An improved sports equipment frame includes frame having a main vertical member including an upper end and a lower end, and a plurality of extensions projecting laterally from the main vertical member; and a bowed hanger extending from the main vertical member for draping an article of clothing, the hanger elevationally located between the upper and lower ends of the vertical member. In a preferred embodiment, the sports equipment rack includes pant leg restrainers for suppressing movement of the legs of pants during spray washing, and a headgear support plate having a generally flat upper surface that is larger than the cross sectional area of the vertical member. The sports equipment rack is lightweight, compact and portable, and is suitable for storing, organizing, washing and drying various types of sporting equipment and clothing.

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.

Disclosed herein is a sterilization and drying device. The sterilization and drying device includes: a body configured to be coupled to the inside of a sterilization target, and to suck and discharge internal air of the sterilization target; a silicon carbide honeycomb heater installed inside the body, and configured to sterilize, purify, dry, and heat the sucked air and discharge the sterilized, purified, dried, and heated air; an air circulation fan installed behind the silicon carbide honeycomb heater, and configured such that the internal air of the sterilization target is sucked, passed through the silicon carbide honeycomb heater, and then discharged; and a battery installed on one side of the air circulation fan, and configured to supply power to the silicon carbide honeycomb heater and the air circulation fan.

Assemblies and methods for drying apparel, for example, footwear or gloves, are provided. The assemblies include a panel; projections or pegs pivotally mounted to the panel, the projections each having an inlet, an outlet, an internal passage communicating the inlet to the outlet, and the projections can be oriented in a position adapted to receive the apparel; and a source of air having an outlet in fluid communication with the inlets of the projections. The air, for example, from a fan, passes into the inlets of the projections, through the internal passages, and out of the outlets to contact and dry the apparel mounted on the projections. The methods may include heating the air to enhance the drying. Projection modules that can be pivotally mounted to extend and retract into the panel are also disclosed. The retracted projection may be flush with the panel when not in use.

A smart oven includes a box body unit, a heating unit and a feed unit. The box body unit includes a box body that has a first inner wall surface, two second inner wall surfaces, two third inner wall surfaces, and a heating chamber having a chamber opening that faces downward. The heating unit includes a plurality of upper radiation heating lamps disposed above the chamber opening, and a plurality of outer radiation heating lamps disposed in proximity to the second and third inner wall surfaces. The feed unit includes a carrier platform that is movable relative to the box body between a material-placing position and a material-operating position, in which the carrier platform is distal from and closes the chamber opening, respectively.

A shoe care apparatus includes a body including at least one receiving space. The shoe care apparatus also includes an air suction and exhaust module disposed on a back side of the body. The shoe care apparatus also includes at least one shoe tray configured to be removed from a front side of the body or received in the at least one receiving space. The shoe care apparatus also includes at least one electrical board including an upper case and a lower case. The shoe care apparatus also includes a drying module disposed in an internal space formed by the upper case and the lower case. The shoe care apparatus also includes an air duct disposed in the internal space formed by the upper case and the lower case. The shoe care apparatus also includes at least one air supply hole disposed on the lower case.

A shoe management includes an inner cabinet; a suction port; a discharge port; a connection flow path; a dehumidifying agent; a heater; a sump; a recycling flow path; and a condenser. The air in the inner cabinet circulates in the shoe management apparatus while flowing in the connection flow path through the suction port, being dehumidified by the dehumidifying agent, and then, being discharged into the inner cabinet again through the discharge port. The heater is located in the connection flow path and recycles the dehumidifying agent. The condenser is located to be lower than the dehumidifying agent and higher than the sump, and is formed to be metallic.

A footwear dryer is disclosed. The footwear dryer includes a ducted portion, a heating element positioned within the ducted portion that heats air passing over the heating element, a forced air generation device positioned within the ducted portion and oriented to force air through the ducted portion and over the heating element, and a power source configured to provide 12 volts or less and to power to the forced air generation device.

Devices, systems and methods for cleaning and disinfecting footwear items are disclosed herein. In an aspect a cleaning belt element is configured to rotate a cleaning belt in a continuous loop around a first rotating cylinder and a second rotating cylinder wherein the first rotating cylinder and the second rotating cylinder are connected by the cleaning belt. In another aspect, a containment element is configured to receive the footwear item wherein the containment element comprises a shroud, one or more bristle protruding from at least one inside wall of the shroud, and a transparent floor layer wherein the received footwear item rests. In yet another aspect, an ultraviolet light element is configured to emit ultraviolet light from an ultraviolet light source wherein the ultraviolet light source is located below the transparent floor layer.

A shoe-washing device capable of efficiently dewatering cleaned shoes. The shoe-washing device includes: an accommodating chamber supplied with cleaning fluid; a plurality of holding parts each being hollow and having an opening part, the opening parts of the holding parts are inserted into an inner space of a shoes from toplines of the shoes inside the accommodating chamber such that the shoe are held in such a manner that the toplines face a lower side and the opening parts faces the inner space of the shoes; a pipe connected to the holding part; and an air supply part for supplying air into the holding parts through the pipe.