ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,740, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Carl Geringhoff GmbH & Co. KG (Ahlen, Germany).
"Header with laterally foldable reel tines" was invented by Steffen Sudhues (Ahlen, Germany), Dominik Salker (Munster, Germany) and Michael Pokriefke (Hude, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A header for a harvester has a reel extending transverse to a working direction of the header. The reel has reel rake tubes distributed circumferentially about the reel. Reel tines are fastened to the reel rake tubes. At least some reel tines are rotatably supported in bearings at the reel rake tubes and can rotate about a rotation axis along a movement p...