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

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,414, issued on July 21, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cleaner" was invented by Kietak Hyun (Seoul, South Korea), Hwang Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jungmin Ko (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaner includes a dustbin having an inlet formed on a first side thereof and an outlet formed on a second side thereof, the dustbin being provided with a cyclone part generating a cyclonic flow inside the cyclone part, and a motor part configured to communicate with the dustbin and generate a flow of air inside the dustbin. The dustbin includes a casing having the inlet and the outlet formed ther...