ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,589, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Food waste disposer" was invented by Daegeon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Namsoo Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyoungmok Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Wonyoung Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food waste disposer includes: a housing; a grinding case positioned inside the housing, configured to grind food waste, and separable from the housing, wherein a discharge hole is formed in a bottom of the grinding case; a valve assembly coupled to the grinding case below the discharge hole and configured to open or close ...