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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2007
Jae Mun Kim, Jinhae-si, KR;
Jong Deuk Bae, Gimhae-si, KR;
Heung Gi Kim, Busan, KR;
Ki Chul Woo, Seoul, KR;
IN Geun Ahn, Changwon-si, KR;
Kyeong Hwan Kim, Seoul, KR;
Kyung Chul Woo, Seoul, KR;
Kyu Won Lee, Busan, KR;
Young Soo Kim, Changwon-si, KR;
Ji Maeng Kim, Changwon-si, KR;
Jae Mun Kim, Jinhae-si, KR;
Jong Deuk Bae, Gimhae-si, KR;
Heung Gi Kim, Busan, KR;
Ki Chul Woo, Seoul, KR;
In Geun Ahn, Changwon-si, KR;
Kyeong Hwan Kim, Seoul, KR;
Kyung Chul Woo, Seoul, KR;
Kyu Won Lee, Busan, KR;
Young Soo Kim, Changwon-si, KR;
Ji Maeng Kim, Changwon-si, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A dryer or a washing machine includes a cabinet which forms an exterior of the dryer or the washing machine. A drum is rotatably mounted in the cabinet and a steam generator is provided outside the drum to supply steam to the drum, where the steam generator includes a water chamber to hold water, the water chamber having a heater mounted thereto for heating the water. The steam chamber is provided above the water chamber to hold steam generated as the water is heated, where the steam chamber has a steam discharge opening for discharging the steam, where the steam discharge opening is provided with a separator for isolating a steam discharge area from other areas and where the water chamber has a vertical direction length relatively greater than a horizontal direction length.