Patent ID: 8272144

Claim:
An electric household appliance comprising a casing; a rotary drum for housing laundry to be dried and mounted for rotation about its longitudinal axis; a door which rotates to and from a work position closing an opening in said casing to close said drum; a hot-air generator for circulating hot air inside the drum; a steam generator for circulating a steam jet inside the drum; at least one exhaust manifold communicating with said drum to allow outflow of air/steam from said drum; and a shutter mechanism for selectively permitting or preventing outflow of air/steam from said drum; wherein said exhaust manifold comprises a first manifold portion extending inside said casing and having an inlet substantially facing a lateral wall of the door; and a second manifold portion fitted to said door and designed to communicate with the inlet of said first manifold portion when said door closes said opening; said shutter mechanism being configured for selectively opening/closing said second manifold portion to permit or prevent free flow of air or steam from said drum to said first manifold portion.