Patent ID: 9535425
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: F24F,G05D

Claim:
1. An appliance, comprising: an ambient air passageway defined in the appliance, the ambient air passageway configured to direct circulating ambient air around at least part of a chamber of the appliance; a fan in communication with the ambient air passageway, the fan configured to selectively cause the ambient air to circulate through the ambient air passageway; an appliance control system configured to control a speed of the fan based on an operating mode of the appliance; and an airflow monitoring system in communication with the ambient air passageway, the airflow monitoring system configured to autonomously control a subsystem of the appliance based on a measured airflow rate within the ambient air passageway, the airflow monitoring system including wherein the appliance control system and the airflow monitoring system are both operably coupled to the subsystem of the appliance.