ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,340, issued on June 17, was assigned to MIDEA GROUP Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"High speed reusable beverage container washing system with spinning beverage container holder" was invented by Daniel J. Trice (Louisville, Ky.) and Robert M. Digman (Goshen, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage container washing system may be used for rapid 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 filling the beverage containers with purchased beverages, among other applications. Separate entrance and exit openings may be provi...