US 12,108,781 B2
System and method for compacting cannabis in a cannabis cone
Robert Archambault, Boisbriand (CA); Daniel Martel, Terrebonne (CA); and Harold Bouchard, Bois-des-Filion (CA)
Assigned to Le Groupe Solid Packaging Robotik Inc., Terrebonne (CA)
Filed by Le Groupe Solid Packaging Robotik Inc., Terrebonne (CA)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/585,818.
Prior Publication US 2023/0232889 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. A24C 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC A24C 5/06 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for compacting cannabis in a cannabis cone, the system comprising:
a cone gripper that is movable between an open position and a closed position around the cannabis cone; wherein, while in the closed position, the cone gripper holding the cannabis cone;
a compaction rod, having a tip, for compacting cannabis in the cannabis cone, while said cone gripper holding the cannabis cone; the compaction rod being reciprocable along an axis between a retracted position, wherein the tip is out of the cannabis cone, and an extended position, wherein the tip is inserted in the cannabis cone;
a protective collar that is movable within the cannabis cone, coaxially thereof, near the open top thereof, so as to define a barrier between the compaction rod and the cannabis cone when the compaction rod reciprocates in the cannabis cone.