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Granted Patent B2
US 10,357,803 · App. 14/882,273 · Granted Jul 23, 2019

Method and apparatus for separating plant matter

Inventor: Zachariah Greenwood (Cazadero, CA)
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Patent No.
US 10,357,803
App. No.
14/882,273
Granted
Jul 23, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus comprising a chamber having a smooth inner surface, the chamber including a first hemisphere and a second hemisphere, wherein the first hemisphere is removably attached to the second hemisphere; a plurality of apertures located on a bottom center surface of the second hemisphere; a plurality of nozzles, each of the plurality of nozzles having an inlet and an outlet, wherein each of the outlets penetrate the plurality of apertures without intersecting the smooth inner surface; an air compressor; a compressed air regulator; an air hose connected to each of the inlets of the plurality of nozzles and the air compressor.

Claims (21)

1. A method, comprising steps:

(a) inserting a quantity of dry plant matter into a chamber having a smooth inner surface, the chamber including a first hemisphere and a second hemisphere, wherein the first hemisphere is removably attached to the second hemisphere, and the second hemisphere includes at least an aperture;

(b) activating an air compressor, the air compressor connected to an air hose, wherein the air hose is attached to at least a nozzle, wherein the nozzle penetrates the aperture without intersecting the smooth inner surface;

(c) engaging an air trigger for a predetermined amount of time releasing a blast of air through the nozzle into the chamber, the blast of air regulated via a compressed air regulator;

(d) forcing the quantity of dry plant matter into a circular pattern along the smooth inner surface of the chamber and the blast of air such that the quantity of dry plant matter is separated into a quantity of desirable plant matter and a quantity of undesirable plant matter; and

(e) releasing the air trigger after the predetermined amount time.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein in step (a), the chamber includes an attached conduit in fluid communication with the chamber.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein in step (d), the quantity of dry plant matter is cannabis , the quantity of desirable plant matter is cannabis flowers, and the quantity of undesirable plant matter is cannabis leaves.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein in step (d), the quantity of desirable plant matter is cannabis resin and the quantity of undesirable plant matter is cannabis leaves.

5. The method of claim 1 , further providing a step wherein the quantity of desirable plant matter and the quantity of undesirable plant matter are removed from the chamber and placed into a sieve.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the sieve includes a sieve opening at a size to allow the quantity of undesirable plant matter to pass through.

7. The method of claim 2 , wherein the quantity of undesirable plant matter is evacuated into the attached conduit.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising a removable HEPA filter bag connected to the attached conduit, wherein the quantity of undesirable plant matter is collected in the removable HEPA filter bag.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the removable HEPA filter bag collects a variety of unwanted particles including but not limited to dirt, dust, and spores.

10. A method for separating cannabis leaves from cannabis flowers, comprising steps:

(a) inserting a quantity of dry untrimmed cannabis comprising attached cannabis leaves and cannabis flowers into a chamber having a smooth inner surface, the chamber including an attached U-shaped tube in fluid communication with the chamber, the chamber having a first hemisphere and a second hemisphere, wherein the first hemisphere is removably attached to the second hemisphere, and the second hemisphere includes a plurality of apertures;

(b) activating an air compressor, the air compressor connected to an air hose, wherein the air hose is attached to a plurality of nozzles, wherein the plurality of nozzles penetrate the plurality of apertures without intersecting the smooth inner surface;

(c) engaging an air trigger for a predetermined amount of time releasing a blast of air through the plurality of nozzles into the chamber, the blast of air regulated via a compressed air regulator;

(d) forcing the quantity of dry untrimmed cannabis into a circular pattern along the smooth inner surface of the chamber and the blast of air such that the attached cannabis leaves are separated from the cannabis flowers creating a quantity of detached cannabis leaves;

(e) evacuating the quantity of detached cannabis leaves into the attached U-shaped tube having a removable HEPA filter bag to collect a variety of unwanted particles; and

(f) releasing the air trigger after the predetermined amount time such that only the cannabis flowers remain in the chamber.

Continuity (1)
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