ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,974, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Grimme Landmaschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG (Damme, Germany).
"Device for separating planting material" was invented by Henrik Wulferding (Ehrenburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device comprising a hopper forming a storage space, and at least one conveyor device configured for placing a row of the planting material. The conveyor device comprises at least one carrier element rotating in operation in a direction of rotation and about a deflection axis, and a plurality of conveying elements arranged on the carrier element, which, in operation, each run through the storage space for recei...