Patent ID: 9109317
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. An automatic washing machine for treating laundry according to a treating cycle of operation, comprising: a tub; a drum mounted for rotating within the tub; a treating chamber for receiving laundry to be treated defined by at least one of the drum and the tub; a door selectively moveable between opened and closed conditions to provide access to the treating chamber; a position sensor configured to sense the opened and closed conditions of the door and accordingly output a door condition signal; a humidity reduction device comprising a fan fluidly coupled to the treating chamber and to ambient air external to the treating chamber; and a controller configured to execute the treating cycle of operation and operably coupled with the position sensor to receive the door condition signal and the humidity reduction device to control its actuation, and further configured to operate the humidity reduction device to reduce the humidity in the treating chamber in response to the door being opened and subsequently closed after the completion of the treating cycle of operation; and wherein the controller is programmed to execute the operation of the fan to exhaust air in a first direction from a back to a front of the washing machine and a second direction from the front to the back of the washing machine to replace the air within the treating chamber with the ambient air by: