ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,181, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to E.G.O. Elektro-Geratebau GmbH (Oberderdingen, Germany).

"Mixing apparatus for intermixing an additive with a liquid in a washing machine, washing machine and method" was invented by Antonio Di Maggio (Schwaigern, Germany), Uwe Schaumann (Oberderdingen, Germany), Arnd Kessler (Monheim/Rhein, Germany) and Ingo Hardacker (Hamminkeln, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a mixing apparatus (1) with a main line (3), in which a liquid (F) flows along a direction of flow (FR), and a secondary line (9). The main line (3) has an inlet (4), an outlet (5) for discharging the liq...