ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,674, issued on March 25, was assigned to Oxbo International Corp. (Byron, N.Y.).
"Detasseler and control system and method" was invented by Christopher M. Schloesser (Byron, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detasseling apparatus includes a chassis having a head mounted to the chassis. The head supports a plurality of row units, each of the row units having an independently adjustable vertical position. Each row unit is independently vertically adjustable. Each row unit includes a puller or cutter, a height adjustment assembly for independently adjusting vertical position of the detasseling assembly to maintain the puller or cut...