ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,860, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to BSH Hausgerate GmbH (Munich).
"Domestic dishwasher" was invented by Erwin Frank (Binswangen, Germany) and Stefan Wurth (Bachhagel / Burghagel, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A household dishwasher includes a dishwasher cavity encompassing a dishwasher interior, and a dispensing facility designed to dispense a cleaning agent into the dishwasher interior. The dispensing facility has a receiving part including a receiving area for receiving the cleaning agent. A cover seals the receiving area. A sealing arrangement has at least one section arranged between the receiving part and the cover....