US 12,219,905 B2
Apparatuses and methods for removing plant material
Edward Zavala Ortega, Watsonville, CA (US)
Assigned to LPF Robotics, LLC, Redding, CA (US)
Filed by LPF Robotics, LLC, Redding, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/221,343.
Application 18/221,343 is a continuation of application No. 16/878,478, filed on May 19, 2020, granted, now 11,737,395.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/851,463, filed on May 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0363321 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A01G 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 3/088 (2013.01) 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of removing plant material comprising the steps of:
(a) suctioning plant material through a tube assembly fitted with a plurality of upper blades and a plurality of lower blades extending through an interior of the tube assembly, wherein the tube assembly comprises an inner tube and an outer holder disposed around the inner tube; and further wherein the upper blades are disposed at a bottom portion of the inner tube, and the lower blades are disposed at a bottom portion of the outer holder;
(b) positioning at least a portion of the plant material between adjacent upper and lower blades; and
(c) rotating at least a portion of the tube assembly to sever at least a portion of the plant material.