US 12,232,683 B2
Drying apparatus and method of controlling same
Taeyong Jung, Seoul (KR); Chan Ho Chun, Seoul (KR); Chang Kyu Kim, Seoul (KR); Hye Yong Park, Seoul (KR); Manho Chun, Seoul (KR); Sora Kim, Seoul (KR); DoHyun Jung, Seoul (KR); and Taehee Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/560,992.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0181803 (KR), filed on Dec. 23, 2020; application No. 10-2020-0181804 (KR), filed on Dec. 23, 2020; application No. 10-2021-0042900 (KR), filed on Apr. 1, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0083341 (KR), filed on Jun. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0192464 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. A47L 23/20 (2006.01); A61L 2/07 (2006.01); F26B 9/00 (2006.01); F26B 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 23/205 (2013.01) [A61L 2/07 (2013.01); F26B 9/00 (2013.01); F26B 21/02 (2013.01); A61L 2202/122 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shoe care device comprising:
an inner cabinet that has:
an accommodation space configured to accommodate shoes therein,
an inlet defined at a first portion of the accommodation space and configured to supply air to the accommodation space, and
an outlet defined at a second portion of the accommodation space and configured to suction air from the accommodation space;
an air supply device configured to blow air to the accommodated space along a plurality of paths, the air supply device comprising a plurality of dehumidifying materials that are separate from one another and disposed in the plurality of paths, the air supply device being configured to heat the plurality of dehumidifying materials; and
a controller configured to control the air supply device,
wherein the plurality of paths of the air supply device comprise:
a connection path configured to circulate air between the inlet and the outlet, and
a regeneration path branched from the connection path and configured to guide air having passed through at least one of the plurality of dehumidifying materials to a portion of the air supply device other than the inlet, and
wherein the controller is configured to control the air supply device to selectively open and close at least one of the connection path or the regeneration path based on whether or not at least one of the plurality of dehumidifying materials is heated.