To decrease an amount of lint attached to a filter and to prevent deterioration of drying performance.
The clothes dryer comprises: a heat pump device 7; a drying chamber 9 for accommodating clothes to be dried; an openable and closable door body 15 for taking clothes in and out from the drying chamber; a drying air passage 10 that provides an air communication between an evaporator 5, a condenser 3 and the drying chamber; a blower 8 for blowing drying air to the drying air passage; and a filter 12 for collecting lint generated from clothes. The clothes dryer is constructed such that drying air generated from the drying chamber is led to the filter through the door body and dehumidification water generated in the evaporator is discharged to the door body. Thus, drying air that is generated in the drying chamber 9 and includes lint is in contact with the dehumidification water that is discharged into the door body when the drying air passes through the door body 15. Thus, it is capable of collecting lint from drying air before the filter even in the door body. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the amount of lint attached to the filter 12.
NAKANISHI KUNIYUKI
TANIGUCHI MITSUNORI
Daisuke Nagano
Kentaro Fujii