US 11,986,833 B2
Hemp flower material stripping machine and method
Laurie Cantrell, Fayetteville, TN (US)
Filed by Laurie Cantrell, Fayetteville, TN (US)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/169,967.
Prior Publication US 2022/0250083 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. A01D 45/06 (2006.01); B02C 19/00 (2006.01); B02C 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC B02C 19/0056 (2013.01) [A01D 45/065 (2013.01); B02C 23/02 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hemp flower, bud, and leaf material stripping machine, comprising:
a) a housing having a front, a rear, a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a top end, and a bottom end, defining an interior;
b) an upper roller and a lower roller positioned in the interior of the housing near the front of the housing wherein the upper roller is mounted in a yoke, wherein the yoke has a bridge member, and wherein an end of the bridge member has a threaded adjusting guide mount that extends out of the housing on a first side of the housing;
c) a motor and gearbox attached to the outside of the housing which drive the rollers to rotate in opposite directions;
d) an adjustable locking shaft positioned rotatably and threadably in the threaded adjusting guide mount, wherein the adjustable locking shaft is mounted on the first side of the housing at the top end of the housing and at the bottom end of the housing; and
e) a series of feed holes of different diameters on the front side of the housing, wherein each feed hole is constructed to strip flowers, buds, and leaves from a stem as the stem is inserted into the feed hole and as the stem is pulled through the space between the rollers by the rotation of the rollers.