ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,753, issued on July 7, was assigned to MIDEA GROUP Co. LTD. (Foshan, China).
"Multi-stage dishwasher drying system" was invented by Bassam Fawaz (Louisville, Ky.) and Alexi Blaise Poth (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwasher includes a drying system that incorporates a mixing conduit that mixes air streams from an exhaust fan that draws humid air from a wash tub, an inlet fan that supplies ambient air to the wash tub, and a gate device that is movable within a range of positions to regulate fluid flow through at least one of first and second inlets of the mixing conduit. A controller may perform a multi-stage dryi...