ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,271, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SMYZE Intelligence Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Ice making machine with ice cube weighing function" was invented by Fang Zheng (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ice making machine has an ice cube weighing function. The machine has an ice discharging control mechanism below an ice outlet. The ice discharging control mechanism is electrically connected to an electromagnetic valve and has a receiving funnel and a scale. A side wall of the receiving funnel is connected to the scale. A top inlet of a cavity of the receiving funnel is directly below the ice outlet, and an i...