ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,982, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Kuhn-Geldrop BV (Geldrop, Netherlands).
"Baler and a rotary drive transmission for a baler" was invented by Jan Johannes Judocus Hol (Boekel, Netherlands), Dionisius Cornelis Maria Akkermans (Roosendaal, Netherlands) and Sjir Hendrik Margo Vaessen (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary drive transmission is provided for a baler including a bale chamber, a plunger that compresses bale material in the bale chamber, a drive mechanism that drives reciprocating movement of the plunger, and a flywheel connected to a rotary input of the drive mechanism. The rotary drive transm...