Patent ID: 8984692
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a cabinet in which is located a treating chamber for receiving laundry, and a closure element providing selective access to the treating chamber, the method comprising: determining a humidity external to the treating chamber; determining a humidity internal to the treating chamber; and reducing the humidity internal to the treating chamber by selectively generating one of a directional air flow in a first direction by supplying air from a front of the laundry treating appliance and exhausting air from a rear of the laundry treating appliance and a directional air flow in a second direction by supplying air from the rear of the laundry treating appliance and exhausting air from the front of the laundry treating appliance until the humidity internal to the treating chamber reaches a predetermined humidity, the predetermined humidity being a function of the humidity external to the treating chamber.