US 12,256,881 B2
Drying apparatus and method of controlling same
Jeong Uk Lee, 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. 17/561,017.
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. 10-2021-0042884 (KR), filed on Apr. 1, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0083321 (KR), filed on Jun. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0192465 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. A47L 23/20 (2006.01); A61L 2/07 (2006.01); A61L 2/10 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 23/205 (2013.01) [A61L 2/07 (2013.01); A61L 2/10 (2013.01); A61L 2202/122 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (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;
a connection path configured to circulate air between the inlet and the outlet;
a blowing fan disposed at the connection path and configured to blow air from the outlet toward the inlet;
a dehumidifying material disposed at the connection path and configured to dehumidify the air blown by the blowing fan;
a heater configured to heat the dehumidifying material; and
a regeneration path configured to guide, to a location other than the inlet, the air having passed through the dehumidifying material heated by the heater.