US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on May 20 for "Beverage-dispensing appliance having a chilled carbonator" (Indiana, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,799, issued on May 20, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Beverage-dispensing appliance having a chilled carbonator" was invented by Brent Alden Junge (Evansville, Ind.), Danister Abeygunawardana (Jeffersonville, Ind.), Gregory Scott Carr (Louisville, Ky.), Jordan Andrew Waymeyer (Louisville, Ky.) and Timothy Ray Jackson (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage-dispensing appliance may include a carbonation tank, a carbonator jacket, a cold water line, and an ice bin. The carbonation tank may define a tank volume, a water inlet upstream from the tank volume, a carbon dioxide inlet...