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US 12,156,605 B1Granted
Plant mixture processing systems
AssigneeC. Crane
InventorsRobert C. Crane, Isaiah Hahner
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Abstract
A processing system for processing plant mixture into milk and pulp preferably includes a filter, a plunger mechanism, and a ring funnel. The processing system may also include a pulp catcher.
Claims19
A processing system for processing plant mixture into milk and pulp, said system comprising:
- (a) a filter, comprising:
- (i) a filter wall, said filter wall having a filter wall rim, and said filter wall having filter holes defined therein;
- (ii) a filter floor, said filter floor having filter holes defined therein;
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- (iii) said filter wall and said filter floor defining a filter chamber;
- (b) a plunger mechanism, comprising:
- (i) a plunger shaft having an actuator end and a plunger head end;
- (ii) an actuator at said actuator end of said plunger shaft, said actuator for controlling raising, lowering, and/or rotating movement of said plunger mechanism;
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- (iii) a plunger head at said plunger head end of said plunger shaft, said plunger head insertable into said filter chamber, said plunger head having an upper surface, a lower surface, and an outer annular surface;
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- (c) a ring funnel having an upper funnel opening and a lower funnel opening, said filter positioned at least partially within said ring funnel with said filter floor between said upper funnel opening and said lower funnel opening, said ring funnel having at least one bottom support, said filter floor supported by said at least one bottom support between said upper funnel opening and said lower funnel opening, said ring funnel for directing milk exiting through said lower funnel opening into a container.
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A processing system for processing plant mixture into milk and pulp, said system comprising:
- (a) a filter, comprising:
- (i) a filter wall, said filter wall having a filter wall rim, and said filter wall having filter holes defined therein;
- (ii) a filter floor, said filter floor having filter holes defined therein;
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- (iii) said filter wall and said filter floor defining a filter chamber;
- (b) a plunger mechanism, comprising:
- (i) a plunger shaft having an actuator end and a plunger head end;
- (ii) an actuator at said actuator end of said plunger shaft, said actuator for controlling raising, lowering, and/or rotating movement of said plunger mechanism;
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- (iii) a plunger head at said plunger head end of said plunger shaft, said plunger head insertable into said filter chamber;
- (c) a ring funnel having an upper funnel opening and a lower funnel opening, said filter positioned at least partially within said ring funnel with said filter floor between said upper funnel opening and said lower funnel opening, said ring funnel having at least one bottom support, said filter floor supported by said at least one bottom support between said upper funnel opening and said lower funnel opening;
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- (d) wherein lowering said plunger mechanism expresses milk through said filter holes in said filter wall and said filter floor, said ring funnel directing milk exiting through said filter holes into a container, and thereby extracts said milk from said plant mixture.
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A processing system for processing plant mixture into milk and pulp, said system comprising:
- (a) a filter, comprising:
- (i) a filter wall, said filter wall having a filter wall rim, and said filter wall having filter holes defined therein;
- (ii) a filter floor;
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- (iii) said filter wall and said filter floor defining a filter chamber;
- (b) a plunger mechanism, comprising:
- (i) a plunger shaft having an actuator end and a plunger head end;
- (ii) an actuator at said actuator end of said plunger shaft, said actuator for controlling raising, lowering, and/or rotating movement of said plunger mechanism;
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- (iii) a plunger head at said plunger head end of said plunger shaft, said plunger head insertable into said filter chamber, said plunger head having an upper surface, a lower surface, and an outer annular surface;
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- (c) a ring funnel having an upper funnel opening and a lower funnel opening, said filter positioned at least partially within said ring funnel, said ring funnel having at least one bottom support, said filter floor supported by said at least one bottom support between said upper funnel opening and said lower funnel opening, said ring funnel for directing milk exiting through said lower funnel opening into a container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.