US Patent Issued to Marcrest Manufacturing on Oct. 20 for "Baler" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,469, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Marcrest Manufacturing Inc. (Listowel, Canada).

"Baler" was invented by Keith Horst (Listowel, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A baler for forming crop material into bales. The baler includes a plunger moved by a plunger subassembly to form the bale, a knotter mechanism for knotting twine that is pulled onto the bale, and a knotter control assembly for controlling the knotter mechanism. The knotter control assembly includes a drive sprocket rotatable about its axis in timed relationship with movement of the plunger, a clutch plate mounted to the drive sprocket, and a knotter shaft positio...