US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on Nov. 25 for "Supplemental air attachment in a cleaning system of a sugarcane harvester" (Louisiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,987, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Supplemental air attachment in a cleaning system of a sugarcane harvester" was invented by Blain J. Cazenave (Vacherie, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning arrangement for separating a billet material from an extraneous plant matter in a sugarcane harvester includes a cleaning chamber defining an inlet for the billet material and the extraneous plant matter, a first outlet for the extraneous plant matter, and a second outlet defined in a basket for the billet material. A fan is positioned within the cleaning chamber and configured to generate an airflow to...