US Patent Issued to MIDEA GROUP on April 29 for "State machine and/or container-specific operational control of high speed reusable beverage container washing system" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,144, issued on April 29, was assigned to MIDEA GROUP Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"State machine and/or container-specific operational control of high speed reusable beverage container washing system" was invented by Joel Boyer (Louisville, Ky.), Robert M. Digman (Goshen, Ky.) and Dylan Rowe (Buffalo, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage container washing system may utilize a state machine-based control system and/or beverage container type determination to manage washing and/or sanitizing of beverage containers, e.g., for use in a retail environment to wash and/or sanitize customer-provided beverage containers prior to filli...