US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on April 14 for "Water purifying apparatus and refrigerator including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,646, issued on April 14, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Water purifying apparatus and refrigerator including the same" was invented by Youngjae Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Changhwan Yoon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a water purifying apparatus and a refrigerator including the same. The water purifying apparatus includes a filter configured to purify incoming water and discharge the purified water, a head in which the filter is detachably coupled and a water inlet portion and a water outlet portion are formed, and a shaft provided inside the head and rotatably mounted be...