Patent ID: 7856840

Claim:
A hand-carriable dehumidifier comprising: a hand-carriable case having an inlet for introduction of air from a room thereinto and an outlet for discharging the air introduced through the inlet into the room, the outlet provided at a top surface of the hand-carriable case; a desiccant assembly provided inside the case for absorbing moisture from the air drawn through the inlet; a blower assembly provided inside the case for drawing into the case the air through the inlet and blowing the air to the room through the outlet; a regenerator assembly provided inside the case to blow hot air to the desiccant assembly for drying the desiccant assembly; a heat exchanger provided inside the case to receive the air from the inlet and to receive the air blown through the desiccant assembly by the regenerator assembly, and the heat exchanger to separate the moisture from the air received from the inlet and from the air received from the desiccant assembly; and a water collecting assembly provided inside the case for collecting water condensed and separated from the air at the heat exchanger, wherein the air blown from the regenerator assembly passes through a portion of the desiccant assembly, then passes through the heat exchanger, and then the air recirculates through another portion of the desiccant assembly.