Samsung patents shoe dryer that uses a heat pump to circulate air
Samsung has been granted a patent for a shoe care device that uses a heat pump system to dry or treat shoes. The machine pulls air from a shoe compartment, passes it through cooling and heating components, and blows it back into the compartment using two separate fans.
In the filing’s own words
The present disclosure relates to a shoe care apparatus including: a main body, a care room provided in the main body configured to accommodate shoes, a machine room provided in the main body configured to accommodate a heat pump device including an evaporator and a condenser, a circulation flow path configured to communicate with the care room so that air discharged from the care room passes through the evaporator and the condenser and is supplied to the care room, a first blower fan disposed on the circulation flow path configured to blow air in the circulation flow path in a first direction so that the air in the circulation flow path passes through the machine room from the care room and circulates back to the care room, and a second blower fan disposed in the machine room configured to blow air in the machine room in a second direction so that the air in the machine room passes through the condenser.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A shoe care apparatus comprising: a main body; a care room provided in the main body and configured to accommodate shoes; a machine room provided in the main body and configured to accommodate a heat pump device comprising an evaporator and a condenser; a circulation flow path communicating with the care room and configured such that air discharged from the care room passes through the evaporator and the condenser and is supplied to the care room; a first blower fan disposed on the circulation flow path configured to blow air in the circulation flow path in a first direction so that the air in the circulation flow path passes through the machine room from the care room and circulates back to the care room; and a second blower fan disposed in the machine room configured to blow air in the machine room in a second direction so that the air in the machine room passes through the condenser.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- Shoe care device and control method thereof
- Patent number
- US12727738B2
- Application number
- 18534213
- Filed
- Dec 8, 2023
- Granted
- Sep 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 17
Classified under
A47L 23/205 Human necessitiesA47L 23/18 Human necessitiesMore from Samsung in Other
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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