ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,165, issued on June 17, was assigned to Yun Uk Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

"Food waste disposal apparatus" was invented by Yun Uk Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed is a food waste disposal apparatus for automatically discharging food waste by compressing (naturally dewatering), cutting, and drying food waste. More specifically, proposed is a food waste disposal apparatus having a corrugated part provided at an input hole so that same can be bent in all directions, and thus construction is facilitated, and having, at a predetermined distance away from a drying drum that generates high heat, an exhaust fan f...