ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,941, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to AGCO International GmbH (Neuhausen, Switzerland).

"Displaceable wrapping material supply unit for baling apparatus" was invented by Harald Reupke (Wolfenbuttel, Germany), Malte Cornelius Schlichting (Wolfenbuttel, Germany), Jurgen Borchers (Wolfenbuttel, Germany) and Christian Adam (Wolfenbuttel, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wrapping material supply apparatus for supplying wrapping material to a wrapper inlet of a baling chamber, in which a bale is to be wrapped. The wrapping material supply apparatus includes a wrapping material supply unit displaceable between a baling position and ...