Patent ID: 8650772

Claim:
A laundry machine, comprising: a cabinet; a drum rotatable in the cabinet; a hot air heater to supply hot air to the drum by heating air; a steam generator to generate and supply steam to the drum, the steam generator being provided in a predetermined portion of the cabinet; a drawer type container provided in the cabinet, the drawer being provided in a control panel forming a front surface of the laundry machine; a water supply source detachably mounted within the drawer to be filled with water by a user for storing and supplying the water to the steam generator; a water supply path between the steam generator and the water supply source, wherein the water supply source is attached to the water supply path when the drawer type container is attached to the cabinet and the water supply source is separated from the water supply path when the drawer type container is separated from the cabinet; a pump provided at the water supply path to supply water for generating steam from the water supply source to the steam generator; a sensor to sense a laundry amount inside the drum; and a controller to control an amount of steam supplied to the drum based on sensing results of the sensor.