Method and apparatus for custom rolling a smokable product
View Patent ↗A product and method of making thereof for the consumption of smokable substances such as tobacco or herbs. The product is comprised of smokable materials such as tobacco, homogenized tobacco, natural leaf materials, vegetable materials, herbal materials, paper, cellulose, and other smokable materials and has a connected form mandrel which is used during the rolling process and disconnected after substantial completion of the rolling process.
1. A kit for creating a custom rolled smokable product, comprising:
(a) at least one form mandrel having a mandrel length;
(b) at least one smokable sheet, the at least one smokable sheet being in a partially pre-rolled state and having a pre-rolled length, with a longitudinal containment volume and edges that can be moved apart to provide access to the containment volume for adding a smokable filler to the longitudinal containment volume;
(c) the at least one form mandrel being connected to and supporting the at least one smokable sheet in the partially pre-rolled state, wherein the at least one form mandrel has an interior and an opening and the connection is made by the at least one sheet being partially inserted into the interior through the opening, and wherein the mandrel length is greater than the pre-rolled length; and
(d) the smokable filler added to the longitudinal containment volume when the at least one form mandrel is connected to and supporting the at least one smokable sheet, wherein the connected form mandrel substantially remains in the longitudinal containment volume, wherein the smokable filler fills the longitudinal containment volume along the entire pre-rolled length, wherein the mandrel and smokable filler are in contact with each other along the entire pre-rolled length, wherein the form mandrel and smokable filler are rolled around each other during which time rotation of the form mandrel both rotates and creates a tensile force in the sheet, wherein after rolling the form mandrel can be disconnected from the at least one smokable sheet and/or custom rolled smoking article by sliding the form mandrel relative to at least one smokable sheet.
2. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the at least one smokable sheet has an edge that overlaps around the smokable filler.
3. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the at least one smokable sheet has an edge that overlaps around both form mandrel and the smokable filler.
4. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the smokable filler is in contact with the form mandrel.
5. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the at least one smokable sheet is wrapped about the smokable filler and the form mandrel.
6. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the at least one smokable sheet is wrapped about the form mandrel.
7. A method of constructing a rolled smokable product comprising the steps of:
(a) obtaining a sheet of smokable material wherein the sheet is detachably connected to a form mandrel having a mandrel length, and the sheet is rolled into a shaped tube having a tube length, and that has an interior bore and at least two edges that can be moved apart providing access to the interior bore so that smokable fill material can be added to the interior bore, wherein the mandrel length is greater than the tube length;
(b) wherein, without filling the interior bore with smokable fill material, the shaped tube and detachably connected form mandrel are packaged inside a wrapper for sale to a consumer, with the form mandrel supporting the pre-rolled sheet in the rolled state inside the wrapper;
(c) constructing a rolled smokable product from the shaped tube of step “b” by removing the shaped tube and the detachably connected form mandrel from the wrapper, moving apart the two edges, and filling the interior bore with smokable fill material along the tube length wherein the smokable fill material is in contact with the form mandrel along the entire tube length, and rotating the detachably connected form mandrel to roll the sheet and smokable fill material into a rolled smokable product, wherein the form mandrel and smokable fill material remain in contact along the entire tube length during this step “c”; and
(d) wherein the at least one form mandrel is rotated during step “c” to create tensile force in the sheet of material and also overlap the smokable sheet, smokable fill material, and form mandrel while rolling.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein in step “a’ the detachable connection is made by a frictionally squeezing connection.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the frictionally squeezing connection includes a slot frictionally squeezing the sheet of smokable material.
10. The method of claim 7 , wherein after step “d” disconnecting the form mandrel from the sheet of smokable material.