| 摘要 |
A laundry apparatus according to the present invention is capable of stably regulating a laundry drying temperature without reduction in the service life of a valve which regulates the amount of steam to be supplied to heating unit. In the laundry apparatus, a first steam supply passage ( 24 a) having a relatively great passage diameter and a second steam supply passage ( 24 b) having a relatively small passage diameter are provided independently of each other. Thus, a relatively great amount of steam is supplied from the first steam supply passage ( 24 a) to a drying heater ( 13 ) with a first valve (V 27 ) being opened, and a relatively small amount of steam is supplied to the drying heater ( 13 ) with a second valve (V 28 ) being opened. By selectively using the first valve (V 27 ) and the second valve (V 28 ), the opening/closing frequencies of these valves are reduced. This makes it possible to stably regulate the laundry drying temperature while preventing reduction in the service lives of these valves.
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