ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,895, issued on July 15, was assigned to AGCO Corp. (Duluth, Ga.).
"Baling apparatus" was invented by Lucas Andrew Weller (Hesston, Kan.), Richard Lee Alexander (Hesston, Kan.) and James Kraus (Hesston, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A round baler having a baling chamber, a wrapping material reservoir, a feed apparatus having an actuator, the feed apparatus configured to convey a wrapping material from the wrapping material reservoir to the baling chamber, a cutting apparatus moveable between a retracted position allowing free movement of the wrapping material and an advanced position to cut the wrapping material, and a braking a...