System and method for ice bath filtering
AssigneeLowtemp Industries LLC
InventorsLevi Garrett Lanzrath, Steven Knabe
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system for filtering trichomes from plants received from an ice bath tank. The ice bath solution is filtered, and then waste water is drained. The filtration system includes nested vertically stacked filter modules. Each module includes a filter that is more restrictive than the filter above it. A vibrating device is attached to the cylindrical exterior of the device using a clamp arrangement.
Claims23
A system for filtering trichomes from a trichome-including plant material, the system comprising:
- a plurality of stackable modules configured to receive a source of an aqueous solution including water and trichomes;
- a base module included in the plurality of stackable modules;
- a base screen filter located inside the base module presenting a degree of restriction using a base screen aperture size;
- one or more auxiliary modules included in the plurality of stackable modules, each of the one or more auxiliary modules being stackable on either the base module or another auxiliary module to form a stack;
- a first auxiliary module in the one or more auxiliary modules, the first auxiliary module presenting a first auxiliary screen filter having a first aperture size which is greater than the base screen aperture size;
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- a nesting arrangement allowing the first auxiliary module and the base module to stack together, the nesting arrangement including a shelf extending from the first auxiliary module which is supported by an upper rim portion of the base module.
A system for filtering trichomes from plant material, the system comprising:
- an ice bath agitator tank;
- a spout allowing for drainage from the ice bath agitator tank;
- a filtration system including a stacked arrangement formed by a selection of a plurality of stackable filtration modules, the stacked arrangement configured to receive a solution exiting the spout, the plurality of stackable filtration modules including a base module, a first auxiliary module, and a second auxiliary module;
- each of the first auxiliary module and the second auxiliary module having a body and a screen filter extending within the body;
- each of the first auxiliary module and second auxiliary module being structurally independent and interchangeably nestable into the base module such that when nested, the body of either the first auxiliary module or the second auxiliary module nests with a body of the base module;
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- a waste-water receptacle configured to receive wastewater after the solution has been filtered using the stacked arrangement of the selection of the plurality of stackable filtration modules.
A system for filtering trichomes from a trichome-including plant material, the system comprising:
- a plurality of stackable modules configured to receive a source of an aqueous solution including water and trichomes;
- a base module included in the plurality of stackable modules;
- a base screen filter located inside the base module presenting a degree of restriction using a base screen aperture size;
- one or more auxiliary modules included in the plurality of stackable modules, each of the one or more auxiliary modules being stackable on either the base module or another auxiliary module to form a stack;
- a first auxiliary module in the one or more auxiliary modules, the first auxiliary module presenting a first auxiliary screen filter having a first aperture size which is greater than the base screen aperture size;
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- a vibration-imparting device directly coupled to the stack and configured to impart vibration into the stack via a cylindrical belt, the cylindrical belt extending at least partially around the stack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.