US Patent Issued to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung on Dec. 23 for "Washing machine and method for washing textiles" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,802, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Munich).

"Washing machine and method for washing textiles" was invented by Jan Blomer (Essen, Germany) and Ilka Gehrke (Reutlingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described and illustrated is a washing machine for washing textiles, including a tub for receiving a washing liquid, a laundry drum inserted at least partially into the tub, a drive for rotating the laundry drum in the tub and a discharge line connected to the tub for discharging washing liquid from the tub. In order to be able to separate the microplastic f...