ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,013, issued on July 15, was assigned to ELECTROLUX PROFESSIONAL INC. (Vicksburg, Miss.).

"Food or ware washing, deglazing and defrosting system and methods of deglazing and defrosting food items" was invented by Roger Moore (Brandon, Miss.) and Calvin M. Sims (Brandon, Miss.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for deglazing or defrosting items, for cleaning wares, and/or for thermalizing/rethermalizing food items. The system includes a tank for holding fluid and a wash pump for creating a rolling washing action within the wash tank. The method includes placing items into the fluid so that as the fluid rolls within the ...