Patent ID: 7526879

Claim:
A clothes dryer comprising: a drum into which objects to be dried are put; a circulation duct which forms an air circulation passage so that air exhausted from the drum flows again into the drum; a condenser which condenses the air exhausted from the drum, the condenser comprising a thermoelectric module having a heat absorption side and a heat dissipation side which absorbs and dissipates heat at a junction between two dissimilar metals depending on a direction of current flow through the junction, and the condenser is mounted so that the air exhausted from the drum passes by the heat absorption side of the thermoelectric module; a heater which heats the air; a circulation fan which forcedly circulates the air through the circulation duct; an outdoor air-discharge duct which is connected to the condenser to discharge the outdoor air passing by the heat dissipation sides of the condenser; and a guide duct which is connected to the outdoor-discharge duct to bypass a portion of the outdoor air discharged through the outdoor-discharge duct toward the heater.