Patent ID: 7802453

Claim:
A laundry machine comprising: a drum disposed inside a cabinet to receive laundry therein, the drum being rotatable about a substantially horizontal axis; a steam generator configured to generate steam, the steam generator being disposed in the cabinet; a water supply tube configured to supply water to the steam generator; a steam supply line connected with the steam generator to supply the generated steam to the drum; and a spray device in communication with the steam supply line to dispense the steam to be sprayed to the drum, wherein the spray device includes a steam discharge hole that is in communication with the steam supply line to discharge the steam and a guide panel placed such that a flowing direction of the discharged steam is changed towards the drum, the steam discharge hole and the guide panel being located in front of the drum at an upper forward portion of the drum such that the flowing direction of the discharged steam via the steam discharge hole is directed from the upper forward portion of the drum to a lower rearward portion of the drum, wherein the guide panel includes a curved surface and a bottom of the guide panel is slanted downwardly to guide the sprayed steam to be evenly dispersed into the drum horizontally and vertically.