ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,130, issued on March 17, was assigned to Scandinavian Innovation Group Oy (Pomarkku, Finland).
"Drinking water dispenser with ultraviolet disinfection device" was invented by Andrzej Pawlow (Riga, Latvia) and Arturs Pavlovs (Riga, Latvia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drinking water dispenser includes a body, including: an inlet pipe for connecting the external water source, a cold water tank having a lower part filled with water and an upper part in which an air cavity is formed, when the tank is filled with water, a water inlet connected to the inlet pipe, and water outlet connected to an outlet pipe, an outlet valve for dispens...