Patent ID: 8438755
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A drying machine for drying laundry and supplying steam to wrinkled dry laundry, comprising: a machine body; a drum mounted in the machine body to receive laundry, the drum being rotatable around a horizontal axis; a steam generator mounted in a lower portion of the machine body to generate steam, the steam generator being constructed to receive water manually supplied by a user through a water inlet port exposable to an outside of the machine body and including a case constructed to receive the water through the water inlet port and a heater to heat the water to generate steam; a single primary steam supply part to directly supply the steam into the drum from the steam generator to remove wrinkles from laundry in the drum, wherein the water inlet port is arranged at an upper surface or at an upper front part of the machine body without protruding outward above the upper surface of the machine body; a cover part to allow selective communication between the water inlet port and the outside; and a water inlet pipe, having one end communicating with the water inlet port and the other end communicating with the case, to supply water to the case from the water inlet port, wherein the case is located approximately at a position lower than a middle part of the machine body, wherein the drying machine requires the water supply be manually provided only to the steam generator.