US Patent 11441257 Dryer

The present disclosure relates to a clothes dryer capable of reducing pressure loss of air due to a lint removal device. The clothes dryer includes a case, a drum rotatably supported inside the case, an air supply port configured to guide air into the drum, an exhaust port configured to guide air inside the drum to the outside of the drum, an exhaust duct configured to guide air passed through the exhaust port to the air supply port, a connecting duct connecting the exhaust port and the exhaust duct, and a lint removal device configured to remove lint in the air passed through the exhaust port, wherein the lint removal device is disposed inside the exhaust duct and configured to communicate with the connecting duct.