ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,675, issued on March 25, was assigned to Seed Terminator Holdings Pty Ltd (Kingscote, Australia).
"Impact processing system and a machine and a method of improving nut or fruit orchard hygiene" was invented by Nicholas Kane Berry (Kingscote, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An impact processing system (10) having a central opening (12) enabling material flow into a primary impact zone (14) in which is located an impact mechanism (16) rotatable about a rotation axis (18). An impact structure (20) provided with a plurality of holes (22) surrounds the impact mechanism (16). The rotatable impact mechanism (16) impacts material e...