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

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,281, issued on March 24, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cup washer" was invented by Charyeom Park (Seoul, South Korea), Miseong Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Changwoo Sung (Seoul, South Korea) and Taeyong Jung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cup washer includes a tub providing a space in which a cup is accommodated, and a sprayer disposed on the tub and configured to spray water toward the cup. The sprayer includes a first spray nozzle and a second spray nozzle coupled to the first spray nozzle. The second spray nozzle is disposed on a central portion of the first spray nozzle. The first ...