Patent ID: 8383035
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A method of removing smells using a rotatable drum configured to receive objects from which a smell is to be removed, a steam generator for supplying the steam into the rotatable drum, and a passage that extends to the rotatable drum to generate a forcible flow in the rotatable drum, the method comprising: a first step of exhausting air from the rotatable drum by generating the forcible flow in the rotatable drum using the passage, comprising rotating the rotatable drum at a first speed that causes the objects received in the rotatable drum to adhere to an inner circumferential surface of the rotatable drum without mixing the objects received in the rotatable drum; a second step of adsorbing steam generated by the steam generator into the objects received in the rotatable drum, comprising: a third step of removing the adsorbed steam, comprising: