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A washer includes an outer cabinet, a washtub disposed in the cabinet, a rotating tub rotating by a driving motor and being disposed in the washtub, a top cover disposed on top of the cabinet, the top cover being provided with an opening for loading and unloading clothes, a control box-receiving por

A washer includes an outer cabinet, a washtub disposed in the cabinet, a rotating tub rotating by a driving motor and being disposed in the washtub, a top cover disposed on top of the cabinet, the top cover being provided with an opening for loading and unloading clothes, a control box-receiving portion formed on a portion of the top cover, a control box having a circuit board for controlling the washer, the control box removably received in the control box-receiving portion, and a protecting cover for covering the portion of the top cover where the control box is received.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A washer comprising: an outer cabinet; a washtub disposed in the cabinet; a rotating tub rotating by a driving motor and being disposed in the washtub; a top cover disposed on top of the cabinet, the top cover being provided with an opening for loading and unloading clo

The invention claimed is: 1. A washer comprising: an outer cabinet; a washtub disposed in the cabinet; a rotating tub rotating by a driving motor and being disposed in the washtub; a top cover disposed on top of the cabinet, the top cover being provided with an opening for loading and unloading clothes; a control box-receiving portion formed on a portion of the top cover by indenting the rear portion of the top cover; a control box adapted to be splash resistant in proximity to a water supplying part of the washer, having: a circuit board for controlling the washer, the control box removably received in the control box-receiving portion; and a protecting cover for covering the portion of the top cover where the control box is received. 2. The washer according to claim 1, wherein the control box comprises upper and lower boxes that are separated from each other. 3. The washer according to claim 2, wherein one of the upper and lower boxes is provided with a plurality of coupling hooks and the other of the upper and lower boxes is provided with a plurality of coupling loops associated with the coupling hooks. 4. The washer according to claim 2, wherein the circuit board is mounted on an inner surface of a bottom of the upper box. 5. The washer according to claim 4, wherein the upper box is provided with at least one board holder for firstly fixing the circuit board. 6. The washer according to claim 4, wherein the circuit board is secondly fixed by an urethane coating layer deposited on a surface of the circuit board. 7. The washer according to claim 2, wherein at least one of the upper and lower boxes is provided with a screw insertion hole. 8. The washer according to claim 7, wherein at least one of the upper and lower boxes is securely coupled on the top cover by a screw inserted through the screw insertion hole. 9. The washer according to claim 2, wherein vents are provided on the lower box. 10. The washer according to claim 9, wherein the vents are formed being aligned with fins of a heat discharge member for cooling the circuit board. 11. The washer according to claim 9, wherein the lower box is further provided with water splash preventing guards extending from peripheries of the vents to guards of the vents at a spaced distance. 12. The washer according to claim 1, wherein at least one seating groove is formed on a sidewall defining the control box-receiving portion, and at least one seating guide inserted into the seating groove is formed on a sidewall of the control box. 13. The washer according to claim 1, wherein the control box is provided with at least one incoming/outgoing wire hole. 14. The washer according to claim 13, wherein the control box is provided with a wire guide groove for guiding a wire coming out through the incoming/outgoing wire hole. 15. The washer according to claim 13, wherein the wire guide groove is provided with a cable tie insertion hole. 16. The washer according to claim 13, wherein a portion of a sidewall of the control box, which is adjacent to the incoming/outgoing wire hole, is provided with a curved portion for preventing the wire from being damaged. 17. The washer according to claim 13, wherein the control box is provided with a wire guide for guiding the wire into or from the control box through the incoming/outgoing wire hole. 18. The washer according to claim 1, wherein at least one projection rib is formed on a bottom defining the control box-receiving portion to maintain a predetermined gap between the bottom of the control box-receiving portion and a bottom of the control box.