Plant Trimming Apparatus and Methods
AssigneeEteros Technologies Inc.
InventorsErik Ingram, Aaron McKellar, Joe Heywood, Rudi Klossok
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Abstract
An apparatus for trimming plant material includes a rotatable tumbler through which the plant material is to be axially propagated while rotationally tumbling, and a plurality of cutting reel systems adjacent the tumbler. The plurality of cutting reel systems includes a first cutting reel system adjacent the tumbler, and a second cutting reel system adjacent a landing zone of the rotatable tumbler. The landing zone is an angular range about the axis of the tumbler within which plant material tends to land on the tumbler after tumbling through a central volume of the tumbler.
Claims9
A cutting reel system comprising:
- a rotatable cutting reel having a plurality of helical cutting blades;
- a flexible cutting knife having a cutting edge interposed between the cutting reel and a rotatable tumbler such that plant material protruding radially outward through the tumbler is trimmed by scissor action of the helical cutting blades bearing against the cutting edge of the flexible cutting knife as they rotate;
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- an anti-dive mechanism to prevent the flexible cutting knife from blocking rotation of the helical cutting blades.
A cutting reel system comprising:
- a rotatable cutting reel having a plurality of helical cutting blades;
- a flexible cutting knife having a cutting edge interposed between the cutting reel and a rotatable tumbler such that plant material protruding radially outward through the tumbler is trimmed by scissor action of the helical cutting blades bearing against the cutting edge of the flexible cutting knife as they rotate;
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- means for preventing the flexible cutting knife from blocking rotation of the helical cutting blades.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.