ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,588, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).
"Cutting apparatus" was invented by Bart M. A. Missotten (Herent, Belgium), Pieter Van Overschelde (Sint-Andries, Belgium), Frederik Tallir (Esen, Belgium), Dre W. J. Jongmans (AG Klundert, Netherlands) and Glenn Aesaert (Izegem, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting apparatus for a header of an agricultural harvester includes a first wheel and a second wheel. A drive source is configured to selectively drive the first wheel in a clockwise direction or an anticlockwise direction. A knife carrier, including a loop having a running side a...