Deodorization module and drying apparatus including a deodorization module

A drying apparatus comprising:

• a drum into which laundry is input;
• a drying heater heating air supplied into the drum;
• a flow channel along which hot air heated by the drying heater is supplied into the drum;
• a blower fan blowing hot air heated by the drying heater to flow into the drum;
• and
• a deodorization module provided to the flow channel and deodorizing the hot air, the deodorization module comprising:
• an upper housing open at top surface and lower surface thereof;
• a lower housing coupled to the upper housing;
• a photocatalytic filter received in the upper housing through the open top surface of the upper housing;
• a light source unit comprising at least one light source adapted to emit ultraviolet light towards the photocatalytic filter and a substrate on which the at least one light source is mounted;
• and
• a transparent member disposed between the photocatalytic filter and the light source unit and received in the upper housing through the open lower surface of the upper housing;
• wherein the deodorization module is arranged in and adjacent to the flow channel such that at least a part of the photocatalytic filter is disposed inside the flow channel and the light source unit is disposed outside the flow channel.