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1. A laundry machine, comprising:
a front frame including an opening, though which laundry is loaded or unloaded, the front frame forming front-side outer appearance; a tub including a front wall formed with a rim that extends forward from an inner circumference of the front wall of the tub to a front side of the opening of the front frame and defines a laundry loading/unloading opening, wherein the front wall of the tub is fixedly coupled to the front frame; a drum rotatable installed in the tub; a drive including a rotational shaft connected to the drum, a bearing housing that supports the rotational shaft, and a motor that rotates the rotational shaft; a suspension connected to the bearing housing, that dampens vibration of the drum; a door mounted to the front frame, to open or close the laundry loading/unloading opening; and a front gasket including a coupling portion coupled to the rim of the tub, and a flange coupled to a protrusion formed at an inner surface of the front wall, wherein the coupling portion is formed to surround inner and outer surfaces of a front portion of the rim, wherein the coupling portion is coupled to the rim by a coupling ring while surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the rim and extends to a rear side of the opening of the front frame while surrounding the outer circumferential surface of the rim, wherein the coupling portion is configured to seal the front wall and the front frame, wherein the flange extends outwardly in radial direction such that the flange is seated on the inner surface of the front wall, and wherein the flange is formed with a groove to be engaged with the protrusion formed at the inner surface of the front wall of the tub. |