ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,005, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Seed Terminator Holdings Pty Ltd (Kingscote, Australia).
"Chaff feed stream conditioning system" was invented by Nicholas Kane Berry (Kingscote, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chaff feed stream conditioning system 40 for installation in a combine having a crop residue handling system 10 that operates to separate crop residue into a straw feed stream 20 and a chaff feed stream 28 which may include weed seeds. The straw feed stream 20 is directed to flow towards a straw spreader or chopper 22 or is windrowed. The chaff feed stream 28 is directed to flow toward a mechanical devitalisatio...