| US 7,490,493 B2 | ||
| Steam jet drum washing machine | ||
| Jin Woong Kim, Kyungki-do (Korea, Republic of); Kyung Chul Woo, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Soo Young Oh, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); and Si Moon Jeon, Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 09, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/753,496. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2003-0020204 (KR), filed on Mar. 31, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0187527 A1, Sep. 30, 2004 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. D06F 39/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 68—15 [68/17 R] | 28 Claims |
| 1. A steam drum washing machine comprising:
a casing;
a tub disposed in the casing and adapted so that water is supplied into the tub;
a drum rotatably mounted in the tub and adapted so that clothes are put in the drum and the water is supplied into the drum;
a steam generator to heat water to obtain steam and to supply the steam into the tub and the drum; and
a water-supply unit to supply the water into the tub and to the steam generator, wherein the water-supply unit includes:
a water-supply valve assembly to supply the water;
a detergent box assembly mounted between the water-supply valve assembly and the tub for storing a detergent; and
an auxiliary water-supply tube connected between the water-supply valve assembly and the detergent box assembly.
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