US Patent Issued to OP-HYGIENE IP on April 14 for "Fluid dispenser with UV sanitation" (German, Canadian, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,687, issued on April 14, was assigned to OP-HYGIENE IP GMBH (Niederbipp, Switzerland).

"Fluid dispenser with UV sanitation" was invented by Heiner Ophardt (Arisdorf, Switzerland), Andrew Jones (St. Anns, Canada), Siegfried Steltenkamp (Bonn, Germany) and Julie Claudinon (Freiburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand cleaning foam dispenser, including a reservoir providing a supply of foamable liquid; an air compartment providing a supply of air; a foam generator that mixes the foamable liquid and the air to produce a foam; a liquid pump for delivering the foamable liquid to the foam generator; an air pump for delivering th...