ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,722, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Clothing treatment apparatus" was invented by Changoh Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Woore Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Sangwook Hong (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clothing treatment apparatus includes a tub for providing a space in which washing water is accommodated; a drum rotatably provided inside the tub; a motor for rotating the drum; and an induction heater which is arranged on the outer surface of the tub and which heats the drum. The motor can rotate the drum at a first rotational speed at which laundry accommodated inside th...