Patent ID: 8239989

Claim:
A method for removing odor of laundry in a washing machine, the washing machine including: a cabinet, an outer tub installed in the cabinet, the outer tub having an inlet port for sucking external air outside of the outer tub into the outer tub therethrough, an outlet port for discharging internal air inside of the outer tub to outside of the outer tub, and an outlet pipe connected between the outlet port and the cabinet so as to exhaust air outside the cabinet, an inner tub rotatably installed in the outer tub, and a steam generating unit disposed outside the outer tub for generating steam, the method comprising: before supplying the steam to the laundry located in the inner tub, rotating the inner tub at a first speed with the laundry located in the inner tub; supplying the steam to the laundry located in the inner tub; and rotating the inner tub, wherein when the inner tub is rotated after the step of supplying the steam to the laundry located in the inner tub, the laundry is dehydrated, and the external air sucked through the inlet port into the outer tub is exhausted to outside of the cabinet through the outlet port and the outlet pipe.