US Patent Issued to Kinze Manufacturing on Oct. 27 for "Spoke gauge wheel for agricultural implement" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,922, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Kinze Manufacturing Inc. (Williamsburg, Iowa).

"Spoke gauge wheel for agricultural implement" was invented by Richard R. Dix (Williamsburg, Iowa) and Vaughan Stevenson (Williamsburg, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Agricultural implements, such as planting and seeding implements, often include depth setting and maintaining components. This may include gauge wheels, which are set to attempt to keep furrow openers situated to open a furrow of desired depth for placement of the seeds through a field. The gauge wheels can include spokes with serrations added along the spokes. The serrated spoke...