US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on May 20 for "Structural arrangement introduced in a liquid dispensing set-up of a household appliance" (Brazilian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,318, issued on May 20, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Structural arrangement introduced in a liquid dispensing set-up of a household appliance" was invented by Rene Luiz Costa Araujo (Sao Paulo), Marcelo Filho Campos Valente (Benton Harbor, Mich.) and Emmanuel F. Gonzaga (Sao Paulo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structural arrangement introduced in a liquid dispensing set-up of a household appliance includes at least one feed pipe, at least one movable lid cooperating with a fixed body, and at least one liquid flow driver. The liquid flow driver is disposed adjacent a lower face of the movable lid. The liq...