Dehumidification device

A dehumidification apparatus comprising:

• a substrate;
• a moisture absorbing material attached to the substrate;
• and
• a driving member which repeatedly moves the moisture absorbing material between a moisture absorption region and a dehydration region,
• the dehumidification apparatus allowing moisture absorbed by the moisture absorbing material in the moisture absorption region to be released in the dehydration region,
• the moisture absorbing material being made from a material that absorbs moisture and swells at a temperature not higher than a predetermined temperature sensitive point, while shrinking and releasing water in liquid form at a temperature higher than the temperature sensitive point,
• the dehumidification apparatus further comprising a heating member which heats the moisture absorbing material to the temperature higher than the temperature sensitive point in the dehydration region,
• the moisture absorbing material being divided into a plurality of segments on the substrate, and
• adjacent ones of the segments in the moisture absorbing material being separated by cuts.

A dehumidification apparatus comprising:

• a substrate;
• a moisture absorbing material attached to the substrate;
• and
• a driving member which repeatedly moves the moisture absorbing material between a moisture absorption region and a dehydration region,
• the dehumidification apparatus allowing moisture absorbed by the moisture absorbing material in the moisture absorption region to be released in the dehydration region,
• the moisture absorbing material being made from a material that absorbs moisture and swells at a temperature not higher than a predetermined temperature sensitive point, while shrinking and releasing water in liquid form at a temperature higher than the temperature sensitive point,
• the dehumidification apparatus further comprising a heating member which heats the moisture absorbing material to the temperature higher than the temperature sensitive point in the dehydration region,
• the moisture absorbing material being divided into a plurality of segments on the substrate,
• frame members defining the segments being provided between adjacent ones of the segments,
• the dehumidification apparatus further comprising a second moisture absorbing material, making contact with the moisture absorbing material in the dehydration region, which absorbs water released from the moisture absorbing material, and
• a height of the frame members from the substrate being not larger than a thickness of the moisture absorbing material.