Systems and methods for forming cannabis pre-rolls
AssigneeHexo Operations Inc.
InventorsKerry HIERONS, Michael MARTIN, Simon SIMMONS
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Abstract
Described herein are systems and method for forming cannabis pre-rolls. The method includes the steps of (a) providing a feed of cannabis plant material; (b) trimming the feed of cannabis plant material to form a feed of rollable cannabis plant material having successive first zones and second zones, wherein a cross-sectional area of the first zones in a plane transverse to a feed flow direction through a trimmer is greater than a cross-sectional area of the second zones in a plane transverse to the feed flow direction through the trimmer; and (c) compressing the feed of rollable cannabis plant material to form a feed of compressed rollable cannabis plant material.
Claims22
A machine for forming cannabis pre-rolls comprising:
- an inlet for receiving a feed of cannabis plant material;
- a trimmer downstream of the inlet along a feed flow path, the trimmer for separating the feed of cannabis plant material into a feed of rollable cannabis plant material and a feed of excess cannabis plant material;
- the feed of rollable cannabis plant material having successive first zones and second zones, wherein a cross-sectional area of the first zones in a plane transverse to a feed flow direction through the trimmer is greater than a cross-sectional area of the second zones in a plane transverse to the feed flow direction through the trimmer;
- and a compressor downstream of the trimmer along the feed flow path, the compressor for compressing the feed of rollable cannabis plant material into a compressed feed of rollable cannabis plant material, the compressed feed of rollable cannabis plant material having a constant cross-sectional area in a plane transverse to a feed flow direction through the compressor, the cross-sectional area of the compressed feed of rollable cannabis plant material is less than the cross-sectional area of the first zones, the compressed feed of rollable cannabis plant material having successive first zones and second zones corresponding to the successive first zones and second zones of the feed of rollable cannabis plant material, the first zones of the compressed feed of rollable cannabis plant material having a first density and the second zones of the compressed feed of rollable cannabis plant material having a second density, the first density is greater than the second density.
10-14. (canceled)
A method of making a cannabis pre-roll comprising:
- a) providing a feed of cannabis plant material;
- b) trimming the feed of cannabis plant material to form a feed of rollable cannabis plant material, the feed of rollable having successive first zones and second zones, wherein a cross-sectional area of the first zones in a plane transverse to a feed flow direction is greater than a cross-sectional area of the second zones in a plane transverse to the feed flow direction;
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- c) compressing the feed of rollable cannabis plant material to form a feed of compressed rollable cannabis plant material, the compressed feed of rollable cannabis plant material having a constant cross-sectional area in a plane transverse to the feed flow direction, the cross-sectional area of the compressed feed of rollable cannabis plant material is less than the cross-sectional area of the first zones.
17-20. (canceled)
A trimming disk for a machine for forming cannabis pre-rolls comprising:
- an upper surface;
- a lower surface;
- a cutting edge extending between the upper surface and the lower surface about a circumference of the trimming disk;
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- a plurality of spaced apart recesses in upper surface, the recesses positioned along the circumference of the trimming disk and having a depth of between one sixth and one third a diameter of the cannabis pre-rolls.
28-36. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.