Patent ID: 9163350
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A controlling method of a circulation type clothes treating apparatus including an air supplying device for drying air circulating into an accommodating space and a steam generator for generating steam to be supplied into the accommodating space, the controlling method comprising: (a) measuring an interior temperature of the accommodating space; (b) raising the temperature of the accommodating space to prevent malfunction and/or damage to the clothes treating apparatus according to the measured interior temperature, wherein the step (b) includes supplying the steam into the accommodating space to raise the temperature of the accommodating space; and (c) driving the air supplying device to supply dry air into the accommodating space, wherein step (b) does not start without performing step (a), wherein step (b) is performed when the temperature measured at the step (a) is less than or equal to a predetermined reference temperature, wherein step (b) is not performed when the temperature measured at the step (a) is more than the predetermined reference temperature, and wherein the predetermined reference temperature is a minimum temperature to prevent malfunction and/or damage to the clothes treating apparatus.