Patent ID: 8739433

Claim:
A household appliance comprising a cabinet accommodating a drum for loading items to be dried and a drying air circuit for circulating drying air through the drum for drying the items therein, said drying air circuit comprising air heating elements for heating the drying air fed to the drum, and wherein the cabinet is provided with a worktop defining a surface having a plurality of apertures in fluid communication with an air conveying system adapted to deliver a flow of air through said apertures, wherein said air conveying system comprises an air duct having a wall which separates the flow of air in the drying air circuit from the flow of air in said air conveying system and prevents the latter from passing through the air heating elements, the air duct of said air conveying system being thermally coupled to said air heating elements through said wall in such a way as to cause heat generated by the air heating elements to heat the air flowing in the air duct to be delivered through said apertures in the drying surface.