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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2016
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
The School Corporation Kansai University, Suita, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
THE SCHOOL CORPORATION KANSAI UNIVERSITY, Suita, JP;
Abstract
To provide a dehumidifying device and dehumidifying method each of which allows absorbed water to be efficiently extracted from a stimuli-responsive polymeric moisture absorbing material or a polymeric moisture absorbing material containing a stimuli-responsive polymeric moisture absorbing material, a dehumidifying device of an embodiment of the present invention includes (i) a stimulus providing section configured to provide an external stimulus to a stimuli-responsive polymeric moisture absorbing material or a polymeric moisture absorbing material containing a stimuli-responsive polymeric moisture absorbing material and (ii) a transfer section configured to transfer water released by the polymeric moisture absorbing material.