may be driven for the nonwoven in its parallel region oriented directly toward the conveying belt 3 to be moved substantially synchronously with a circulatory movement of the conveying belt 3 a fan 13 is also located in the housing 2 the fan 13 can serve for taking in air or for blowing out waste air located in the rear wall of the housing 2 is a heat exchanger 14 which is advantageously designed as a rinsing container the rinsing container thus on one hand has the function of storing water for the rinsing operations and at the same time serves as a condenser for condensing the water absorbed from the laundry 5 by way of the compressed air the water located in the rinsing container is preheated by the heat exchange with the condensing steam this makes it possible to reduce the energy absorption of the washing machine 1 water is supplied to the heat exchanger 14 through channels running on the rear wall of the housing 2 or through channels running on the side walls of the housing 2 the heat exchanger 14 is filled with clean water before the drying operation begins in the bottom region of the housing 2 a lint.