Hand-operated screw press
OwnerBenjamin Britton, Kyle Manuelinventors
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Abstract
A hand-operated screw press for users to press cannabis flower or isolated trichome heads without an air compressor, hydraulic unit or solvents used in the process. A digital load cell is provided, as is a full color LCD touch screen display for showing and recording force in real time. A mechanism for detecting the end point of a process is also provided. A recipe representative of heat plate temperature, time of operation, pressure ramping, capacity of the screw press, type of raw material, or mass of raw material can be created and stored for use on any suitable rosin press machine.
Claims20
A hand-operated, solventless screw press, comprising:
- a) two oppositely disposed heat plates for generating force to raw material in order to extract oil therefrom;
- b) a rotatable handle operatively connected to at least one of the two heat plates for adjusting a distance therebetween;
- c) a force measuring digital load cell operatively in contact with at least one of the heat plates;
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- d) a display operatively connected to the load cell for displaying pressure being applied by the heat plates in real time.
In a hand-operated solventless screw press, comprising a handle operatively connected to two oppositely disposed heat plates for generating a force to raw material in order to extract oil therefrom, a force measuring digital load cell, and a display operatively connected to the load cell for displaying pressure being applied by the heat plates in real time, a method for operating the screw press, the steps comprising:
- a) applying force by one of a set of techniques consisting of:
- constantly pushing on the handle;
- and pushing on the handle and then releasing it;
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- b) visually observing the pressure decreasing on the display and repeatedly returning to a pressure set point until pressure on the raw material no longer decreases.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.