ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,521, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Shoe care apparatus and control method therefor" was invented by Minsoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Joongwon Na (Suwon-si, South Korea), Heemoon Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kookjeong Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoe care apparatus includes a chamber for accommodating shoes; a heat pump device including a condenser for heating air to be supplied to the chamber, and a compressor for discharging a coolant to the condenser; a fan for supplying the heated air to the chamber; a temperature sensor for acquiri...