US 11,564,410 B2Granted

Apparatus for rolling or wrapping materials within an elongated wrapper, and associated accessories

OwnerFrancois Charles Martin, Nemesio Zapatainventors

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Abstract

Apparatus for rolling pieces of a wrappable and smokable or edible material, such as tobacco, herbs, or cannabis, or foodstuffs, within a wrapper such as a sheet of a paper or seaweed, respectively for smoking or eating. The apparatus comprises a tube (which can comprise integrated outer and inner tubes for ease of manufacture) with a rotatable base, an openable or removable top cap, and a hollow tubular interior. The tube has a longitudinal side opening for receiving the wrapper into said interior of the tube. In operation, the base is rotated and the wrapper is inserted and directed toward said interior where the wrapper wraps around said interior. The wrappable material is thereafter inserted into said tubular interior. Turning the base of the tube causes the wrapper to wrap said material within it. When complete, the wrapped material is removed from the top or bottom of the tube.

Claims19

Dependent claims

An apparatus for rolling wrappable, smokable or edible material within a wrapper of rectangular sheet form with ease and efficiency, the apparatus comprising:

an outer cylindrical tube with a longitudinal side opening;
an inner cylindrical tube inside said outer cylindrical tube and having:
(a) an opening at the proximal end for receiving said wrappable, smokable or edible material;
(b) a hollow tubular interior for holding said wrappable, smokable or edible material;
and
(c) a longitudinal side opening corresponding to said longitudinal side opening of the outer cylindrical tube, extending from the exterior of said inner cylindrical tube into said hollow tubular interior to provide a side opening into said hollow tubular interior sufficiently sized for receiving the wrapper, such that said side opening into said hollow tubular interior is straight, curved, or arched approximating the beginning of a spiral up into said hollow interior, allowing or facilitating said wrapper to enter and be gripped in or held in the hollow tubular interior and rolled at least about once around the hollow tube interior to receive and wrap said wrappable, smokable or edible material and allow closure of the wrapper such that the wrapper and wrapped material within maintain a columnar shape;
a top cap and/or grinder removably fitted into the proximal end of the outer cylindrical tube;
an optional funnel beneath said top cap protruding into the upper portion of the hollow tubular interior of the inner cylindrical tube to help direct said wrappable, smokable or edible material into said hollow tubular interior of the inner cylindrical tube;
and
a rotatable bottom or base, optionally removable or openable, fitted into the distal end of the outer cylindrical tube and having an elongated central protrusion extending into the hollow tubular interior of the inner cylindrical tube optionally adapted for optionally receiving and holding a filter, and for grabbing or gripping the wrapper for rolling it for receiving said wrapper into said hollow tubular interior and for wrapping said wrapper around said wrappable, smokable or edible material.

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An apparatus for rolling wrappable, smokable or edible material within a wrapper with ease and efficiency, the apparatus comprising:

a cylindrical tube having:
(a) an opening at the proximal end for receiving said wrappable, smokable or edible material;
(b) a hollow tubular interior for holding said wrappable, smokable or edible material for wrapping;
and
(c) a longitudinal side opening extending from the exterior of said tube into the hollow tubular interior to provide a side opening into said hollow tubular interior sufficiently sized for receiving the wrapper, such that said side opening into said hollow tubular interior is straight, curved, or arched approximating the beginning of a spiral up into said hollow tubular interior, allowing or facilitating said wrapper to enter and be gripped in or held in the hollow tubular interior and allowing or facilitating said wrapper to be rolled at least about once around the hollow tube interior to wrap said wrappable, smokable or edible material and allow closure of the wrapper;
a top cap removably fitted into the proximal end of the tube;
a funnel beneath said top cap protruding into the hollow tubular interior of the tube to help direct said wrappable, smokable or edible material into said hollow tubular interior of the tube and to help support the wrapper;
and
a rotatable bottom or base, optionally removable or openable, fitted into the distal end of the tube and having an elongated central protrusion extending into the hollow tubular interior of the tube for optionally receiving and holding a filter, and for grabbing or gripping the wrapper, for rolling it, and for receiving said wrapper into said hollow tubular interior, and for wrapping said wrapper around said wrappable, smokable or edible material.

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An apparatus for rolling wrappable, smokable or edible material within a wrapper with ease and efficiency, the apparatus comprising:

a cylindrical tube having:
(a) an opening at the proximal end for receiving said wrappable, smokable or edible material;
(b) a hollow tubular interior for holding said wrappable, smokable or edible material for wrapping;
and
(c) a longitudinal side opening extending from the exterior of said tube into the hollow tubular interior to provide a side opening into said hollow tubular interior sufficiently sized for receiving the wrapper, such that said side opening into said hollow tubular interior is straight, curved, or arched approximating the beginning of a spiral up into said hollow tubular interior, allowing or facilitating said wrapper to enter and be gripped in or held in the hollow tubular interior and allowing or facilitating said wrapper to be rolled at least about once around the hollow tube interior to wrap said wrappable, smokable or edible material and allow closure of the wrapper;
a grinder removably fitted into the proximal end of the tube;
a funnel beneath said grinder protruding into the hollow tubular interior of the tube to help direct said wrappable, smokable or edible material into said hollow tubular interior of the tube;
and
a rotatable bottom or base, optionally removable or openable, fitted into the distal end of the tube and having an elongated central protrusion extending into the hollow tubular interior of the tube for optionally receiving and holding a filter, and for grabbing or gripping the wrapper for rolling it and for receiving said wrapper into said hollow tubular interior and for wrapping said wrapper around said wrappable, smokable or edible material.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/213,190Filed 25 Mar 2021
Published: US 2022/0304367 A129 Sep 2022
Granted: 31 Jan 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

A24C 5/44
Hand-driven apparatus for making cigarettes: pocket cigarette-rollers
A23P 20/20
Coating of foodstuffs; Coatings therefor; Making laminated, multi-layered, stuffed or hollow foodstuffs: making of laminated, multi-layered,…
A24B 7/06
By machines with revolving knives: with two co-operating sets of knife discs
A24C 5/399
Tobacco feeding devices: component parts or details, e.g. feed roller, feed belt