US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on April 21 for "Cleaner" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,020, issued on April 21, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cleaner" was invented by Sangchul Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Changhwa Sun (Seoul, South Korea), Seungyeop Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Jungmin Ko (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaner is disclosed. A dust storage container according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a winding member. The winding member rotates in the dust storage container to wind debris having a shape which is thin, long, and compressible, such as fur of an animal or fiber introduced into the dust storage container. Accordingly, a space occupie...