MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Heritage Since 1921 Mitsubishi Electric has made history with innovative products that defined a large part of the 20th Century. Here we present a look back at our manufacturing heritage.
 

1993

The Ultimate in Hygiene
JT-16A Jet Towel Hand Dryer, the Evolution in Restroom Hand Drying

From handkerchief to towel roll dryer to the ''Jet Towel''

How do you dry your hands when washing them after going to the public restroom? The most popular way in Japan is to use a personal handkerchief. However with more and more restrooms installing hand drying* devices like cloth or paper towels, the handkerchief is running into competition. What is turning heads now is the device that dries hands not by using the conventional hot air method, but by blowing them off. The Jet Towel Hand Dryer developed and marketed by Mitsubishi Electric from 1993 uses high-speed air blown at 60m/sec through small jets to remove water droplets off the hands.

* The term ''hand dryer'' in this text is used as the collective term for something that dries the hands using a cloth-like or paper towel, or a device that uses hot or high-speed air.