Patent ID: 8132432

Claim:
A laundry machine comprising: a cabinet; a drum rotatably mounted in the cabinet; a door having a latch configured to be opened/closed selectively to expose an inside of the drum to outside of the laundry machine; and a door switch assembly provided to enable opening/closing of the door, wherein the door switch assembly includes: a switch unit having a rotation cam rotated by the latch to couple to the latch, the rotated cam returning and pushing the latch to open the door when the connection between the latch and the switch unit is released; an opening operation unit spaced from the switch unit for a user to enable to open the door and configured to generate a kinematical position change by operation of the user; and a cable configured to transmit linear position change generated by the opening operation unit to the switch unit, wherein the switch unit includes a cam lever configured to limit return of the rotated rotation cam to maintain the locking state of the door, the cam lever having one end secured to enable the cam lever to be compressed and elongated in a length direction and rotated in an up/down direction, and the other end movable from above the rotation cam to a side of the rotation cam when the door is closing.