Plant trimming apparatus and methods
AssigneeEteros Technologies Inc.
InventorsErik Ingram, Aaron McKellar, Joe Heywood, Rudi Klossok
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Abstract
An apparatus for trimming plant material includes a rotatable tumbler through which the plant material is to be axially propagated while rotationally tumbling, and a plurality of cutting reel systems adjacent the tumbler. The plurality of cutting reel systems includes a first cutting reel system adjacent the tumbler, and a second cutting reel system adjacent a landing zone of the rotatable tumbler. The landing zone is an angular range about the axis of the tumbler within which plant material tends to land on the tumbler after tumbling through a central volume of the tumbler.
Claims24
An apparatus for trimming plant material, the apparatus comprising:
- a rotatable tumbler through which the plant material is to be axially propagated while rotationally tumbling;
- and
- a plurality of cutting reel systems adjacent the tumbler, the plurality comprising:
- a first cutting reel system adjacent the tumbler;
- a second cutting reel system adjacent a landing zone of the tumbler, the landing zone being an angular range about an axis of the tumbler within which the plant material tends to land on the tumbler after tumbling through a central volume of the tumbler;
- and wherein the second cutting reel system is disposed at an angular position within a range from 1×101 to 9×101 degrees about the axis of the tumbler, measured in the direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the tumbler from the vertically lowest angular position of the tumbler.
A method of trimming plant material, the method comprising:
- rotating a tumbler through which the plant material is being axially propagated while rotationally tumbling;
- and
- operating a plurality of cutting reel systems adjacent the tumbler, wherein operating comprises:
- operating a first cutting reel system adjacent the tumbler;
- operating a second cutting reel system adjacent a landing zone of the tumbler, the landing zone being an angular range about an axis of the tumbler within which the plant material tends to land on the tumbler after tumbling through a central volume of the tumbler;
- and wherein the second cutting reel system is disposed at an angular position within a range from 1×101 to 9×101 degrees about the axis of the tumbler, measured in the direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the tumbler from the vertically lowest angular position of the tumbler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.