Patent ID: 7263861

Claim:
A washing and drying machine, comprising: a water tub elastically supported in a housing; a rotary drum for holding clothes, the rotary drum being rotatably mounted in the water tub; a heat pump including a compressor for compressing coolant, a heat radiator for dissipating heat of the compressed coolant, a throttle valve for lowering a pressure of the coolant, a heat absorber for allowing the coolant to absorb heat from surroundings, a pipework for allowing the coolant to circulate through the compressor, the heat radiator, the throttle valve and the heat absorber, a heat absorber duct for allowing air to flow through the heat absorber, and a heat radiator duct for allowing the air to flow through the heat radiator; an air passageway provided to the water tub for allowing the air to flow into the rotary drum; a blower for forcing the air heated by the heat radiator to flow through the air passageway into the rotary drum; a flexible connection member for connecting the air passageway to the heat radiator duct; and a flexible air exhaust hose for allowing the air to flow out of the water tub, wherein the flexible connection member and the flexible air exhaust hose are disposed on the rear side of the water tub and extend in a same direction.