ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,059, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Intex Industries Xiamen Co. Ltd. (Fujian, China).

"Multi-valve water treatment device" was invented by Zhi Xiong Huang (Fujian, China), Yong Gui Chen (Fujian, China) and Pei Lin Chen (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-valve water treatment system may include a motor having an output shaft, a driven shaft fixed to the output shaft and having a cam disposed at an axial position along the driven shaft, and a valve assembly. The valve assembly may include a valve actuator urged into engagement with the driven shaft at the axial position, a fluid flow housing having a fluid outlet...