US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on March 31 for "Cup washer" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,797, issued on March 31, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cup washer" was invented by Minhyuk Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Sung Hun Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Woongsup Song (Seoul, South Korea) and Taeyong Jung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a cup washer. The cup washer of the present disclosure includes an additive storage part and an additive supply part. The additive storage part is configured to store an additive in a storage space. The additive supply part is configured to supply the additive into the tub. The additive supply part includes an additive pump and a first addit...