| CPC A24C 5/40 (2013.01) [A24C 5/06 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
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1. A smoking product making system for simultaneously producing a plurality of smoking products, the smoking product making system comprising:
a receptacle comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of tapered holes formed in the receptacle, the plurality of tapered holes extending through the top surface, forming top openings, and extending to the bottom surface and decreasing in diameter from the top surface to the bottom surface, the bottom surface having a plurality of bottom openings through the bottom surface corresponding to and coaxial with the plurality of tapered holes, wherein each of the plurality of tapered holes is configured to releasably hold a pre rolled cone at least partially filled with smoking material;
a closure device comprising a base plate and a plurality of raised projections extending from the base plate; and
an ejector device having an ejector plate and a plurality of raised projections extending from the ejector plate, wherein the plurality of raised projections have a diameter smaller than the diameter of the plurality of bottom openings,
wherein a set of predefined sequential movements of the closure device relative to the receptacle simultaneously closes a plurality of pre rolled cones held within the plurality of tapered holes, wherein during such sequential movements each raised projection of the closure device folds an extended portion of the plurality of pre rolled cones projecting outside the top opening of the plurality of tapered holes.
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