ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,588, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to KOREA AIRPORTS Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Moving handrail sterilizing apparatus" was invented by Jin Oh Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Eui Soo Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Il Gon You (Gimpo-si, South Korea) and Ju Young Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a moving handrail sterilizing apparatus. The moving handrail sterilizing apparatus includes: a moving handrail; a first sterilizing unit which is disposed so as to be in contact with one side of the moving handrail and wipes away foreign substances on a surface of the handrail; a sterilizing panel which is dispos...