ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,576, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to FAM (Kontich, Belgium).
"Knife assembly and cutting system equipped with same" was invented by Brent L. Bucks (Kontich, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knife assembly includes a knife blade of which a front edge is a cutting edge, a holder for supporting the knife blade, a clamp for clamping the knife blade onto the holder, and a fastening mechanism for securing and clamping the knife blade between the clamp and the holder with the cutting edge protruding at a front side of the assembly. The holder has a frontal portion which is the foremost portion of the assembly at a bottom side of...