US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on Feb. 3 for "Agricultural disc mower with knives, a spring plate, and a knife nut that acts as a stop" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,866, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Agricultural disc mower with knives, a spring plate, and a knife nut that acts as a stop" was invented by Albert Childs (Meadville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disc cutter for an agricultural implement includes: a mounting bar including a bar opening; a bolt disposed in the bar opening; a knife nut including a nut opening in which the bolt is disposed; a knife including a knife opening in which the knife nut is disposed, the knife being configured to rotate about a rotation axis defined by the knife nut; and a spring plate biased towards th...