US 11,944,107 B2
Apparatus and methods for setting a grind coarseness
Jake Bush, New South Wales (AU); and Clay Bush, New South Wales (AU)
Assigned to DISMOV PTY LTD, New South Wales (AU)
Appl. No. 16/652,105
Filed by DISMOV PTY LTD, New South Wales (AU)
PCT Filed Oct. 18, 2018, PCT No. PCT/AU2018/051132
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 30, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/109130, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2017904915 (AU), filed on Dec. 6, 2017; and application No. 2017101725 (AU), filed on Dec. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0305459 A1, Oct. 1, 2020
Int. Cl. A23F 5/08 (2006.01); A23F 5/10 (2006.01); A47J 31/52 (2006.01); G01N 33/14 (2006.01)
CPC A23F 5/08 (2013.01) [A23F 5/10 (2013.01); A47J 31/525 (2018.08); G01N 33/14 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for measuring the density of a test batch of a mass of particulate plant material prior to placing the mass of particulate plant material in an extraction machine, the apparatus comprising:
a vessel having a void configured to retain a weighed or weighable mass of the test batch of particulate plant material therein,
volume determination means configured to determine the volume occupied by the test batch of particulate plant material that has been disposed within the void of the vessel; and
a compression means configured to compress the test batch of mass of particulate plant material disposed within the void of the vessel;
wherein the density of the test batch is calculable from a weighed mass per unit volume of the test batch of the particulate plant material.