Clothing processing apparatus

A laundry treatment apparatus comprising:

• a cabinet defining an appearance of the laundry treatment apparatus;
• an inner case provided in the cabinet, the inner case defining a laundry treatment space configured to receive laundry therein and having an opening through which the laundry is introduced and taken out;
• a machine compartment positioned at a lower portion of the inner case in the cabinet;
• a heat supply comprising an evaporator, which is provided in the machine compartment so as to remove moisture from air introduced from the laundry treatment space, a condenser configured to heat the air introduced from the laundry treatment space, and a compressor configured to supply compressed refrigerant to the condenser;
• a circulation duct provided in the machine compartment and defining a flow channel in which the air in the laundry treatment space is circulated;
• and
• a base provided in the machine compartment so as to support a lower portion of the circulation duct,
• wherein the circulation duct comprises:
• a duct body configured to receive the evaporator and the condenser therein;
• and
• an air discharge portion which extends backwards from the duct body to guide air introduced into the duct body to an outside of the circulation duct, and
• wherein a diameter of the air discharge portion is smaller than a width of the duct body.