US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on March 24 for "Cup washer" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,282, issued on March 24, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cup washer" was invented by Taeyong Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Miseong Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Hyo Keun Park (Seoul, South Korea), Sejae Oh (Seoul, South Korea), Gyeoung Jin Jeon (Seoul, South Korea), Jaewoo Jin (Seoul, South Korea), Changwoo Sung (Seoul, South Korea) and Charyeom Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cup washer includes a base plate, a water tank disposed on the base plate and configured to store water for washing a cup, and a washing unit disposed above the water tank and configured to wash an accommodated cup...