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US 10,986,858 B2Granted
Plant trimming machine
AssigneeKeirton Inc.
InventorErik Ingram
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Abstract
A plant-trimming apparatus comprises two spaced-apart end plates, a rotatable tumbler, a rotatable reel comprising a reel shaft and reel blades, two bearing blocks, each detachably connected to a respective end plate and rotatably supporting a respective end of the reel, a motor arranged to drive the reel and the tumbler, a bed bar assembly comprising a bed bar and a bed knife, the bed knife being in operative engagement with the reel blade for cutting of plant material from the tumbler, and a manually-operated locking mechanism operable to secure the bearing blocks and the bed bar assembly to the end plates. The apparatus can be easily disassembled for cleaning and re-assembled, without using tools.
Claims19
A plant-trimming apparatus, comprising:
- (a) two spaced-apart end plates;
- (b) a rotatable tumbler comprising a perforated cylindrical wall;
- (c) a rotatable reel comprising a reel shaft and a reel blade;
- (d) two bearing blocks, each detachably connected to a respective end plate, rotatably supporting a respective end of the reel;
- (e) a motor arranged to drive the reel and the tumbler;
- (f) a bed bar assembly comprising a bed bar and a bed knife, the bed knife being in operative engagement with the reel blade for cutting of plant material from the tumbler;
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- (g) a locking mechanism operable to secure the bearing blocks and the bed bar assembly to the end plates, wherein the locking mechanism comprises two cam lever mechanisms, each having a cam member disposed in a cam-receiving aperture of a respective end plate, a cam lever operable to rotate the respective cam member, and a pin member disposed between the respective end plate and bearing block.
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A plant-trimming apparatus, comprising:
- (a) two spaced-apart end plates;
- (b) a rotatable tumbler comprising a perforated cylindrical wall;
- (c) a rotatable reel comprising a reel shaft and a reel blade;
- (d) two bearing blocks, each detachably connected to a respective end plate, rotatably supporting a respective end of the reel, wherein the bearing blocks have an upper concave surface shaped to receive the tumbler;
- (e) a motor arranged to drive the reel and the tumbler;
- (f) a bed bar assembly comprising a bed bar and a bed knife, the bed knife being in operative engagement with the reel blade for cutting of plant material from the tumbler;
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- (g) a locking mechanism operable to secure the bearing blocks and the bed bar assembly to the end plates.
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A plant-trimming apparatus, comprising:
- (a) two spaced-apart end plates;
- (b) a rotatable tumbler;
- (c) a rotatable reel comprising a reel blade;
- (d) two bearing blocks, each detachably connected to a respective end plate, rotatably supporting a respective end of the reel;
- (e) means for rotating the reel and the tumbler;
- (f) a bed knife in operative engagement with the reel blade for cutting of plant material from the tumbler;
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- (g) a locking mechanism operable to secure the bearing blocks and the bed knife to the end plates, wherein the locking mechanism comprises two cam lever mechanisms, each having a cam member disposed in a cam-receiving aperture of a respective end plate, a cam lever operable to rotate the respective cam member, and a pin member disposed between the respective end plate and bearing block.
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A plant-trimming apparatus, comprising:
- (a) two spaced-apart support members;
- (b) a rotatable, perforated tumbler;
- (c) a rotatable cutting member;
- (d) two bearing blocks, each detachably connected to a respective support member, rotatably supporting a respective end of the rotatable cutting member;
- (e) means for rotating the rotatable cutting member and the tumbler;
- (f) a non-rotatable cutting member in operative engagement with the rotatable cutting member for cutting of plant material from the tumbler;
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- (g) means for detachably affixing the bearing blocks and the non-rotatable cutting member to the support members, comprising two cam lever mechanisms, each having a cam member disposed in a cam-receiving aperture of a respective support member, a cam lever operable to rotate the respective cam member, and a pin member disposed between the respective support member and bearing block.
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A method of disassembling a plant-trimming apparatus having:
- two spaced-apart end plates;
- a rotatable tumbler comprising a perforated cylindrical wall;
- a rotatable reel comprising a reel shaft and a reel blade;
- two bearing blocks, each detachably connected to a respective end plate, rotatably supporting a respective end of the reel;
- a bed bar assembly comprising a bed bar and a bed knife, the bed knife being in operative engagement with the reel blade for cutting of plant material from the tumbler;
- a locking mechanism operable to secure the bearing blocks and the bed bar assembly to the end plates, the locking mechanism comprising two cam lever mechanisms, each having a cam member disposed in a cam-receiving aperture of a respective end plate, a cam lever operable to rotate the respective cam member, and a bed bar pin member disposed between the respective end plate and bearing block;
- the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) removing the rotatable tumbler;
- (b) pivoting the cam levers to an unlocking position;
- (c) removing the bed bar assembly;
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- (d) removing the two bearing blocks from the end plates, wherein the two bearing blocks and the reel are removed from the apparatus as a single unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.