Pre-rolled cone filling, packing, finishing, and extruding method and apparatus

A pre-rolled cone filling, packing, finishing, and extruding apparatus, adapted for making and extruding cigarettes, such as marijuana cigarettes, onto a catcher, comprising:

• a plate comprising a working surface, an extruding surface parallel to the working surface, and a rim portion, wherein said plate defines at least one tapered hole communicating with the working surface and the extruding surface, wherein each tapered hole is wider where it communicates with the working surface of said plate and narrower where it communicates with the extruding surface of said plate, said plate adapted to receive and hold a pre-rolled cone into each tapered hole;
• a base attached to said plate and adapted for holding said plate sufficiently spaced from the catcher to allow each pre-rolled cone adapted to be held and received by each corresponding tapered hole to be suspended relative to the catcher to allow for extruding of a finished cigarette onto the catcher;
• and
• a combination packing, crimping, closing, and extruding device comprising a handle having at least one crimping rod, each crimping rod adapted to fill and crimp a pre-rolled cone retained within a corresponding tapered hole, the handle also having a tamping and ejecting rod corresponding to each crimping rod, each tamping and ejecting rod also extending from the handle, each tamping and ejecting rod having an outside diameter that is larger than each corresponding crimping rod diameter for tamping and ejecting and each crimping rod is adapted to reside partially within a corresponding tamping and ejecting rod, wherein each tamping and ejecting rod close said pre-rolled cone from within each corresponding tapered hole to form a finished cigarette and extrude the finished cigarette from within each corresponding tapered hole and the extruding surface.

A pre-rolled cone filling, packing, finishing, and extruding apparatus, adapted for making and extruding cigarettes, such as marijuana cigarettes, onto a catcher, comprising:

• a plate comprising a working surface, an extruding surface parallel to the working surface, and a rim portion, wherein said plate defines at least one tapered hole communicating with the working surface and the extruding surface, wherein each tapered hole is wider where it communicates with the working surface of said plate and narrower where it communicates with the extruding surface of said plate, said plate adapted to receive and hold a pre-rolled cone into each tapered hole;
• a base attached to said plate and adapted for holding said plate sufficiently spaced from the catcher to allow each pre-rolled cone adapted to be held and received by each corresponding tapered hole to be suspended relative to the catcher to allow for extruding of a finished cigarette onto the catcher;
• and
• a three-pronged packing, crimping, closing, and extruding device comprising a handle having a first prong, a second prong, and a third prong extending from the handle;
• wherein the first prong is comprised of at least one crimping rod, each crimping rod adapted to fill and crimp a pre-rolled cone retained within a corresponding tapered hole;
• wherein the second prong is comprised of at least one tamping rod, each tamping rod adapted to close each pre-rolled cone in each corresponding tapered hole;
• and wherein the third prong is comprised of at least one ejecting rod, each ejecting rod adapted to extrude a finished cigarette past the extruding surface from within each corresponding tapered hole.

A pre-rolled cone finishing and extruding method for packing, finishing, and extruding cigarettes, such as marijuana cigarettes, onto a catcher, comprising:

• Step A:
• obtaining a pre-rolled cone filling, packing, finishing, and extruding apparatus with a plate comprising a working surface, an extruding surface, and a rim portion, and the plate defining a plurality of tapered holes communicating with the working surface and the extruding surface, wherein the plurality of tapered holes are wider where each tapered hole communicates with the working surface of the plate and narrower where each tapered hole communicates with the extruding surface of the plate, the plate adapted to receive and hold a plurality of pre-rolled cones into the plurality of tapered holes, a base attached to the plate, wherein the base is sufficiently spaced from the catcher to allow the plurality of pre-rolled cones received by the plurality of tapered holes to be suspended at least sufficiently spaced from the catcher to allow for extruding of the plurality of finished cigarettes from the plurality of tapered holes past the extruding surface and onto the catcher, a three-pronged packing, crimping, closing, and extruding device having a handle having a first prong, a second prong, and a third prong extending from the handle, the first prong having a plurality of crimping rods each having a narrow flat tip, adapted to fill and crimp the plurality of pre-rolled cones within the plurality of tapered holes, the second prong having a plurality of tamping rods each with one of a flat and a concaved tip, each tamping rod having a diameter that is larger than each crimping rod, adapted to close the corresponding plurality of pre-rolled cones within the plurality of tapered holes, and the third prong having a plurality of ejecting rods each with a flat tip, each ejecting rod smaller in diameter and longer in length than each tamping rod, adapted to extrude a plurality of finished cigarettes from within the plurality of tapered holes;
• Step B:
• placing a plurality of pre-rolled cones into the plurality of tapered holes in the plate;
• Step C:
• pouring the filling material, such as marijuana, for the plurality of pre-rolled cones onto the working surface of the plate such that the filling material is contained within the working surface by the rim portion of the plate;
• Step D:
• shaking and tilting the plate to guide the filling material into the plurality of pre-rolled cones in the plurality of tapered holes;
• Step E:
• repeating steps B through D until the plurality of pre-rolled cones are filled;
• Step F:
• inserting each of the plurality of crimping rods of the three-pronged packing, crimping, closing, and extruding device into each of the corresponding plurality of tapered holes with the plurality of pre-rolled cones and moving the plurality of crimping rods of the three-pronged packing, crimping, closing, and extruding device around in a gentle up and down circular pattern repeatedly within the plurality of tapered holes (but in the center of each hole at first away from the pre-rolled paper cone edges) to pack the marijuana into the plurality of pre-rolled cones;
• Step G:
• continuing the up and down circular pattern closer to the pre-rolled paper cone edges, causing the upper edge of each of the plurality of pre-rolled cones to crimp inward as the pressure from each of the plurality of crimping rods begins, with more pressure applied to push each of the plurality of pre-rolled cones slightly further into each of the corresponding plurality of tapered holes to bring the upper edge of each the plurality of pre-rolled cones inwardly and such that the stickiness of the marijuana also pulls the upper edges of the plurality of pre-rolled cones inwardly;
• Step H:
• removing the plurality of crimping rods and inserting the plurality of tamping rods of the three-pronged packing, crimping, closing, and extruding device, and pushing the crimped end of each pre-rolled cone to fold to close off the pre-rolled cone;
• and
• Step I:
• removing the plurality of tamping rods and inserting the plurality of ejecting rods of the three-pronged packing, crimping, closing, and extruding device and exerting pressure onto the closing and extruding device to extrude the plurality of finished cigarettes out of the plurality of tapered holes past the extruding surface and onto the catcher.