Shoe dryer

• US 10,238,268 B2
• Filed: 10/03/2016
• Issued: 03/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kairat Nurlybekov
• Original Assignee: Kairat Nurlybekov
• Inventors: Nurlybekov, Kairat
• Primary Examiner(s): Gravini, Stephen M
• Application Number:
  US15/283,453
• Publication Number:
  US 20180078113A1
• Time in Patent Office: 904 Days
• Field of Search: 34104
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 23/205 with heating arrangements

Abstract

A shoe dryer includes a working surface for drying shoes, with holes in communication with air venting means, and is characterized in that the dryer further comprises a hollow plastic case with hemispherical recesses provided for placing shoes while stepping onto the working surface, which is a latticed platform. Hot or warm air is vented from the bottom of the device onto the soles of the shoes through the lattice, and horizontal slits are provided over the entire bottom part of the hemispherical recesses for venting warm air onto the outer surface of the shoes. A tray for collecting meltwater under the platform. The meltwater is discharged either into the sewer system or outside, and the dryer further comprising means of heating the air vented from the outside, means of pumping the heated air into the case, and motion sensors which are able to detect shoes stepping onto the platform.

Claims

1. A shoe dryer comprising:

a working surface for drying shoes;

the working surface including a plurality of holes in communication with air venting means;

a hollow plastic case with hemispherical recesses provided for placing shoes while stepping onto the working surface;

the recesses formed as latticed platforms,

wherein hot or warm air is vented from a bottom of the dryer onto soles of the shoes through the lattice cells, and

wherein horizontal slits are provided over an entire bottom part of the hemispherical recesses for venting warm air onto outer surface of the shoes, and

a tray for collecting water located under the latticed platforms in the entire bottom part of the dryer,

wherein the water is discharged either into a sewer system or outside, and

the dryer further comprising;

means for heating the air vented from the outside;

means of pumping the heated air into the hollow plastic case; and

motion sensors for detect shoes on the platform.

2. A shoe dryer comprising:

a working surface for drying shoes, the working surface having a plurality of holes in communication with air venting means;

a hollow metallic body with at least two axle supports in an upper portion of the hollow metallic body, the at least two axle supports being joined with at least two holders by swivels;

a fan placed in a gap between two plates that hold the fan inside the hollow metallic body;

a heater placed inside the hollow metallic body immediately before the fan;

an airflow nozzle attached to the plate that holds the fan and directed at a latticed plate for shoes;

wherein the latticed plate is above a meltwater discharge body that is placed on the holders in the upper portion of the hollow metallic body;

a tray for meltwater collection placed under the meltwater discharge body inside the hollow metallic body;

an air trap placed in a butt end of the hollow metallic body between the two axle supports.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the hollow metallic body has a rectangular shape.

4. The device of claim 2, wherein the hollow metallic body is made of stiffeners with a square cross-section, that are aligned against each other.

5. The device of claim 2, wherein the axle supports have a triangular shape.

6. The device of claim 2, wherein the axle supports are joined with the at least two holders by swivels with a tilt angle of up to 110°

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7. The device of claim 2, wherein the at least two holders are slightly bent metallic strips.

8. The device of claim 2, wherein the fan is equipped with a chip placed on a plate in the upper portion of the fan.

9. The device of claim 2, wherein the heater is shaped as a spiral.

10. The device of claim 2, wherein the airflow nozzle includes a motion sensor that is activated by a presence of shoes on the latticed plate.

11. The device of claim 2, wherein the meltwater discharge body is angled downward towards the tray for meltwater collection.

12. The device of claim 2, wherein the tray for meltwater collection has a square shape.

13. The device of claim 2, wherein the air trap is between the two axle supports.

14. The device of claim 2, further comprising a front panel covering the device.