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US 7,896,012 B1Granted
Shoe washer
OwnerSang M. Lee, Chulhoon Kiminventors
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Abstract
A shoe washing device including a motor for driving a rotor onto which the shoes are directly mounted as by aligning the soles of the shoes parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotor. The shoes are affixed onto the rotor by using a clip, strap, cage, or other attachment means. The shoes are then rotated within the wash compartment into which a wash fluid is introduced in a wash cycle and removed following a wash cycle. An integrated drying component may allow air drying of the shoes during a final spin cycle.
Claims20
A shoe washing device comprising:
- a device housing enclosing a wash compartment and a motor component compartment;
- a motor contained within said drive component compartment;
- a rotor shaft mechanically linked to said motor such that said motor rotates said rotor shaft;
- said shaft extending out of said drive component compartment and across a wash compartment such that a terminal end of said shaft is rotatably retained on a wash compartment wall;
- at least one set of shoe mounts on said rotor shaft, said shoe mounts allowing a shoe to be directly, temporarily attached to the rotor shaft;
- and
- a fluidics component configured to allow introduction of a wash fluid into the wash compartment and removal of fluid from the wash compartment.
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A shoe washing device comprising:
- a wash compartment joined to the motor compartment;
- a motor contained within said motor compartment;
- a rotor configured to be rotated by said motor, said rotor extending across said wash compartment to an opposite side of said wash compartment;
- a means for mounting shoes directly onto said rotor;
- and
- a fluidics system configured to introduce a wash fluid into said wash compartment and remove fluid from said wash compartment.
3 more elements
A shoe washing device comprising:
- a wash compartment joined to the motor compartment;
- a motor contained within said motor compartment;
- a rotor configured to be rotated by said motor, said rotor extending across said wash compartment to an opposite side of said wash compartment, said rotor having an axis of rotation;
- an attachment configured to mount shoes directly onto said rotor, said attachment and said rotor configured such that soles of shoes are mounted onto said rotor parallel to said axis of rotation of said rotor;
- and
- a fluidics system configured to introduce a wash fluid into said wash compartment and remove fluid from said wash compartment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.