Fabric treating appliance

Abstract

A fabric treating appliance includes a rotatable basket defining a treating chamber for receiving a load of laundry items for treatment. The basket comprises a dual wall, having an inner wall and an outer wall, defining a space therebetween. Liquid within the treating chamber can flow through a plurality of liquid extraction perforations and into the space between the walls, where the liquid can drain downwardly out through an opening in the outer wall and into a tub.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of operating a fabric treating appliance to extract liquid from laundry in the fabric treating appliance, the method comprising:
 rotating a basket having an inner wall with perforations and an outer wall without perforations at a rotational speed great enough such that liquid in laundry within the basket is moved radially by centrifugal force through the perforations;   deflecting downwardly the radially moving liquid with the outer wall of the rotating basket; and   draining the downwardly deflected liquid out an opening in the outer wall and into a tub.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the draining the liquid out the opening comprises draining the liquid out a gap between the inner and outer walls. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2  further comprising supplying liquid to the basket. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3  wherein the supplying liquid occurs prior to rotating the basket. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 3  wherein the supplying liquid comprises supplying liquid until the liquid reaches a level in the basket above an upper edge of the tub. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the draining comprises operating a drain pump coupled to the tub. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the draining comprises opening a valve fluidly coupling a space between the inner and outer walls to the tub. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1  wherein rotating the basket comprises rotating the basket about a vertical axis. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the deflecting downwardly the radially moving liquid comprises radially moving the liquid into the outer wall. 
     
     
         10 . A method of operating a fabric treating appliance to extract liquid from laundry in the fabric treating appliance, the method comprising:
 supplying liquid into a basket having an inner wall with perforations and an outer wall without perforations, which is radially spaced from the inner wall to define a inner space;   rotating the basket at a rotational speed great enough such that liquid in laundry within the basket is moved radially by centrifugal force through the perforations and into the inner space;   opening a valve fluidly coupling the inner space to a tub retaining at least a portion of the basket;   deflecting downwardly the radially moving liquid within the inner space to the open valve; and   draining the downwardly deflected liquid out through the open valve and into the tub.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10  wherein the supplying liquid to the basket comprises supplying liquid to a level above an upper edge of the tub. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10  further comprising rotating the basket. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12  wherein rotating the basket comprises rotating the basket about a vertical axis. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 12  wherein the supplying liquid occurs prior to rotating the basket. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 12  wherein the supplying liquid occurs during rotating the basket. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 10  wherein the draining comprises operating a drain pump coupled to the tub. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 10  wherein rotating the basket comprises rotating the basket about a vertical axis. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 10  wherein draining the downwardly deflected liquid further comprises draining the downwardly deflected liquid through a bottom of the basket in addition through the inner space.