US Patent Issued to Usines CLAAS France S.A.S on July 28 for "Binding device for a square baler" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,525, issued on July 28, was assigned to Usines CLAAS France S.A.S (St. Remy/Woippy, France).

"Binding device for a square baler" was invented by Laurent Rongvaux (Tronville, France), Jean Constant Albrecht (Saint-Nicolas-de-Port, France), Marc Altmayer (Alzing, France) and Cyrille Arnould (Montoy Flonville, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A binding device for a square baler for knotting a strip-shaped binder which is provided for binding a pressed bale. The binding device comprises at least one knotting device driven by a knotter shaft, a needle rocker pivotable about a pivot axis extending parallel to the knotter shaft on whic...