Apparatus and method for packaging cones

An auger load system that dispenses smokable material into an empty cone, comprising:

• a cone filler control system;
• an auger drive motor communicatively coupled to the cone filler control system, wherein the auger drive motor operates for a determined duration in response to a control signal that is communicated from the cone filler control system;
• a hopper configured to hold the smokable material, wherein the hopper has a hole in the lower portion of the hopper that is configured to dispense the smokable material;
• an auger extending through the hole in the lower portion of the hopper, wherein an outside diameter of a helical screw blade of the auger corresponds to a diameter of a rim of the hole in the lower portion of the hopper so that the smokable material in the hopper cannot pass between edges the helical screw blade and the rim;
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• a user input device that is configured to receive input from a user that specifies an amount of the smokable material that is to be dispensed into an empty cone;
• wherein the control system determines the determined duration based on the user specified amount of smokable material received in the user input, and
• wherein the auger drive motor operates to rotate the auger for the determined duration in response to the control signal so that the helical screw blade of the auger dispenses the user specified amount of smokable material out from the lower portion of the hopper into the empty cone.