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US 8,707,743 B2Granted
Washing machine
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSang Hun Bae, Dong Yoon Kim, Chul Jin Choi, Dong Hyun Kim, Young Bok Son
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a laundry machine using steam. The laundry machine includes a drum for holding laundry, a steam generator for generating steam, a water supply unit for supplying water to the steam generator, an additive supply unit for supplying additive to the steam generator, and a supply line for supplying the steam and the additive to the drum.
Claims20
A laundry machine comprising:
- a drum for holding laundry;
- a steam generator for generating steam;
- a water supply unit for supplying water to the steam generator, wherein the water supply unit includes a water container for holding water and a water supply flow passage connecting the steam generator with the water container;
- an additive supply unit for supplying additive to the steam generator, wherein the additive supply unit includes a supplementary tray for storing the additive and the supplementary tray is provided inside of the water container;
- a supply line for supplying the steam and the additive to the drum;
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- a drawer that is provided to a front of the laundry machine,
- wherein the additive stored in the supplementary tray is supplied to the steam generator together with the water stored in the water container when the water is supplied from the water container to the steam generator through the water supply flow passage, and
- wherein the water container is detachably mounted to the drawer, and the water container is connected to the water supply flow passage when the drawer in pushed in the laundry machine and the water container is disconnected from the water supply flow passage when the drawer is pulled out from the laundry machine.
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