Drum type washing machine

The invention provides a drum type washing machine, in which vibration is efficiently attenuated in a manner of providing a maximum capacity within a cabinet of fixed size, and by which a user does not bend over or sit down to load laundry into the washing machine. The drum type washing machine includes the cabinet forming an exterior of the drum type washing machine, a tub fixed within the cabinet, the tub having a laundry loading entrance at an outer circumference of the tub, a drum rotatably provided within the tub, the drum having an opening on a lateral side of the drum to communicate with the laundry loading entrance of the tub, a motor assembly provided next to one side of the drum to rotate said drum and provided with a shaft connected to the drum, a bearing box rotationally supporting the shaft and a motor for rotating the shaft; and a suspension assembly provided to support the weight of the drum and attenuate the vibrations of said drum. The drum is rotationally supported by the bearing box through the shaft at one side, and is not supported at the other side. The bearing box is supported through the suspension assembly.