ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,990, issued on June 24, was assigned to Otter Controls Ltd. (Fairfield, Great Britain).
"Steam generator" was invented by Kwok Hung Wong (Hong Kong), Alex Reinier Nijhoff (Groningen, Netherlands) and Andrew Hunt (Bowdon, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steam generator including a heating chamber for heating water to generate steam, with a sidewall of the heating chamber being a heating element. The steam generator may be installed in an appliance, and may be removably installed in the appliance."
The patent was filed on April 2, 2020, under Application No. 17/600,034.
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