US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on May 27 for "Additive supply unit and washing machine including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,726, issued on May 27, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Additive supply unit and washing machine including the same" was invented by Il Ha Park (Seoul, South Korea), Soo Young Oh (Seoul, South Korea), Mi Ju Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Hyun Dong Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jae Yong Jeong (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An additive supply apparatus for a washing machine includes a cartridge configured to accommodate a liquid additive therein and discharge the additive through a discharge port formed at one side thereof, a discharge tube that is connected to the cartridge and defines a dischar...