US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on Jan. 28 for "Additive supply unit and washing machine including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,348, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Additive supply unit and washing machine including the same" was invented by Hyun Dong Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jae Yong Jeong (Seoul, South Korea), Soo Young Oh (Seoul, South Korea) and Kyo Soon Chae (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An additive supply apparatus includes a cartridge configured to accommodate a liquid additive and discharge the additive through a discharge port thereof, a discharge tube connected to the cartridge and configured to guide the additive discharged from the cartridge, a check valve assembly interposed betw...