"Rain Wipe" Umbrella Rainwater Removal Device : DigInfo

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dude can u guys back off wit the fucking sarcasm this is history in da making... it does'nt what they invent as long as they invent it...the japanese are one of the most intelligant people...i cnt even spell intelligant...

It doesn't help much with wet coats, etc... and so I wonder if robotic coat checks would be a reasonable possibility for the future...

lol yeah... maybe an evaporation room

In Japan, on a rainy day many stores have someone at the enterance putting your wet umbrella in a long thin plastic bag for you, so you don't mess up their store.
That's quick and convenient.
They say in this video that you should stick the umbrella in the device two or three times. It seems to me that this will take much more time than just bagging the umbrella.
Will it catch on in the busy Japanese society? I don't know.

maybe it saves millions of plastic bags.. ever thought of that?

they said at the start that it was more for store owners. which would make sence cause they dont want their merchandice to get wet from someone carrying a wet umbrella

i am a store owner i own a clothing store in GA...thanks :)

do you like people slapping their wet umbrellas all over ur merchandice?

yeah i do!....um no, no i dnt but i have a place in front of my store for them 2 go