Plant material loader
OwnerCharles Wonginventor
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Abstract
A plant material loader has a hopper, a hopper tray, a transfer tamper assembly, a transfer tray, a product retainer tray, product tubes and a loader tamper assembly. The hopper is configured to receive plant material. The hopper tray receives the plant material from the hopper. The hopper tray has hopper tray openings. The hopper tray has a hopper tray motion from a hopper position where the hopper tray is below the hopper to a transfer position where the hopper tray is away from the hopper and at a transfer tamper assembly. The transfer tamper assembly has transfer tamper rods and a transfer tray. The transfer tamper rods push the plant material from the hopper tray to the transfer tray.
Claims18
A plant material loader comprising:
- a. a hopper configured to receive plant material;
- b. a hopper tray receiving the plant material from the hopper, wherein the hopper tray has hopper tray openings, wherein the hopper tray has a hopper tray motion from a hopper position where the hopper tray is below the hopper to a first transfer position where the hopper tray is away from the hopper and at a transfer tamper assembly;
- c. the transfer tamper assembly including transfer tamper rods and a transfer tray, wherein the transfer tamper rods push the plant material from the hopper tray to the transfer tray;
- d. a product retainer tray, wherein the transfer tray moves from a second transfer position below the hopper tray at the transfer tamper assembly to a loading position where the transfer tray is above the product retainer tray;
- e. product tubes, wherein the product tubes are retained to the product retainer tray;
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- f. a loader tamper assembly, wherein the loader tamper assembly has loader tampers that presses the plant material from the transfer tray to the product tubes at the loading position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.