US Patent Issued to CALMER HOLDING on Oct. 7 for "Twelve flutes for stalk roll" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,195, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to CALMER HOLDING COMPANY LLC (Lynn Center, Ill.).

"Twelve flutes for stalk roll" was invented by Marion Calmer (Alpha, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stalk roll having twelve flutes extending radially from the main cylinder along the length of the main cylinder. Within the row unit opposing stalk rolls cooperate to engage and capture the corn stalk, thereafter, controlling and processing the corn stalk. The flutes may be configured with differing edges to facilitate control and movement of the stalk to the point of ear separation within the row unit. The flutes may be configured such that op...