US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on March 31 for "Refrigerator having dispenser" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,984, issued on March 31, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Refrigerator having dispenser" was invented by O Min Kwon (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyungkyu Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator may be provided with a dispenser which includes a nozzle pipe; a light source that radiates ultraviolet light from one end of the nozzle pipe to an inner space of the nozzle pipe, a window that is provided between the one end of the nozzle pipe and the light source, and a liquid supplying hose barb connected to the nozzle pipe via an elbow. Liquid exiting the elbow swirls as ultraviolet lig...