ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,434, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to CHONGQING HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE Co. LTD. (Chongqing, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Shandong, China).
"Nozzle structure, additive delivery device and washing machine" was invented by Tao Huang (Shandong, China), Bingheng Zhou (Shandong, China) and Huacheng Zhang (Shandong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An additive delivery device includes a water supply waterway; and a delivery unit to deliver additives to the water supply waterway; an outlet of the water supply waterway being connected to a nozzle structure. A washing machine includes an inner drum configured to hold a load an...