Patent ID: 8677785

Claim:
A laundry machine comprising: a cabinet; a first laundry treatment space including a drum configured to receive laundry therein and wash the laundry; a second laundry treatment space including a drawer configured to receive laundry therein and dry the laundry; a single partition for partitioning an inner space of the cabinet into the first laundry treatment space and the second laundry treatment space, the single partition including a recess portion extending downwardly in an upper side of the single partition; an air supply unit detachably mounted at the recess portion of the single partition in the first laundry treatment space and configured to supply air from the first laundry treatment space into the drawer of the second laundry treatment space independent of air supply to the drum, the air supply unit comprising: a fan; a heating part; a first sensor part for sensing a temperature of air supplied by the air supply unit; and a housing, wherein the fan, the heater, an air inlet and an air outlet are provided at the housing; a sensing part sensing whether the drawer provided in the second laundry treatment space is moved open; and a control part configured to control the heating part based on a sensed temperature of the first sensor part, a first reference temperature and a second reference temperature, control the heating part to be off in case the drawer is moving open, and control the fan to be off after a predetermined time period.