Abstract: The invention pertains to an apparatus for drying protective clothing, jackets or the like, in which the clothing is hung up over carrying elements which are coathangerlike in shape, where one or more carrying elements 2, 2', 2" which are formed by tubes and are equipped with exit apertures 4 for air used for drying are arranged on a distributor tube 1 for the air used for drying, the interior of said elements being in communication with the interior of the distributor tube 1, and additional exit apertures 5 for the air used for drying being disposed on the distributor tube 1 adjacent to the carrying elements which are coathangerlike in shape.