Drying apparatus

A drying apparatus comprising:

• an accommodating chamber in which laundry is accommodated and in which a washing operation of the laundry and a drying operation after end of the washing operation are performed;
• a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a radiator, a decompression device, and an evaporator are successively connected to one another in an annular form via a piping;
• an air path for discharging air which has exchanged heat with the radiator into the accommodating chamber by blower means to exchange the heat of the air passed through the accommodating chamber with the evaporator;
• control means for operating the compressor and the blower means to perform the drying operation;
• an electric heater;
• and
• power accumulation means for accumulating power to be supplied to the electric heater,
• wherein the control means heats the air discharged into the accommodating chamber by the electric heater at the time of the drying operation.

A drying apparatus comprising:

• an accommodating chamber in which laundry is accommodated and in which a washing operation of the laundry and a drying operation after end of the washing operation are performed;
• a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a radiator, a decompression device, and an evaporator are successively connected to one another in an annular form via a piping;
• an air path for discharging air which has exchanged heat with the radiator into the accommodating chamber by blower means to exchange the heat of the air passed through the accommodating chamber with the evaporator;
• control means for operating the compressor and the blower means to perform the drying operation;
• an electric heater;
• and
• a heat storage material heated by the electric heater to store heat,
• wherein the control means heats the air discharged into the accommodating chamber by the heat storage material at the time of the drying operation.

A drying apparatus comprising:

• an accommodating chamber in which laundry to be dried is accommodated and in which a drying operation of the laundry to be dried is performed;
• heating means, cooling means, and blower means for discharging air which has exchanged heat with the heating means into the accommodating chamber to exchange the heat of the air passed through the accommodating chamber with the cooling means;
• and
• waste thread removing means for storing water for removing waste thread in the air discharged from the accommodating chamber, wherein:
• dew condensation water attached to the cooling means is supplied to the waste thread removing means,
• the waste thread removing means is structured to spray the air passed through the accommodating chamber to water to be stored, and
• the waste thread removing means includes:
• a tank in which water is stored;
• a guide port for introducing the air passed through the accommodating chamber from an upper part of the tank;
• an outflow port for allowing the air to flow from the upper part of the tank;
• and a partition wall which is positioned between the guide port and the outflow port and which moves down to a position above and apart from the surface of the water in the tank from the upper part of the tank.

A drying apparatus comprising:

• an accommodating chamber in which laundry to be dried is accommodated and in which a drying operation of the laundry to be dried is performed;
• heating means, cooling means, and blower means for discharging air which has exchanged heat with the heating means into the accommodating chamber to exchange the heat of the air passed through the accommodating chamber with the cooling means;
• and
• waste thread removing means for storing water for removing waste thread in the air discharged from the accommodating chamber, wherein:
• dew condensation water attached to the cooling means is supplied to the waste thread removing means, and
• the refrigerant circuit uses carbon dioxide as a refrigerant, and has a supercritical pressure on a high pressure side thereof.