Patent ID: 7326891

Claim:
A steam generating apparatus, including; a water tank opened at an upper portion; a cover closing the upper portion of the water tank; a barrier positioned inside the water tank to partition an interior of the water tank into a water supplying part and a steam generating part; at least one induction coil assembly positioned outside the water tank; and an induction heating member positioned between the barrier and the induction coil assembly within the water tank, and induction-heated by the induction coil assembly to allow the steam generating part to generate steam, wherein the induction coil assembly is positioned at an outer portion of one side of the water tank, the barrier is positioned vertically adjacent the induction coil assembly such that the steam generating part has a much smaller volume than the water supplying part, the induction heating member is vertically positioned between the one side of the water tank and the barrier, the barrier has a lower end abutting a bottom surface of the water tank, and an upper end separated a predetermined distance from a top surface of the water tank, the water tank being formed at the top surface with a steam discharging pipe through which the steam generated from the steam generating part is discharged, and the lower end of the barrier is formed with at least one communication hole through which water is supplemented from the water supplying part to the steam generating part as the steam is generated in the steam generating part.