US Patent Issued to AGCO do Brasil Solucoes Agricolas on Jan. 13 for "Sugarcane harvester with improved extractor assembly near chopping section" (Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,763, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to AGCO do Brasil Solucoes Agricolas Ltda. (Ribeirao Preto, Brazil).

"Sugarcane harvester with improved extractor assembly near chopping section" was invented by Marcelo Carpenedo (Canoas, Brazil), Fabio Luiz Spessoto Persoli (Canoas, Brazil) and Andre Dias (Canoas, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sugarcane harvester includes an extractor assembly that more efficiently and effectively separates leaves, stems, and other waste material from sugarcane billets and ejects the waste material back onto sugarcane fields without blowing the waste material into a wagon or other billet collection veh...