Patent ID: 8615166

Claim:
A laundry machine comprising: a body; a drum arranged in the body to receive laundry; a steam generator including, an upper housing and a lower housing, the lower housing including a main portion, a heater to generate steam from water, the heater placed at the main portion, wherein a vertical length of the main portion is greater than a width of the main portion, a width of the lower housing is greater than the width of the main portion, and a width of the upper housing is greater than the width of the main portion; and a water supply line that is controlled to supply water to the steam generator, wherein the water supply line is controlled so that the water is supplied to at least the main portion of the lower housing such that the heater is submerged in the water, and a water level of the water forming a boundary of a water chamber and a steam chamber when the water is supplied to the water chamber, and the steam chamber to hold the steam generated by the heater.