clothes dryer

Abstract

A clothes dryer with an improved collection device is provided. The disclosed clothes dryer includes: a housing; a receiving trough disposed within the housing; an air supply device for supplying air to the receiving trough; a collection device for collecting foreign objects from the air that has passed through the receiving trough; and an airflow path connecting the air supply device, the receiving trough, and the collection device. The collection device has: an inlet portion extending from an air intake communicating with the receiving trough; an upstream swirling portion communicating with the inlet portion and swirling the inflowing air while it is being conveyed in a first direction; a mesh portion disposed downstream of the upstream swirling portion and having a cylindrical shape extending around the first direction; an airflow path portion surrounding the mesh portion; a downstream swirling portion disposed at a position aligned with the mesh portion in the first direction and having a circumferential surface extending around the first direction; an end face closing the end of the circumferential surface of the downstream swirling portion; and a recovery portion communicating with an outlet disposed on the circumferential surface.

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