Patent ID: 8001701

Claim:
A device for drying laundry, the device comprising: a drum receiving the laundry; a ducting system guiding a current of air, said ducting system having a section downstream of the drum, in which the current of air is directed downwardly; a filter disposed within the section and for capturing lint carried in the current of air from the drum; a scraper for scraping lint off the filter; a receptacle having an aperture for receiving the lint scraped off the filter, the receptacle including a handle and two interlinked shell elements which can be separated from each other, the shell elements defining a storage volume within the receptacle to accommodate the scraped-off lint, and an end plate forming a support structure for a front panel of the device and supporting a door for closure of the drum, the filter and the receptacle being disposed on the end plate, wherein the filter is mounted on the end plate beneath the door, and wherein the filter comprises an elongated U-shaped structure that extends in a horizontal direction across the end plate.