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Cabinet for a home appliance including a base panel 10, one pair of side panels 20 respectively provided to side ends of the base panel 10, each having a size of holes 21 in a front end, a front panel 30 provided to front ends of the base panel and the side panels 10 and 20, the front panel 30 havin

Cabinet for a home appliance including a base panel 10, one pair of side panels 20 respectively provided to side ends of the base panel 10, each having a size of holes 21 in a front end, a front panel 30 provided to front ends of the base panel and the side panels 10 and 20, the front panel 30 having projections 31 mounted on a rear surface thereof for being inserted in the holes 21 and engaged with circumferential portions 21a of the holes 21, respectively, and a rear panel 40 provided to rear ends of the base panel and the side panels 10 and 20.

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What is claimed is: 1. A cabinet for a home appliance comprising: a base panel; one pair of side panels respectively provided to side ends of the base panel, each having a plurality of holes in a front surface of a front end; a front panel provided to front ends of the base panel and the side panel

What is claimed is: 1. A cabinet for a home appliance comprising: a base panel; one pair of side panels respectively provided to side ends of the base panel, each having a plurality of holes in a front surface of a front end; a front panel provided to front ends of the base panel and the side panels, the front panel having projections mounted on a rear surface thereof for being inserted in the plurality of holes and engaged with a circumferential portion of each of the plurality of holes, respectively such that the projections are pulled toward the side panels by the circumferential portion and engage with the circumferential portion while the projections deform the circumferential portion, partially; wherein the projections have a groove for receiving the circumferential portion of the hole for engagement with the circumferential portion; wherein the circumferential portion of each of the plurality of holes is indented to lie in a plane that is offset from the surface of the front end; and a rear panel provided to rear ends of the base panel and the side panels. 2. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of holes is formed in a flange at a front end of the side panel. 3. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of holes are formed in an upper part and a lower part of the front end of each of the side panels. 4. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the projections are formed in an upper part and a lower part of edges of the rear surface of the front panel. 5. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the projections have a lower part engaged with the circumferential portion in a lower part of the plurality of holes. 6. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the groove is in a lower surface of the projection. 7. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the groove is spaced a distance away from the rear surface of the front panel. 8. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the circumferential portion engaged with the projection includes a step part. 9. The cabinet as claimed in claim 8, wherein the step part is positioned in a lower part of the plurality of holes. 10. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the groove in the projections and the circumferential portion are not in alignment when the side panel and the front panel are joined. 11. The cabinet as claimed in claim 10, wherein the groove is in front of the circumferential portion. 12. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the groove has an enlarged entrance for helping insertion of the circumferential portion of the hole therein. 13. The cabinet as claimed in claim 12, wherein the entrance of the groove includes a chamfered surface. 14. The cabinet as claimed in claim 12, wherein the entrance of the groove includes a rounded surface. 15. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the projection has a partially reduced section for easy insertion into the hole. 16. The cabinet as claimed in claim 15, wherein the projection is tapered. 17. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the projection is a separate member attached to the front panel, or formed as one unit with the front panel. 18. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the projection includes a guide groove to be engaged with a circumferential portion of a guide hole in the front panel. 19. The cabinet as claimed in claim 18, wherein the projection further includes a cavity for deforming a neighborhood of the guide groove. 20. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the projection is separated from the hole by moving the projection upward. 21. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a bracket provided to a corner in which top ends of the front panel and the side panel form. 22. The cabinet as claimed in claim 21, wherein the bracket is fastened both to a top end flange of the front panel and a top end flange of the side panel. 23. The cabinet as claimed in claim 22, wherein the flanges of the front and side panels include guide holes respectively, and the bracket includes projections for inserting into the guide holes respectively. 24. The cabinet as claimed in claim 23, wherein the projections are formed by lancing. 25. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the front panel further includes a supplementary hole in a lower end thereof, and the base panel further includes a supplementary projection on a front end thereof inserted in the supplementary hole. 26. The cabinet as claimed in claim 25, wherein the supplementary hole has a size identical to a section area of the supplementary projection. 27. The cabinet as claimed in claim 25, wherein the supplementary projection has a partially reduced section for easy insertion into the supplementary hole. 28. The cabinet as claimed in claim 27, wherein the supplementary projection is tapered. 29. The cabinet as claimed in claim 25, wherein the supplementary projection is separated from the hole by moving the hole upward. 30. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base panel is joined with the side panel and the rear panel without fastening members, directly. 31. The cabinet as claimed in claim 30, wherein the base panel further includes first curled parts at side edges and rear edge thereof, and the side panels and the rear panel further include second curled parts at lower edges thereof respectively for engagement and joining with the first curled parts respectively. 32. The cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the side panels and the rear panel are joined to each other directly, without fastening members. 33. The cabinet as claimed in claim 32, wherein the side panels include third curled parts formed at rear ends respectively, and the rear panel includes fourth curled parts at side ends respectively for engagement, and joining with the third curled parts respectively.