ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,591, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to CRETES NV (Gullegem, Belgium).
"Device and method for harvesting textile hemp" was invented by Dirk Van Puyvelde (Gullegem, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods of harvesting textile hemp are presented. The methods comprise mowing the hemp and wherein the cut stems are held between crossed conveyor belts and then rotated 90deg from vertical to horizontal, taken over one or more times by other belts, to be deposited in parallel swaths on the field."
The patent was filed on July 2, 2020, under Application No. 17/622,346.
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