Does anyone remember these enormous old hand dryers that looked like they’d been salvaged from the Bismarck? Alexander’s department store in Manhattan had them into the 70s (and pay stall doors!); the P&G Cafe (actually a bar) on 73rd & Amsterdam had one until landlord greed put them out of business a few years ago.
They had some kind of visible light photo sensor so you didn’t have to push a button, and of course they roared as if demons were trying to escape.
I can’t for the life of me find a photo, but I knocked out an approximation:
