DEVICE FOR REMOVING WATER FROM UMBRELLAS

Disclosed is a device for removing water from umbrellas which makes it possible to reliably maintain a water absorbing function with virtually no maintenance and preferably without the need for consumption of electrical energy, which has a simple structure, and which makes it possible to adequately absorb/remove water clinging to the covering part of the umbrella simply, reliably and quickly. The device comprises: a housing; an umbrella insertion opening provided in the housing; a plurality of elastic water-absorbing bodies inside the housing which are radially provided with a specified interval between one another when seen from the upper side in a direction substantially normal to the upper surface of the umbrella insertion opening; an insertion space which is formed at the centre of the plurality of elastic water-absorbing bodies; and a compression device for compressing the elastic water-absorbing bodies. The elastic water-absorbing bodies have a substantially rectangular surface part which comes into surface contact with at least part of the main surface of the covering part of the umbrella in the length direction of the umbrella which has been folded, and moisture clinging to the covering part of the umbrella is absorbed/removed by these elastic water-absorbing bodies by insertion of the folded umbrella into the insertion space. The compression device compresses the elastic water-absorbing bodies in order to expel moisture which has been absorbed by the elastic water-absorbing bodies. Cette invention concerne un dispositif permettant d'ôter l'eau des parapluies, qui peut garder de bonnes capacités d'absorption d'eau presque sans entretien, et qui fonctionne de préférence sans aucune énergie électrique. Il possède une structure simple, il absorbe/ôte convenablement l'eau restant sur la face externe d'un parapluie, et son utilisation est simple, rapide et fiable. Ledit dispositif comprend : un boîtier; une ouverture pour l'insertion du parapluie pratiquée dans ledit boîtier; une pluralité de corps élastiques absorbant l'eau installés dans ledit boîtier, disposés radialement et selon un espacement précis lorsqu'on les regarde d'en haut dans une direction correspondant sensiblement à la surface supérieure de ladite ouverture pour l'insertion du parapluie; un espace d'insertion qui se trouve au centre de la pluralité de corps élastiques absorbant l'eau; et un dispositif de compression qui comprime lesdits corps élastiques. La surface de ces corps élastiqu