Herb processor
OwnerJason Ashtoninventor
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Abstract
A herb grinder has a first cutting element having a first annular body projecting from a base disk having an annular rim, and cutting blades extending from a floor in a first areal region separate from a second areal region having no cutting blades, and a second cutting element having a second annular body with a planar top having a through opening and cutting blades extending from an inside surface of the top, the second cutting element engaging the first cutting element at a specific position wherein the opening through the top lies directly over the second areal region of the floor of the first cutting element having no cutting blades.
Claims24
An herb processor, comprising:
- a first cutting element having a first annular body concentric about a central axis with a first outside and a first inside diameter extending a first height from a base disk having a second outside diameter greater than the first outside diameter, the base disk presenting a first planar, annular rim outside the annular body, also providing a floor within the annular body, and a first plurality of cutting blades extending at a right angle from the floor;
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- a second cutting element having a second annular body concentric about the central axis with a planar top, ending at a second planar, annular rim at an open end away from the planar top, the second annular body having a third outside diameter equal to the second outside diameter and a second inside diameter providing a slip fit with the first outside diameter of the first annular body, the planar top having a through opening entirely to one side of a diameter of the planar top, and a second plurality of cutting blades extending from the planar top within the second annular body;
- wherein the second cutting element engages the first cutting element with the second annular body over the first annular body until the second planar, annular rim contacts the first planar annular rim of the first cutting element, and wherein the first plurality of cutting blades is confined to a first areal region of the floor, such that at one specific rotary position in engagement there are no cutting blades on the floor directly below the through opening in the planar top.
A method for herb processing, comprising:
- implementing a first cutting element having a first annular body concentric about a central axis with a first outside and a first inside diameter extending a first height from a base disk having a second outside diameter greater than the first outside diameter, the base disk presenting a first planar, annular rim outside the annular body, also providing a floor within the annular body, and a first plurality of cutting blades extending at a right angle from the floor in a first areal region, a second, separate areal region of the floor having no cutting blades;
- implementing a second cutting element having a second annular body concentric about the central axis with a planar top, ending at a second planar, annular rim at an open end away from the planar top, the second annular body having a third outside diameter equal to the second outside diameter and a second inside diameter providing a slip fit with the first outside diameter of the first annular body, the planar top having a through opening entirely to one side of a diameter of the planar top, and a second plurality of cutting blades extending from the planar top within the second annular body, confined to a first areal region of the planar top, leaving a second areal region of the planar top with no cutting blades;
- engaging the second cutting element with the first cutting element with the second annular body over the first annular body until the second planar, annular rim contacts the first planar annular rim of the first cutting element, at one specific relative rotary position of the cutting elements such that the through opening in the planar top is directly over the second areal region of the floor having no cutting blades;
- placing material through the opening in the planar top onto the second areal region of the floor;
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- rotating the cutting elements relative to one another.
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