Patent ID: 7481082

Claim:
A washing machine, comprising: a cabinet; a tub installed in the cabinet; a drum rotatably set in the tub; a housing installed in the cabinet; a detergent box including a powdered detergent container, said detergent box inserted into the housing; a controllable water supply; and a dispenser having a water supply passage connected to the controllable water supply and having water supply holes configured to supply water into the detergent box, said dispenser covering a top surface of the housing, wherein at least one liquid detergent box is detachably provided in the powdered detergent container, wherein detergent box is configured to be slidably inserted from a front face of the washing machine to a position in the housing under the water supply holes of the dispenser, and wherein a plurality of side protrusions are formed at an upper portion of at least one side wall of the liquid detergent box such that an opening, through which water overflowed from the liquid detergent box passes downward, is formed between the side wall of the liquid detergent box and a side wall of the detergent box.