ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,759, issued on July 1, was assigned to 101288550 Saskatchewan Ltd. (Assiniboia, Canada).
"Knife brush for a header reel" was invented by Dave Dietrich (Assiniboia, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sweeping apparatus for a reel of a combine comprises a plurality of brush assemblies, each brush assembly comprising a plurality of flexible bristles attached to a selected contact member of the reel and extending outward from the outer edge of the selected contact member such that as the selected contact member passes over the knife, the bristles extend down between the knife guards."
The patent was filed on May 7, 2020, under Appli...