System and method for compacting cannabis in a cannabis cone

A system for compacting cannabis in a cannabis cone, the system comprising:

• a cone holder having a bore for receiving the cannabis cone therein and for holding the cannabis cone in a first position along an axis;
• a cone-raising mechanism for moving the cannabis cone up to a second position along the axis;
• a cone gripper that is movable between an open position and a closed position around the cannabis cone while the cannabis cone is at the second position;
• wherein, while in the closed position, the cone gripper holding the cannabis cone;
• a compaction rod, having a tip, for compacting cannabis in the cannabis cone while the cannabis rod is held by the cone gripper;
• the compaction rod being reciprocable along the axis between a retracted position, wherein the tip is out of the cannabis cone, and an extended position, wherein the tip is inserted in the cannabis cone;
• a protective collar that is movable, by the compacting rod, within the cannabis cone, coaxially thereof, near the open top thereof, so as to define a barrier between the compaction rod and the cannabis cone when the compaction rod reciprocates in the cannabis cone;
• wherein, the cone gripper, while the cannabis cone is at the second position, is operated to apply a gripping force onto the cannabis cone which is lower than a compacting force reached by the compaction rod between the retraced and extended positions thereof, so that the cannabis cone partly moves in a same direction with the compaction rod along the axis, gradually diminishing the compacting force.