A household appliance for drying garments

摘要

A household appliance ( 100 ) comprises a cabinet ( 105 ) accommodating a drum for loading items to be dried and a drying air circuit for circulating drying air through the drum for drying the items therein. The drying air circuit comprises air heating elements ( 415 ) for heating the drying air fed to the drum, and the cabinet is provided with a worktop ( 110 ) defining a surface ( 130 ) having a plurality of apertures ( 135 ) in fluid communication with an air conveying system ( 205,225,230 ) adapted to deliver a flow of air through said apertures. The air conveying system comprises an air duct ( 230 ) thermally coupled to the air heating elements in such a way as to cause heat generated by the air heating elements to heat the air to be delivered through the apertures in the drying surface.