WASHING/DRYING MACHINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a washing/drying machine capable of downsizing being downsized while maintaining its drying performance. SOLUTION: The washing/drying machine includes: a compressor for compressing a gas coolant; a heat dissipator which has a first plate with a microtube flowing the gas coolant compressed by the compressor embedded and dissipates the gas coolant compressed by the compressor; a pressure reducer for reducing pressure of the gas coolant emitted by the heat emitter; an evaporator which has a second plate with a microtube flowing the gas coolant whose pressure is reduced by the pressure reducer, evaporates the gas coolant whose pressure is reduced by the pressure reducer embedded, evaporates the gas coolant whose pressure is reduced by the pressure reducer, and supplies the compressor with the coolant; a drying tank which has a lower air exit and an upper air entrance and contains clothes dried up; and an air duct where the air flows from the lower air output up to the upper air entrance. The evaporator and the heat emitter are placed in the passage of the air duct so that the evaporator is on the lower air exit side and the heat emitter is on the upper air entrance side. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT