# US 10,499,731 B2 · Apparatus for sorting of crop components

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- Number: US 10,499,731 B2
- Document ID: US10499731B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/912,356
- Filed: 2018-03-05
- Published: 2019-09-05
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2018-03-05
- Applicants: The Flowr Cannabis Ulc
- Inventors: Thomas Flow
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10499731B2

## CPC

- A47B 7/00: Tables of rigid construction
- A47B 13/08: Table tops; Rims therefor (not restricted to table tops A47B95/04)
- A47B 37/04: Tables specially adapted for use in the garden or otherwise in the open air, e.g. with means for holding umbrellas or umbrella-like sunshades
- B07B 13/003: {Separation of articles by differences in their geometrical form or by difference in their physical properties, e.g. elasticity, compressibility, hardness}
- A47B 2200/0001: Tops
- A47B: TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (furniture jointing F16B)
- B07B: SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS BY SIEVING, SCREENING, SIFTING OR BY USING GAS CURRENTS; SEPARATING BY OTHER DRY METHODS APPLICABLE TO BULK MATERIAL, e.g. LOOSE ARTICLES FIT TO BE HANDLED LIKE BULK MATERIAL (wet separating processes, sorting by processes using fluent material in the same way as liquid B03; combinations of dry separating apparatus with wet separating apparatus B03B; using liquids B03B, B03D; sorting by magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges or vortex apparatus for carrying out physical processes B04; hand sorting, postal sorting, sorting by switching or other devices actuated in response to detection or measurement of some feature of articles or samples of material B07C)

## Abstract

An apparatus for sorting crop components comprises a tabletop having a top and a bottom surface and an outer edge therearound, an inner edge spaced inwards and apart from the outer edge of the tabletop and a lower surface parallel to and spaced apart from the tabletop. The apparatus further comprises at least two spaced apart apertures extending through the lower surface with angled walls extending down from the inner edge to the lower surface and a plurality of vertical table legs supporting the tabletop.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus for sorting crop components comprising:
a tabletop having a top and a bottom surface and an outer edge therearound;
an inner edge spaced inwards and apart from said outer edge of said tabletop,
wherein said tabletop forms a solid, one-piece, flat, unobstructed working surface extending from said outer edge to said inner edge;
a lower surface parallel to and spaced below said tabletop;
at least two spaced apart apertures extending through said lower surface;
angled walls extending down from said inner edge to said lower surface,
wherein said lower surface forms a substantially flat unobstructed working surface between said angled walls and said at least two spaced apart apertures; and
a plurality of vertical table legs supporting said tabletop.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said tabletop is formed in a generally rectangular configuration.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said inner edge is spaced apart from said outer edge by a distance in the range of 2 to 12 inches.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said lower surface is spaced apart from said tabletop by a distance in the range of 4 to 12 inches.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said angled walls are oriented at an angle of between 30 degrees and 60 degrees relative to vertical.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said plurality of vertical table legs include rollers on a bottom distal end thereof.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising vertical walls extending down from said lower surface around said apertures.