Patent ID: 8443635
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A washing machine comprising: a machine body; a tub to store washing water, wherein the drum is rotatably mounted within the tub; a drum mounted in the tub to receive laundry; a steam generation unit for generating steam, wherein the steam generator is separately provided from the tub in the machine body; a first steam supply part to supply the steam generated in the steam generation unit, wherein the first steam supply part includes a first steam supply pipe; and a second steam supply part to supply the steam generated in the steam generation unit in the vicinity of an upper side of the drum and above the center of the drum, wherein the second steam supply part includes a second steam supply pipe and diverges from the first steam supply pipe, wherein the first steam supply part is in fluid communication with the interior of the tub at a predetermined position of the lower part of the tub and the predetermined position of the first steam supply part is lower than a bottom of the drum.