dryer blows jets of air on both sides of the hand, pushing the water off rather than evaporating it. Other companies have since used the same concept, such as Bio JetDrier, Dyson, U.S.-based Excel Dryer Ltd, American Dryer, World Dryer, Warner Howard UK, Askon Engineers, and the Jet Dryer company,
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A Dyson Airblade hand dryer
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An ExtremeAir by American Dryer, Inc.
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A Jet Towel by Mitsubishi Electric
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A Xlerator by Excel Dryer
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