Dryer for clothes

A dryer for clothes, comprising:

• a cabinet;
• a drying drum accommodated in the cabinet and into which an object to be dried is put;
• a suction passage supplying hot air into the drying drum;
• a heater provided at a first position of the suction passage to heat the air introduced into the suction passage at a high temperature;
• an exhaust passage through which the hot air discharged from the drying drum flows;
• a blower mounted at a first position of the exhaust passage to forcibly blow the air within the drying drum;
• a lint filter mounted at a second position of the exhaust passage;
• a guide duct defining a portion of the exhaust passage to accommodate the lint filter therein;
• and
• a blocking member disposed at a position where the air discharged from the drying drum flows, the blocking member configured to filter foreign substances contained in the air discharged from the drying drum before the air discharged from the drying drum is guided to the guide duct,
• wherein the blocking member comprises:
• a plurality of blocking ribs horizontally spaced a predetermined distance from each other;
• and
• a plurality of partition ribs horizontally extending and vertically spaced a predetermined distance from each other, the plurality of partition ribs configured to connect the plurality of blocking ribs to each other,
• wherein one surface of each of the plurality of blocking ribs defines an inclination surface that is inclined at an acute angle, which is less than an angle of 90 degrees, with respect to a vertical surface that extends in a horizontal direction of the drying drum, and
• wherein each of the plurality of blocking ribs comprises:
• a first extension including the inclination surface;
• and
• a second extension that extends to be rounded at a predetermined curvature from the first extension.