Clothes dryer

A clothes dryer comprising:

• a main body;
• a drum rotatably mounted in the main body to receive an object to be dried;
• an air channel connected to the drum to supply air into the drum and to guide air discharged from the drum;
• a filter mounted in the air channel to filter lint from the air;
• a dehumidification unit disposed in the air channel to condense moisture contained in the air discharged from the drum;
• a cleaning nozzle to spray water into the air channel to clean components mounted in the air channel;
• a waterspout to collect condensed water created by the dehumidification unit;
• a cleaning water tank to supply water to the cleaning nozzle;
• and
• a recovery water tank connected to the waterspout to receive water from the waterspout and to supply the water to the cleaning water tank, the recovery water tank being detachably mounted to the cleaning water tank.

A clothes dryer having a dehumidification unit to condense moisture contained in air drying an object to be dried while circulating in a main body and a filter mounted in front of the dehumidification unit to filter lint from the air, the clothes dryer comprising:

• a cleaning water tank to store water to clean the filter;
• a recovery water tank communicating with the cleaning water tank to supply water to the cleaning water tank;
• a cleaning nozzle to spray the water received from the cleaning water tank to the filter;
• and
• a waterspout provided below the dehumidification unit and the filter to collect condensed water created by the dehumidification unit and the water sprayed from the cleaning nozzle and to supply water to the recovery water tank,
• wherein the recovery water tank comprises a water tank filter disposed in an inlet thereof to filter lint from the water supplied from the waterspout, and
• the recovery water tank is detachably mounted to the cleaning water tank.