ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,682, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Amano Pioneer Eclipse Corp. (Sparta, N.C.).

"Electric burnisher" was invented by Derrick Lee Hamm (Sparta, N.C.), Mickey J. Hall (Sparta, N.C.) and Ted Tilman Wagoner (Ennice, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A burnisher for cleaning and polishing floors is provided. The burnisher includes at least one electric motor powered by at least one battery. The at least one battery can be provided as one or more lithium ion batteries. The burnisher is configured to rotate a burnisher pad at various speeds, as selected by the operator. The burnisher includes a control area including various input a...