Methods for extracting essential oils, terpenes, terpenoids and other organic matter from plants; and related systems and devices
OwnerGriffin Manchester, Kurt Manchester +1inventors
InventorsGriffin Manchester, Kurt Manchester, Daniel Hay
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Abstract
A method for extracting resins and oils from a plant includes: 1) tumbling, inside a container at a temperature of at most 50 degrees Fahrenheit with a tumbler, plant fibers having one or more portions that contain resins and/or oils; 2) colliding the tumbler with the plant fibers to release the one or more portions that contain resins and/or oils from the remainder of the plant fibers; and 3) segregating the one or more portions that contain resins and/or oils from the remainder of the plant fibers.
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A method for extracting resins and oils from a plant;
- the method comprising:
- tumbling, inside a container at a temperature of at most 50 degrees Fahrenheit with a tumbler, plant fibers having one or more portions that contain resins and/or oils;
- colliding the tumbler with the plant fibers to separate the one or more portions that contain resins and/or oils from the remainder of the plant fibers;
- and
- segregating the one or more portions that contain resins and/or oils from the remainder of the plant fibers.
A method for extracting resins and oils from a plant;
- the method comprising:
- tumbling, inside a container having an atmosphere that does not include elemental oxygen (O) or molecular oxygen (O2) with a tumbler, plant fibers having one or more portions that contain resins and/or oils;
- colliding the tumbler with the plant fibers to separate the one or more portions that contain resins and/or oils from the remainder of the plant fibers;
- and
- segregating the one or more portions that contain resins and/or oils from the remainder of the plant fibers.
A method for extracting resins and oils from a plant;
- the method comprising:
- tumbling, inside a container having an atmosphere that does not include ultraviolet light with a tumbler, plant fibers having one or more portions that contain resins and/or oils;
- colliding the tumbler with the plant fibers to separate the one or more portions that contain resins and/or oils from the remainder of the plant fibers;
- and
- segregating the one or more portions that contain resins and/or oils from the remainder of the plant fibers.
A device to extract resins and oils from a plant, the device comprising:
- a container having a body that defines a cavity and is operable to hold inside the cavity:
- plant fibers having one or more portions that contain resins and/or oils, and
- a tumbler,
- the body having:
- a first region that defines an opening through which the cavity may be accessed, and
- a second region;
- a chassis coupled to the container and operable to support the container while the container rotates about an axis;
- a motor operable to rotate the body about the axis;
- and
- a component operable to cool the cavity of the container's body such that:
- when the body holds the plant fibers and the tumbler inside the cavity, and
- the motor rotates the body to tumble the plant fibers with the tumbler, the plant fibers are cooled to at least 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.