ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,188, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE Co. LTD (Qingdao, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD (Qingdao, China).
"Laundry device and valve assembly" was invented by Kai Liu (Qingdao, China), Sheng Xu (Qingdao, China), Wenwei Li (Qingdao, China) and Zhiqiang Zhao (Qingdao, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry device, including a barrel assembly, a valve assembly, and a fan, where the valve assembly includes a blocking mechanism and a valve housing which has an air intake cavity and an air outlet cavity, the air intake cavity and the air outlet cavity are arranged independent of each other, the ai...