ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,408, issued on March 31, was assigned to 24 PESULA OY (Kokkola, Finland).

"Washing unit, planar washing machine and method" was invented by Jukka Nevala (Kokkola, Finland) and Veli-Pekka Nevala (Kokkola, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing unit, planar washing machine and method for washing planar textile products. The washing unit (WU) comprises at least two rotating suction heads (13) and at least one washing nozzle (14), which is located between the suction heads. The washing unit is moved (A) in a reciprocating manner in a transverse direction (x) relative to a feed direction (y) of textile product (23) during washi...