US Patent Issued to Tritana Intellectual Property on April 21 for "Weed seed destruction on a combine harvester including a moveable guide wall for the chaff and weed seeds from the sieve" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,812, issued on April 21, was assigned to Tritana Intellectual Property Ltd. (Saskatoon, Canada).

"Weed seed destruction on a combine harvester including a moveable guide wall for the chaff and weed seeds from the sieve" was invented by Dean Mayerle (Saskatoon, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combine harvester separates crop into straw and chaff and weed seeds using a sieve, a chopping rotor with a spreading device and at least one weed seed devitalization section. The components can be operated in a first mode where both the first material and said second material are directed to the chopper and a second mode the first mater...