US Patent Issued to Ecolab USA on Dec. 16 for "Dishwasher sump and dishwasher apparatus" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,945, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Ecolab USA Inc. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Dishwasher sump and dishwasher apparatus" was invented by Brock Mueggenborg (Saint Paul, Minn.), Jason Heintz (New Brighton, Minn.), Marvin Harris York (Minneapolis) and Nathan Evans (Apple Valley, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwashing apparatus may include a sump. The sump may include a sump pan configured to couple with a wash chamber of the dishwashing apparatus. The sump may include a sump well coupled to the sump pan and configured to collect the liquid from the sump pan. The sump well may include a well inlet in communication with the sum...