ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,673, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to MSR Technology ApS (Thisted, Denmark).
"Haulm cutting apparatus" was invented by Michael Stolberg-Rohr (Thisted, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A haulm cutting apparatus includes lateral and vertical guiding means or surfaces and a first, rotatable shear rotatable around an axis of rotation extending in a direction with a vertical component. The apparatus further includes a counter shear for cooperation with the first, rotatable shear, and the first, rotatable shear and the counter shear are positioned in a side-by-side relationship relative to a direction of travel during operation."
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