Patent ID: 7805964

Claim:
A detergent supply apparatus, comprising: a detergent box in which a detergent supplying unit and a softener supplying unit are partitioned and formed, the softener supplying unit being provided with a siphon tube; a siphon cap means covering the softener supplying unit and including a softener injecting unit; and a softener lid which is attached to the siphon cap means, the softener lid moving between open and closed positions relative to the softener injecting unit to expose an interior portion of the softener supplying unit independently from the detergent supplying unit, the softener lid opening the softener injecting unit through which softener is injected into the softener supplying unit, the softener lid closing the softener injecting unit to prevent the softener supplying unit from being infiltrated by water spattered from the detergent supplying unit.