Laundry treating appliance with remotely controlled airflow and method of operating the same

Abstract

A laundry treating appliance having a rotatable drum at least partially defining a laundry treating chamber, a fan fluidly coupled with the laundry treating chamber and a controller. The controller is configured to operate an automatic cycle of operation for the laundry treating appliance. The controller is also adapted to send an alert signal to an electronic device remote from the laundry treating appliance, during the cycle of operation, indicative of an ending of the cycle of operation. Upon receiving an authorization signal to enable an anti-sour cycle from the remote electronic device prior to the ending of the cycle of operation, the controller automatically initiates the anti-sour cycle for the laundry treating appliance. The anti-sour cycle comprises energizing the fan to flow air through the laundry treating chamber. Upon failing to receive the authorization signal from the remote electronic device, the controller does not initiate the anti-sour cycle.

1 . A laundry treating appliance, comprising:
 a rotatable drum at least partially defining a laundry treating chamber;   a fan fluidly coupled with the laundry treating chamber;   a controller configured to operate an automatic cycle of operation for the laundry treating appliance and configured to operate an anti-sour cycle comprising energizing of the fan to flow air through the laundry treating chamber;   wherein the controller is configured to receive a signal indicative of a user selection of an anti-sour cycle at a user interface prior to initiation of the automatic cycle of operation and the controller automatically initiates the anti-sour cycle at the end of the automatic cycle of operation.   
     
     
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