ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,773, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Multichannel dispenser assembly" was invented by Kyle Edward Durham (Louisville, Ky.) and Ryan Joseph Shaffer (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispenser assembly includes a housing including a plurality of inlets and an outlet. The housing defines a first portion of a flow path. A rotatable disk is positioned within the housing, and the rotatable disk includes a groove in a top side of the rotatable disk. The groove defines a second portion of the flow path. A positioning wheel is coupled to the rotatable disk. A motor is m...