US 12,472,220 B2
System and method for processing hemp plants and products produced thereby
Hank Froese, Manitoba (CA); and Joaquin Mota, Manitoba (CA)
Assigned to SWM Holdings US, LLC, Alpharetta, GA (US)
Filed by SWM Holdings US, LLC, Alpharetta, GA (US)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/639,090.
Application 18/639,090 is a continuation of application No. 17/491,912, filed on Oct. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,998,926.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/086,845, filed on Oct. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0278257 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B02C 23/08 (2006.01); A61K 31/00 (2006.01); B02C 13/04 (2006.01); B07B 1/28 (2006.01)
CPC B02C 23/08 (2013.01) [A61K 31/658 (2023.05); B02C 13/04 (2013.01); B07B 1/28 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plant product comprising a cannabis material made by a process comprising the steps of:
feeding cut and dried cannabis plants to a first hammermill and decorticating cannabis plants to form a fiber material stream and a cannabis material stream, the fiber material stream containing cannabis hurds in an amount of from about 20% to about 55% by weight, the cannabis material stream containing cannabis hurds in an amount from about 2% to about 15% by weight, the cannabis material stream further comprising a blend of shreds and fines, the shreds and fines comprising cannabis leaves, cannabis buds, and the cannabis hurds;
collecting the cannabis material stream;
feeding the fiber material stream to a second hammermill and screening the fiber material stream to remove cannabis hurds and fines to form a fiber tow; and
baling the fiber tow, the fiber tow containing cannabis hurd in an amount less than about 10% by weight.