ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,693, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to GUANGZHOU QINGKUAI INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Guangzhou, China).

"Filtering device and container washing machine" was invented by Qifeng Song (Guangzhou, China), Huiqi He (Guangzhou, China), Weixiong He (Guangzhou, China), Zhikun Kang (Guangzhou, China), Qing Guo (Guangzhou, China) and Shengke Wu (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filtering device and a container washing machine with an external water tank are provided. The container washing machine includes a washing main body, the filtering device, and at least one rack configured to accommodate containers. The filtering de...