US Patent Issued to QINGDAO HAIER LAUNDRY ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, HAIER SMART HOME on Feb. 17 for "Laundry apparatus" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,168, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to QINGDAO HAIER LAUNDRY ELECTRIC APPLIANCES Co. LTD (Qingdao, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China).

"Laundry apparatus" was invented by Kai Liu (Qingdao, China), Sheng Xu (Qingdao, China) and Zhiqiang Zhao (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry apparatus including an outer tub, a window pad, a drainage pump, a valve assembly, and a fan, the drainage pump is in communication with the outer tub by a pump pipe; the valve assembly includes a blocking mechanism and a valve shell having an air intake cavity and an air output cavity; the air intake cavity and the air o...