Umbrella drying and folding device

The utility model discloses an umbrella drying and folding device and method. The umbrella drying and folding device comprises a supporting mechanism, an umbrella clamping mechanism, an umbrella arranging mechanism, a drying mechanism and a controller. The umbrella clamping mechanism is used for clamping an umbrella and is driven by the rotation of the stepping motor to rotate; a bottom power mechanism of the umbrella tidying mechanism is arranged at the bottom of an inner box body, a lead screw is arranged on the periphery of the inner box body and connected with the bottom power mechanism, and a horizontal telescopic mechanism is arranged on the lead screw and connected with a banister brush to move in the radial direction along the bottom face of the inner box body. The drying mechanism is located at the bottom of an inner box of the supporting mechanism and provides hot air for the umbrellas along a bottom channel of the inner box. Through the processes of clamping, rotating, banister brush arrangement an