Laundry drying apparatus, in particular dryer, comprising: a cabinet, a laundry storing compartment arranged within the cabinet for receiving laundry to be dried, an air channel arranged within the cabinet and adapted to guide drying air from at least one air outlet of the laundry storing compartment to at least one air inlet of the laundry storing compartment, a lint collecting component (10, 52) arranged in the air channel exposed to the drying air and being receptive for the deposition of lint carried by the drying air, a wet cleaning unit having a nozzle for supply liquid for washing lint from the lint collecting component (10, 52), a liquid collector adapted to collect liquid supplied by the wet cleaning unit for washing the lint collecting component (10, 52), and a liquid pump having a motor, a liquid conveying element driven by the motor and a conveying element housing which is fluidly connected to the liquid collector, the liquid pump is adapted to drain lint-containing liquid collected in the liquid collector, characterized in that the conveying element housing of the liquid pump comprises a removable unit forming a section of the conveying element housing, the removable unit is adapted to be manually removed by a user, when the removable unit is removed from the liquid pump, at least a portion of the conveying element or the inner volume of the conveying element housing is exposed for user maintenance, and a filter unit is removably arranged within the air channel, wherein the air channel has a filter unit opening towards the outside of the apparatus cabinet, and wherein the removable unit can be removed through the filter unit opening. a cabinet, a laundry storing compartment arranged within the cabinet for receiving laundry to be dried, an air channel arranged within the cabinet and adapted to guide drying air from at least one air outlet of the laundry storing compartment to at least one air inlet of the laundry storing compartment, a lint collecting component (10, 52) arranged in the air channel exposed to the drying air and being receptive for the deposition of lint carried by the drying air, a wet cleaning unit having a nozzle for supply liquid for washing lint from the lint collecting component (10, 52), a liquid collector adapted to collect liquid supplied by the wet cleaning unit for washing the lint collecting component (10, 52), and a liquid pump having a motor, a liquid conveying element driven by the motor and a conveying element housing which is fluidly connected to the liquid collector, the liquid pump is adapted to drain lint-containing liquid collected in the liquid collector, the conveying element housing of the liquid pump comprises a removable unit forming a section of the conveying element housing, the removable unit is adapted to be manually removed by a user, when the removable unit is removed from the liquid pump, at least a portion of the conveying element or the inner volume of the conveying element housing is exposed for user maintenance, and a filter unit is removably arranged within the air channel, wherein the air channel has a filter unit opening towards the outside of the apparatus cabinet, and wherein the removable unit can be removed through the filter unit opening.