ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,543, issued on May 12, was assigned to REDL GMBH (Austria).
"Beverage preparation device with a washing means" was invented by Hermann Redl (Hollabrunn, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an appliance for the automated preparation of beverages, comprising a dispensing element (1), which comprises a plurality of dispensing openings (2) for dispensing individual beverage ingredients, and also comprising a washing device (3) for dispensing a washing fluid, wherein the washing device (3) is arranged in a retaining region (5) at a location remote from the dispensing element (1), wherein the washing device (3) c...