Abstract: A cloth dryer includes a rotary cylindrical drum defining therewithin a drying chamber for cloths, an air blower for feeding air to the drying chamber for drying the cloths, an opening formed in an outer periphery of the drum for discharging the cloths from the drying chamber therethrough, a cover plate supported on the drum and movable relative to said drum to open and close the opening, whereby the cloths within the drying chamber are discharged by gravity therefrom through the opening when the drum is stopped to maintain the opening in a downwardly oriented position and when the cover plate is opened.