Active moisture removal in a laundry treating appliance

摘要

A laundry treating appliance having a treating chamber for receiving laundry and configured to perform one or more cycles of operation and method for actively dehumidifying the treating chamber of a laundry treating appliance to retard or eliminate the adverse effects of moisture-laden laundry remaining in the treating chamber or moisture remaining in the treating chamber or other areas of the laundry treating appliance.

主权项

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.