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US 8,127,576 B2Granted
Laundry machine
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJu Han Yoon, Dong Geun Lee, Sang Hun Bae, Seon Il Heo, Yeon Sik Choi, Sang Jin Kim
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Abstract
A laundry machine is disclosed. The disclosed laundry machine includes a drum rotatably provided in a cabinet, a substance supply device provided in the cabinet and supplying moisture to the drum, a water supply device supplying water to the substance supply device, and a valve unit provided in the water supply device, to selectively allow water from the water supply device to be supplied to the substance supply device.
Claims15
A laundry machine comprising:
- a drum rotatably provided in a cabinet;
- a substance supply device provided in the cabinet and supplying moisture to the drum wherein the substance supply device comprises a steam generator generating steam, and supplying steam to the drum;
- a water supply device supplying water to the substance supply device;
- a valve unit provided in the water supply device, to selectively allow water from the water supply device to be supplied to the substance supply device;
- and
- a pump provided between the steam generator and the water supply device,
- wherein the water supply device is detachably connected to the pump, and the valve unit allows water to pass through the valve unit when the water supply device is connected to the pump.
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