Patent ID: 8418377

Claim:
A dryer, comprising: a front wall; a rear wall opposed to the front wall; a drying chamber; a process air duct, which is disposed between the front wall and the rear wall, for guiding process air through the drying chamber; a heat pump with a heat sink in the process air duct and through which air can flow in an outlet air direction for cooling down the process air; and a heat source arranged in the process air duct and through which air can flow in an inlet air direction for heating up the process air, wherein the outlet air direction and the inlet air direction are substantially parallel to one another, wherein the heat sink and the heat source are disposed in a horizontal plane substantially perpendicular to the outlet air direction and to the inlet air direction, and wherein the heat sink and the heat source are disposed laterally alongside one another in the horizontal plane when viewed in a spatial direction from a front of the dryer, wherein the spatial direction extends from the front wall toward the rear wall.