KR101620974B1 - Shoes drying device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a shoe drying device wherein an assembly of a foot-shaped drier main body put into a shoe is configured to be easily assembled or disassembled for production and repair. The shoe drying device includes a drier main body including a hot-air emission hole separated from the bottom of a shoe to quickly spread hot air for drying inside the shoe, and prevents input air and discharged air from being mixed in a long boot, thereby facilitating quick drying while preventing smell from reentering. Also, the shoe drying device includes a multi-step shoe closet in which the drier main body is embedded, and which controls the drier main body.

Description

Shoes drying device

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a shoe dryer, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for manufacturing a shoe dryer, The shoe sole, such as a boots or boots, is designed to be able to dry quickly without disturbing the odor so that the air to be introduced and the air to be discharged are not mixed with each other. The present invention relates to a shoe dryer comprising a multi-stage shoe box that incorporates a dryer body and performs drying to control the dryer body.

Shoes are useful for external activities of human beings and their shapes are very diverse.

Generally, when sweating is contained in sweats such as running shoes or shoes after washing, exercise or the like, or when water, sweat or the like is worn on a shoe, safety shoes, military shoes, golf shoes, In dry or ventilated places, it is dried by wind. In this case, drying time is long and the inner corner of the shoe is not completely dried. Therefore, when it is wet, it may cause skin diseases such as athlete's foot, Causing damage to the shoe and shortening the life of the shoe.

There is a disadvantage that germs and bacteria which are harmful to the body are generated in the shoes due to the moisture, and there is a problem that the feeling of wearing is cold due to cold feet when the shoes are worn in winter.

In order to solve these problems, a lot of shoe dryers have been developed to be inserted into the shoe when drying. However, there is a problem that the drying efficiency is lowered and the sterilization efficiency is significantly lowered due to the mixing of the absorber and the whole shoe is dry And it is difficult to commercialize it due to the problem that deformation such as distortion of shoes occurs due to melting of adhesive of shoes due to concentration of locally high heat locally.

A folding shoe dryer has been proposed in Korean Utility Model Application No. 20-2007-0019397.

A lower case having a plurality of air blast holes penetratingly formed therein and an upper case having an inflow hole formed therein to allow air to flow in at one side thereof are angled with respect to a hinge and connected to communicate with each other, A bimetal electrically connected to the heater so as to cut off the power supply to the heater when heated to a predetermined temperature or more; and a fuse electrically connected to cut off the power supply for safety when the overcurrent is supplied to the heater A rectifier plate rectifying the AC power supplied to the upper case to the DC power source and supplying the rectified AC power to the heater, The upper case is electrically connected to the rectifier plate inside the upper case Through the inlet hole during it consists of a blowing fan installed ever entering the outside air.

However, in the conventional folding type shoe dryer, a function of drying to remove the moisture inside the shoe by generating hot air blows, the lower case has a bar-shaped structure different from the inner surface of the shoe, There is a problem that the aforementioned problem of local temperature deviation is still present, and there is a problem that sterilization function for preventing the propagation of bacteria is not performed.

A shoe dryer main body 1 of Korean Patent Registration No. 1193139 is known.

It consists of a warm air diffuser, a forced air circulation fan and an ultraviolet lamp inside the case, which is similar to the foot shape. The foot case is inserted into the shoe and dried and sterilized.

However, these prior art inventions are difficult to manufacture and assemble in the form of a hot air fan and an ultraviolet lamp which are formed by a foot-shaped case consisting of a bottom plate and a foot plate, and it is difficult to disassemble when replacing or repairing a lamp. And when it is actually inserted into the shoe at the time of drying, the bottom of the shoe and the inner surface of the shoe bottom are in close contact with each other, thereby interfering with the discharge and circulation of the hot air.

The present invention provides a shoe dryer capable of uniformly spreading heat on an inner surface of a shoe, which is an object to be dried, to achieve uniform drying and quick drying while preventing deformation of shoe.

An object of the present invention is to provide a shoe drying apparatus which is capable of distinguishing a hot air movement path from an air intake inflow path in a short ankle shoe and a long ankle such as a long boots,

Disclosed is a shoe drying apparatus in which a sterilizing lamp is disposed on a foot shaft portion with poor ventilation in a shoe, and a lamp protection case is detachably mounted to facilitate replacement of the lamp.

The present invention provides a shoe drying device having a structure for newly manufactured steps or a structure for preventing the components that are not required to be serviced at the time of disassembly from being disassembled and exposed at the same time in consideration of the process of disassembling and reassembling the main body for repairing built- .

The present invention provides a shoe drying area having a control panel for controlling the operation by supplying power to the dryer main body in two pairs in a shoe box so that the vicinity of the drying area is clean and tidy, And to provide a shoe dryer.

When the shoe drying desiccator is assembled into a multi-stage structure, hot air to be discarded after the drying of each shoe drying desiccant and the odor contained in the hot air are forcibly discharged, and duct waste is collected by collecting the waste hot air, And a shoe dryer.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a shoe dryer comprising a heating element for hot air drying, a blower for sucking and feeding outside air to pass through a heating element, and a foot-shaped housing containing a heating element and a blower, The housing comprises an elbow member having an elbow-shaped ankle part and a heating element assembly in a hollow space, the lower part being an elbow member which is opened to be closed-coupled by a bottom plate member, an elbow member bottom opening part being closed- An air blowing member for fixing the air blowing member to the upper opening of the elbow member with the blower interposed therebetween and a foot front shaft member sandwiched from the front side of the combined elbow member and the bottom plate member and made of translucent ultraviolet transmitting material Completed dryer body with assembly .

And protrusions are formed on both sides of the bottom surface of the bottom plate member on both sides to ensure a hot air discharge space.

The front shaft member is made of a hollow body so as to store a bulb-shaped ultraviolet lamp, and an outer bottom is formed with a protrusion having the same height as the protrusion of the bottom plate member.

A boots drying tube is extended outside the air intake port of the air blowing member to prevent mixed air from being circulated and air freshly being sucked.

A shoe drying desiccant incorporating the dryer is provided with a main body having a storage space formed therein, an inlet formed at one side thereof, an exhaust fan provided at the other side thereof, and a control unit for controlling the exhaust fan, The door is formed to have a length shorter than that of the charging port to form a first space between the bottom surface of the door and the bottom surface of the charging port. And a second space for communicating the first space with the storage space is formed on the bottom surface of the door so that the center of the pivoting member is formed coincident with the top surface of the first stopping end And the bottom surface of the door is closely attached to the first latching end of the main body when the door is opened, It depends what made simultaneously available to help.

The present invention as described above has an effect of uniformly spreading heat on the inner surface of a shoe, which is an object to be dried, so as to prevent the deformation of the shoe while achieving a smooth and quick drying effect. The shoe has a short ankle, an ankle such as a long boots, In long shoes, the hot air flow path is separated from the intake air flow path to accelerate drying. The airflow is prevented from circulating the hot air flow so that the smell of the shoe under drying is not sucked again. By disposing the sterilizing lamp on the bottom surface of the shoe so that the hot air can flow smoothly into the front shaft of the shoe and circulate through the shoe so that the dryer body of the present invention is spaced apart from the bottom surface of the shoe, Shoe drying has many excellent effects, fast and efficient.

Further, according to the present invention, when a new manufacturing process or a process of disassembling and reassembling the main body for repairing internal components is performed, it is possible to easily assemble the main body, The ordinary user can easily perform self-maintenance such as replacing the lamp.

Meanwhile, since the bottom of the door is closely fixed to the first holding end of the main body, the drying chamber of the present invention serves as a shelf and can safely replace a shoe or a shoe dryer on the door. The air in the drying area is discharged through the exhaust fan, and clean air is introduced into the second space from the first space, thereby circulating pleasant air, and is formed to be wider than the first space by the inclined surface A large amount of clear air can be transferred to the storage space through the second space.

In addition, the internal state can be confirmed through a sight window.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an exploded cross-sectional view showing a dryer body as an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
2 is an exploded perspective view of the present invention;
3 is an assembled state sectional view of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a state of use showing the shoe drying state of the present invention. Fig.
Fig. 5 is a view for explaining a drying state of a long boots according to the present invention. Fig.
FIG. 6 is a front view of a shoe drying oven incorporating the dryer body of FIG. 1 according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 7 is a side view of the footwear drying apparatus of FIG.
Fig. 8 is a state of use in a state where shoes are opened by opening the shoe drying oven door of the invention of Fig. 6;
Fig. 9 is a state of use in the dry state of the invention of Fig. 6; Fig.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

1 to 3, the present invention is a shoe dryer comprising a heating element for hot air drying, a blower for sucking and feeding outside air to pass through a heating element, and a foot-shaped housing containing a heating element and a blower, A lower portion of the elbow member 60 is opened to form a closed coupling with a bottom plate member, a lower portion of the elbow member 60 is closed and coupled with the bottom opening of the elbow member, A bottom plate member 40 which forms an exhaust grill and incorporates an ultraviolet lamp socket, an air blowing member 50 which is engaged with the upper opening of the elbow member by sandwiching the blower, and an elbow member 60 and a bottom plate member 40 And is divided into a front shaft member 30 made of a translucent ultraviolet ray transmitting material, and the dryer body 1 is formed as an assembly .

The air blowing member 50 forms a radial grill 51 radially extending in the horizontal direction from the upper portion to form an air suction and a lower outer periphery to close the upper opening portion of the elbow member 60, So that the blower 53 is internally coupled.

The elbow member 60 is formed in a shape corresponding to at least the ankle foot and the back of the foot and has a hollow space 62. The elbow member 60 has an opening 63. The elbow member 60 has a plurality of projections 61 In.

The front shaft member 30 is made of a translucent ultraviolet ray transmitting material and has a hollow portion having a space portion 32 therein for storing the rod-shaped ultraviolet lamp 60. The front end portion of the supporting shaft 30 supports the ultraviolet lamp, (31) is formed integrally in the longitudinal direction at the outer bottom, and the other end is formed to be open, and coupling grooves (34, 35) are protruded from the upper and lower outer peripheries.

The bottom plate member 40 has a structure for closing the opening 63 of the elbow member 60. The bottom plate member 40 is formed by forming a projecting portion 41 on the outer side of both ends of the bottom surface and forming a plurality of hot air grills 42 And an induction plate (43) for inducing a downward flow of hot air.

The protrusion 31 of the front shaft member 30 has the same height as the protrusion 41 of the bottom plate member 40 and has a gap formed so as to realize uniform hot air transmission through the bottom surface to the front portion of the shoe.

The fastening protrusions 64 and 65 are formed in the space 62 of the elbow member 60. The fastening protrusions are provided at four positions on the upper opening side and the space portion 52 of the air blowing member 50 And a blower 53 is interposed between them so as to be engaged by pieces.

The heating element assembly 45 is fixed to the protrusion 65 of the space 62 by an assembly including a heat sink 46 having a PTC element built therein. So that hot air is generated through the heat sink 46.

The heating element assembly 45 is sloped with respect to the inflow air passage when the protrusion 65 is fastened.

The slope installation is selected to maximize the heat exchange efficiency while preventing interference with the air flow through the path between the radiating fins constituted by a plurality of fins at the time of heat exchange with the outside air.

The exothermic body assembly is configured such that the exothermic temperature is set by an external operation and the exothermic duration is also controlled.

5, the boots drying tube 70, which is inserted into and removed from the outside of the radial grill 51 constituting the air inlet port of the air blowing member 50, is formed and extended so that air to be discharged and fresh air Thereby preventing the outside air from mixing and circulating.

6 and 7, a drying chamber 100 according to the present invention includes a storage space 11 for storing shoe or the like in which a shoe dryer body 1 is placed, A main body 10 provided with an exhaust fan 13 on the other side and a control unit 14 for controlling the exhaust fan 13, And a door 20 having an inclined surface 22 formed at one end thereof toward the accommodating space 11 is included.

The control unit 14 is exposed to the outside of the main body 10, that is, the vicinity of the inlet 12, and sets the operation time of the exhaust fan 13 so that the operation or the reserved operation is performed.

The lower portion of the door 20 is formed to be shorter than the lower portion of the inlet 12. That is, a first space 20a is formed between the bottom surface of the door 20 and the bottom surface of the charging port 12.

A first latching end 15 is formed on the bottom surface of the input port 12 at a predetermined distance from the inclined surface 22 of the door 20 so that the first space 20a and the storage space 11 A second space 15a for communicating is formed.

At this time, a second latching end 17 for latching the upper portion of the door 20 is formed on the upper surface of the input port 12.

In addition, the door 20 is formed with a see-through window 23 in which a storage space 11 can be seen in the center, and a handle 24 is formed above the see-through window 23.

The center of the pivoting member 21 is connected to the first latching end 15 so that the bottom surface of the door 20 is tightly engaged with the first latching end 15 of the main body 10 when the door 20 is opened. As shown in FIG.

The pivoting member 21 includes a fixing plate 21a fixed to the inside of the door 20 by bolting or welding and a first insertion hole 21b 'protruding from both sides of the fixing plate 21a Shaped hinge pin 21c inserted into the first insertion hole 21b 'so as to be rotatably coupled to the main body 10 and a center hinge pin 21c which supports the support plate 21b, And a support spring 21d into which the hinge pin 21c is inserted.

In addition, the door 20 is formed with a second insertion hole 20b through which the hinge pin 21c is inserted, and the main body 10 has a fitting hole through which the hinge pin 21c is fitted.

At this time, a roller 18 for easily moving the drying unit 100 is formed on the lower outer surface of the main body 10.

Hereinafter, the operation of the present invention will be described in more detail.

As shown in FIG. 4, the dryer body 1 is placed inside the shoe in a humid condition after washing or after wearing.

When the external power source is turned on, the PTC element of the heating element assembly 45 starts to generate heat, and the heat is conducted through the integrated aluminum heat sink 46. The outside air is sucked in accordance with the rotation of the blower 53, Hot air is diffused into the inside of the shoe while passing through the hot air grill 42 of the bottom plate member 40 via the assembly 45.

The induction plate 43, which is installed on the front end of the grill so as to be discharged through the hot air grill 42, blocks hot air from flowing into the front shaft member 30.

The heat-generating body assembly 45, which performs heat exchange, is installed on the air passage in a slope so as to reduce interference of the air flow and increase the heat exchange efficiency.

At this time, the protrusions 41 of the bottom plate member 40 and the protrusions 31 of the front shaft member 30 are spaced apart from the bottom surface of the shoe so as to maintain a certain gap with the bottom surface of the shoe, The hot air is spread quickly and uniformly without being concentrated in one place or disturbed by diffusion, so that the drying efficiency is greatly increased, and unexpected damage can be prevented because locally concentrated heat is eliminated in the shoe.

The ultraviolet lamp 60 built in the front shaft member 30 is light diffused through a translucent material so as to achieve a sterilizing action as known in the art.

The lamp 60 is coupled to the socket built in the opening of one end of the elbow member 60 and the bottom plate member 40 and the other end is fitted to the support groove 33 to firmly fix and break Lt; / RTI >

The front shaft member 30 is fastened by the coupling between the protrusion 61 and the coupling groove 34. When the lamp is to be replaced, it can be removed and replaced.

The radiant grill 51 of the air blowing member 50 is so designed that the diffused hot air escapes through the space between the outer surface of the dryer body 1 and the inner surface of the shoe so that the inflow air and the diffused hot air are not mixed, It is preferable to install the device so as to be exposed to the outside of the shoe.

However, in the case of a shoe having a long ankle such as boots, rain boots, or a boots, the air blowing member 50 will be stored in the shoe. Therefore, a separate tube 70 is provided in the present invention, Since the inflow path of the outside air is set at a high position by interlocking, it prevents the inflow of the internal diffused hot air into the inside of the shoe so as to prevent the odor and the like from invading the shoe again, and the hot air containing the sweat, moisture, Thereby preventing the drying time from being increased.

6 to 10, the shoe dryer 100 or 100 'includes a pair of shoe dryer main bodies 1 and is connected to the shoe dryer main body 10 by a cable for supplying heat, air, and ultraviolet driving power Construction.

The drying unit 100 incorporates a shoe dryer main body 1 and holds the handle 24 of the door 20 to receive shoe or the like so that the hinge pin of the tilting member 21 pivotally coupled to the main body 10 21c in the downward direction.

Since the hinge pin 21c of the pivoting member 21 is formed so as to coincide with the upper surface of the first latching end 15 and is pivotally engaged with the fitting hole 10a of the main body 10, The door 20 is pivoted by the pivoting member 21 so that the bottom surface of the door 20 is tightly fixed to the first latching end 15 formed on the bottom surface of the loading port 12, do.

That is, the door 20 can rotate only 90 degrees in the upward and downward directions, not in the left and right directions.

In the state where the bottom surface of the door 20 is tightly fixed to the first holding end 15 of the main body 10, the uncleared clothes or shoes are transferred to the door 20, And stored in the space 11.

Alternatively, the shoe dryer main body 1 and the shoes may be placed on the door 20, the shoe dryer main body 1 may be put in the shoe, and then stored in the storage space 11.

Then, the door 20 is rotated so that the upper side of the door 20 is hooked on the second latching end 17, closing the door 20, and the storage operation is completed.

The air in the storage space 11 is exhausted through the exhaust fan and the first space 20a and the second space 20b are simultaneously exhausted through the exhaust fan 13 through the control unit 14, 15a.

Since the second space 15a is formed to be wider than the first space 20a by the inclined surface 22 of the door 20, a large amount of air is moved to the storage space 11 of the main body 10 It is.

In addition, the inclined surface 22 of the door 20 allows a large amount of air to move toward the receiving space 11.

The drying space 100 in which the shoe with the shoe dryer body 1 inserted therein is accommodated in the first space 20a, the second space 15a, the storage space 11, The air in the storage space 11 is not stagnated in the storage space 11 because the exhaust fan 13 is communicated.

The drying chamber 100 can confirm whether or not clothes, shoe or shoe in which the shoe dryer main body 1 is put is stored in the storage space 11 through the sight window 23.

In addition, the drying chamber 100 can be easily moved to various places through the rollers 18 formed under the drying chamber 100.

1: dryer main body 10: main body
11: storage space 12: inlet
13: exhaust fan 14:
15: First stop 15a: Second space
20: door 20a: second space
21: tiltable member 22: inclined surface
23: view window 24: handle
30: front shaft member 31:
33: support groove 37: ultraviolet lamp
40: bottom plate member 41:
42: hot air grill 43: guide plate
45: Heating element assembly 46: Heat sink
50: air blowing member 51: radial grill
52, 62, 32: space portion 60: elbow member
61: projection 63: opening
64, 65: fastening protrusion 70: tube
100, 100 ': Drying

Claims (11)

In a shoe dryer comprising a heating element for hot air drying, a blower for sucking and feeding outside air to pass through the heating element, and a foot-shaped housing containing a heating element and a blower,
The foot-shaped housing comprises an elbow member 60 formed in an elbow-like ankle part, a heating element assembly 45 built in a hollow space, and a lower part opened to be closed-
A bottom plate member (40) closing the elbow member bottom opening portion and forming a hot air discharge grill and incorporating an ultraviolet lamp socket,
An air blowing member (50) for engaging the blower with the upper opening of the elbow member,
And a front body member (30) which is sandwiched from the front of the combined elbow member (60) and the bottom plate member (40) and is made of translucent ultraviolet ray transmitting material. Shoe dryer. The method according to claim 1,
The air blowing member 50 forms a radial grill 51 radially extending in the horizontal direction from the upper portion to form an air suction and a lower outer periphery to close the upper opening portion of the elbow member 60, So that the blower 53 is internally engaged,
The elbow member 60 is formed in a shape corresponding to at least the ankle foot and the back of the foot and has a hollow space 62. The elbow member 60 has an opening 63. The elbow member 60 has a plurality of projections 61 In addition,
The front shaft member 30 is made of a translucent ultraviolet ray transmitting material and has a hollow portion having a space portion 32 therein for storing the rod-shaped ultraviolet lamp 60. The front end portion of the supporting shaft 30 supports the ultraviolet lamp, (31, 34) are formed integrally in the longitudinal direction at the outer bottom, and the other end is opened and the coupling grooves (34, 35) are formed at the upper and lower outer peripheries thereof.
The bottom plate member 40 has a structure for closing the opening 63 of the elbow member 60. The bottom plate member 40 is formed by forming a projecting portion 41 on the outer side of both ends of the bottom surface and forming a plurality of hot air grills 42 And an induction plate (43) for inducing a downward flow of hot air is installed upright. The method of claim 2,
Characterized in that the protrusions (31) of the front shaft member (30) have the same height as the protrusions (41) of the bottom plate member (40) Device. The method according to claim 1,
And a boots drying tube (70) for detachably attaching to the outside of the radial grill (51) constituting the air inlet of the air blowing member (50) is further formed and extended. The heat generating element assembly according to claim 1, wherein a protrusion (65) is formed in the space (62) of the elbow member (60) and the heat generating element assembly (45) Wherein the shoe drying device comprises an assembly made up of a plurality of shoehorns, and is disposed immediately beneath the blower. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the heating element assembly (45) is mounted on the projecting portion (65) so as to be inclined with respect to the inflow air passage when fastened. 1. A shoe dryer comprising a heating element for hot air drying, a blower for sucking and feeding outside air through a heating element, a foot-shaped housing containing a heating element and a blower, and a box-
The foot-shaped housing comprises an elbow member 60 formed in an elbow-like ankle part, a heating element assembly 45 built in a hollow space, and a lower part opened to be closed-
A bottom plate member (40) closing the elbow member bottom opening portion and forming a hot air discharge grill and incorporating an ultraviolet lamp socket,
An air blowing member (50) for engaging the blower with the upper opening of the elbow member,
And a front shaft member 30 made of a translucent ultraviolet ray transmitting material sandwiched from the front side of the combined elbow member 60 and the bottom plate member 40,
A storage space 11 is formed in the inside of the dryer main body 1 so as to house the dryer main body 1 in a pair and an inlet 12 is formed at one side and an exhaust fan 13 is installed at the other side, A main body 10 having a control unit 14 for controlling the main body 10,
And a door 20 having a tilting surface 22 formed at one end thereof toward the storage space 11, wherein the tilting surface 22 is formed at one end of the tilting surface 22,
The door 20 has a shorter length than the charging port 12 to form a first space 20a between the bottom surface of the door 20 and the bottom surface of the charging port 12,
A first latching end 15 having a predetermined distance from the slope 22 of the door 20 is formed on the bottom surface of the loading port 12 so that the first space 20a communicates with the storage space 11 Forming a second space 15a,
The center of the pivoting member 21 is formed to coincide with the upper surface of the first latching end 15 so that the bottom surface of the door 20 is engaged with the first latching end 15). ≪ / RTI > The method of claim 7,
Wherein the drying unit (100) is formed by laminating a plurality of adjacent drying units (100). The method of claim 7,
Wherein the door (20) further comprises a sight window (23) for viewing the storage space (11). The method of claim 7,
The air blowing member 50 forms a radial grill 51 radially extending in the horizontal direction from the upper portion to form an air suction and a lower outer periphery to close the upper opening portion of the elbow member 60, So that the blower 53 is internally engaged,
The elbow member 60 is formed in a shape corresponding to at least the ankle foot and the back of the foot and has a hollow space 62. The elbow member 60 has an opening 63. The elbow member 60 has a plurality of projections 61 In addition,
The front shaft member 30 is made of a translucent ultraviolet ray transmitting material and has a hollow portion having a space portion 32 therein for storing the rod-shaped ultraviolet lamp 60. The front end portion of the supporting shaft 30 supports the ultraviolet lamp, (31, 34) are formed integrally in the longitudinal direction at the outer bottom, and the other end is opened and the coupling grooves (34, 35) are formed at the upper and lower outer peripheries thereof.
The bottom plate member 40 has a structure for closing the opening 63 of the elbow member 60. The bottom plate member 40 is formed by forming a projecting portion 41 on the outer side of both ends of the bottom surface and forming a plurality of hot air grills 42 And an induction plate (43) for inducing a downward flow of hot air is installed upright. The method of claim 7,
And a boots drying tube (70) for detachably attaching to the outside of the radial grill (51) constituting the air inlet of the air blowing member (50) is further formed and extended.

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