ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,806, issued on Dec. 23.
"Device for installation on an inner circumferential surface of a washing machine drum" was invented by Boray Torun (Duesseldorf, Germany), Peter Schmiedel (Duesseldorf, Germany), Bent Rogge (Duesseldorf, Germany), Guido Grundmeier (Paderborn, Germany), Markus Voigt (Paderborn, Germany) and Christoph Ebbert (Paderborn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for installation on an inner circumferential surface-of a washing machine drum, comprising a housing, a voltage source and at least one electrode which is connected to the positive terminal of the voltage source and acts as an anode, it being possi...