ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,588, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Food waste disposer" was invented by Yongjie Jin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Daegeon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Namsoo Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Wonyoung Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food waste disposer includes a housing, a grinding case inside the housing to dispose of food waste, a valve assembly mounted to a lower portion of the grinding case, and a driving device arranged on one side of the valve assembly to operate the valve assembly. The grinding case includes a discharge hole formed on a bottom s...