Patent ID: 8448478

Claim:
A washing/drying machine, comprising: a casing; a tub received inside the casing for receiving washing water/hot air therein; a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub for receiving laundry; a fragrance supplying means for supplying fragrance to inside of the tub or the drum; and a heat supplying means for supplying heat to promote evaporation of a fragrance source stored in the fragrance supplying means, wherein the fragrance supplying means comprising: a cartridge for storing the fragrance source and having a fragrance emission hole for emitting fragrance of the stored fragrance source; a cartridge dock at which the cartridge is mounted; and an opening/closing means for selectively opening/closing the fragrance emission hole, wherein the opening/closing means is a plate spring for opening the fragrance emission hole when the cartridge is mounted at the cartridge dock, the plate spring comprising: a curved portion having one end thereof fixed to the cartridge and another end thereof free; an end portion disposed at an end of the curved portion and contacting a protrusion formed in the cartridge dock; and a stopper protruding from the curved portion and for opening the fragrance emission hole when the end portion contacts the protrusion.