ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,468, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to DE' LONGHI APPLIANCES S.R.L. CON UNICO SOCIO (Treviso, Italy).

"Valve device" was invented by Paolo Evangelisti (Treviso, Italy), Nicola Piovan (Treviso, Italy) and Davide Bonotto (Treviso, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve device includes an entry aperture and an exit aperture for a fluid, a chamber which puts the entry and exit apertures in selective communication, a housing compartment, a piston disposed in the compartment, which is mobile between a closing position in which it prevents the transit of the fluid and an opening position in which it allows the passage of the fluid, a...