ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,417, issued on Sept. 16.

"Multifunctional dehumidifier" was invented by Juan Zhu (Guangdong, China), Chuhan Lin (Guangdong, China) and Chengqian Cai (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multifunctional dehumidifier, including: a second air duct, and an evaporator and a second condenser are sequentially arranged in the second air duct; the second air duct inlet is configured to guide air into the second air duct, the evaporator is configured to cool the wind and release water vapor; the multifunctional dehumidifier also includes a first air duct, and a first condenser is installed inside the first air duct, the first co...