Patent ID: 8826559

Claim:
A clothes dryer, comprising: a cabinet; a drying container rotatably installed in the cabinet, the drying container including an air inlet at a rear end thereof and an air outlet at a front end opposite the rear end thereof; a first air path connected to the air inlet of the container; a second air path connected to the air outlet of the container and to an outside of the cabinet; a fan motor-assembly provided in the cabinet and generating air flow in the first and second air paths; and a heat pump, including: a first heat exchanging member provided along the first air path to heat the air flowing through the first air path; a second heat exchanging member provided along the second air path to cool down the exhaust air; and a compressor provided in the second air path and disposed downstream of the second heat exchanging member, wherein the first air path, the second air path and the heat pump are disposed between a bottom plate of the cabinet and a lower surface of the container, the first air path, the container and the second air path are arranged so as to form an air flow path in which air flows into the container via the first air path and is then exhausted from the container via the second air path, the air inlet of the container and the air outlet of the container are arranged spaced apart from one another in a longitudinal direction of the container, and the first air path and the second air path are arranged spaced apart from each other.