ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,654, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).
"Pre-cutter assembly for baler implement" was invented by Mark A. Pieper (Ottumwa, Iowa) and Darin L. Roth (Batavia, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pre-cutter assembly includes at least one knife rotatable about a knife rotation axis between a retracted position and a deployed position, and an associated engagement arm rotatable about an arm rotation axis between a latch position securing the knife in the deployed position, and a release position allowing the knife to move into the retracted position. A magnet may be positioned for engagement with the enga...