Packing device for consumable materials

• US 10,647,529 B2
• Filed: 04/03/2019
• Issued: 05/12/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PMG Cos. LLC
• Original Assignee: PMG Cos. LLC
• Inventors: Busnardo, Ryan Burl
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Ko H
• Application Number:
  US16/374,650
• Publication Number:
  US 20190308827A1
• Time in Patent Office: 405 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A24C 5/40 Hand-driven apparatus for making cigarettes
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 1/106 for nested articles, e.g. cups, cones
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 59/062 by means of reciprocating or oscillating escapement-like mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 59/105 by means of reciprocating escapement-like mechanisms

Abstract

A packing device for consumable materials comprising an outer sleeve, an inner sleeve, and springs. The outer sleeve and inner sleeve may matingly and telescopically engage with each other and the inner sleeve may be slideably moveable between a resting position and a compressed position. The inner sleeve may have (a) an interior chamber that is configured to engage with a cone and (b) a consumable material loading chamber. The springs may be configured to create a tension when the inner sleeve is slideably moved from the resting position to the compressed position by a user, such that the inner sleeve is slideably biased into the resting position when the inner sleeve is released by the user, such that when a consumable material is loaded into the consumable material loading chamber, the consumable material is packed into the cone.

Claims

1. A packing device for consumable materials, comprising:

an outer sleeve;

an inner sleeve; and

one or more springs;

wherein said outer sleeve is hollow and is configured to matingly and telescopically engage with said inner sleeve;

wherein said inner sleeve is slideably moveable between a resting position and a compressed position;

wherein said inner sleeve comprises (a) an interior chamber that is configured to engage with a cone and (b) a consumable material loading chamber;

wherein said one or more springs are configured to create a tension when said inner sleeve is slideably moved from said resting position to said compressed position by a user, such that said inner sleeve is slideably biased into said resting position when said inner sleeve is released by said user, such that when a consumable material is loaded into said consumable material loading chamber, said consumable material is packed into said cone;

wherein said outer sleeve comprises one or more protrusions on an inner surface, wherein each of said one or more protrusions are configured to engage with a top of one of said one or more springs, such that when said inner sleeve is slideably moved from the resting position to the compressed position said one or more springs compresses against said one or more protrusions; and

wherein said one or more protrusions are removable and pass through said outer sleeve and protrude proximally from said inner surface of said outer sleeve.

2. The packing device of claim 1, wherein said inner sleeve further comprises one or more spring notches that are configured to engage with said one or more springs, such that said one or more springs are held in place and are prevented from deforming laterally when compressed.

3. The packing device of claim 2, wherein each of said one or more spring notches comprise a spring notch top shoulder and a spring notch bottom shoulder, such that there are one or more spring notch top shoulders and one or more spring notch bottom shoulders.

4. The packing device of claim 3, wherein said one or more spring notch bottom shoulders are positioned at a base of said inner sleeve and wherein each of said one or more spring notch bottom shoulders are configured to engage with a bottom of said one or more springs when said inner sleeve is slideably moved from said resting position to said compressed position.

5. The packing device of claim 4, wherein said base of said inner sleeve has an aperture that is configured to allow said user to access said cone in said interior chamber of said inner sleeve.

6. The packing device of claim 5, wherein said base of said inner sleeve is configured to impact a solid flat surface, which allows said user to more densely pack said cone with said consumable material.

7. The packing device of claim 6, wherein said inner sleeve has a top lip.

8. The packing device of claim 1, wherein said device is configured to allow said user to repeatedly articulate said inner sleeve from a resting position to a compressed position in order to more densely pack said cone.

9. The packing device of claim 1, wherein said device is configured to allow said user to repeatedly articulate said inner sleeve from a resting position to a compressed position in order to pack additional batches of said consumable material into said cone.

10. A packing device for consumable materials, comprising:

an outer sleeve;

an inner sleeve;

one or more compression springs; and

one or more protrusion screws;

wherein said outer sleeve is hollow and is configured to matingly and telescopically engage with said inner sleeve;

wherein said inner sleeve matingly and telescopically engages within said outer sleeve and is slideably moveable between a resting position and a compressed position;

wherein said inner sleeve comprises (a) an interior chamber that is configured to engage with a cone, (b) a consumable material loading chamber, and (c) one or more spring notches that are configured to engage with said one or more compression springs, such that said one or more compression springs are held in place and are prevented from deforming laterally when compressed;

wherein said one or more compression springs are configured to create a tension when said inner sleeve is slideably moved from said resting position to said compressed position by a user, such that said inner sleeve is slideably biased into said resting position when said inner sleeve is released by said user, such that when a consumable material is loaded into said consumable material loading chamber, said consumable material is packed into said cone;

wherein said one or more protrusion screws pass through said outer sleeve and protrude proximally from an inner surface of said outer sleeve;

wherein said inner sleeve further comprises one or more spring notches that are configured to engage with said one or more compression springs, such that said one or more compression springs are held in place and are prevented from deforming laterally when compressed;

wherein each of said one or more spring notches comprise a spring notch top shoulder and a spring notch bottom shoulder, such that there are one or more spring notch top shoulders and one or more spring notch bottom shoulders;

wherein said one or more spring notch bottom shoulders are positioned at a base of said inner sleeve and wherein each of said one or more spring notch bottom shoulders are configured to engage with a bottom of said one or more compression springs when said inner sleeve is slideably moved from said resting position to said compressed position;

wherein said base of said inner sleeve has an aperture that is configured to allow said user to access said cone in said interior chamber of said inner sleeve;

wherein said base of said inner sleeve is configured to impact a solid flat surface, which allows said user to more densely pack said cone with said consumable material;

wherein said device is configured to allow said user to repeatedly articulate said inner sleeve from a resting position to a compressed position in order to more densely pack said cone; and

wherein said device is configured to allow said user to repeatedly articulate said inner sleeve from a resting position to a compressed position in order to pack additional batches of said consumable material into said cone.

11. A method of packing a consumable material into a cone, comprising the steps:

providing a packing device, wherein said packing device comprises an outer sleeve, an inner sleeve, one or more compression springs, and one or more protrusion screws, wherein said one or more protrusion screws pass through said outer sleeve and protrude proximally from an inner surface of said outer sleeve;

wherein said outer sleeve is hollow and is configured to matingly and telescopically engage with said inner sleeve;

wherein said inner sleeve matingly and telescopically engages within said outer sleeve and is slideably moveable between a resting position and a compressed position;

wherein said inner sleeve comprises (a) an interior chamber that is configured to engage with a cone, (b) a consumable material loading chamber, and (c) one or more spring notches that are configured to engage with said one or more compression springs, such that said one or more compression springs are held in place and are prevented from deforming laterally when compressed;

wherein said one or more compression springs are configured to create a tension when said inner sleeve is slideably moved from said resting position to said compressed position by a user, such that said inner sleeve is slideably biased into said resting position when said inner sleeve is released by said user, such that when a consumable material is loaded into said consumable material loading chamber, said consumable material is packed into said cone;

loading said cone into said inner sleeve;

loading said consumable material into said consumable material loading chamber;

articulating said inner sleeve from said resting position to said compressed position;

releasing said inner sleeve; and

repeating said steps of loading said consumable material into said consumable material loading chamber, articulating said inner sleeve from said resting position to said compressed position, and releasing said inner sleeve, such that said inner sleeve snaps back to said resting position, such that said consumable material packs into said cone.

12. The method of packing a consumable material into a cone of claim 11, wherein each of said one or more spring notches comprise a spring notch top shoulder and a spring notch bottom shoulder, such that there are one or more spring notch top shoulders and one or more spring notch bottom shoulders;

and

wherein said one or more spring notch bottom shoulders are positioned at a base of said inner sleeve and wherein each of said one or more spring notch bottom shoulders are configured to engage with a bottom of said one or more compression springs when said inner sleeve is slideably moved from said resting position to said compressed position.

13. The method of packing a consumable material into a cone of claim 12, wherein said base of said inner sleeve has an aperture that is configured to allow said user to access said cone in said interior chamber of said inner sleeve.

14. The method of packing a consumable material into a cone of claim 13, wherein said base of said inner sleeve is configured to impact a solid flat surface, which allows said user to more densely pack said cone with said consumable material.

15. A packing device for consumable materials, comprising:

an outer sleeve;

an inner sleeve; and

one or more springs;

wherein said outer sleeve is hollow and is configured to matingly and telescopically engage with said inner sleeve;

wherein said inner sleeve is slideably moveable between a resting position and a compressed position;

wherein said inner sleeve comprises an interior chamber that is configured to engage with a cone, a consumable material loading chamber, and one or more spring notches;

wherein said one or more springs are configured to create a tension when said inner sleeve is slideably moved from said resting position to said compressed position by a user, such that said inner sleeve is slideably biased into said resting position when said inner sleeve is released by said user, such that when a consumable material is loaded into said consumable material loading chamber, said consumable material is packed into said cone;

wherein said spring notches that are configured to engage with said one or more springs, such that said one or more springs are held in place and are prevented from deforming laterally when compressed;

wherein each of said one or more spring notches comprise a spring notch top shoulder and a spring notch bottom shoulder, such that there are one or more spring notch top shoulders and one or more spring notch bottom shoulders;

wherein said one or more spring notch bottom shoulders are positioned at a base of said inner sleeve and wherein each of said one or more spring notch bottom shoulders are configured to engage with a bottom of said one or more springs when said inner sleeve is slideably moved from said resting position to said compressed position; and

wherein said base of said inner sleeve has an aperture that is configured to allow said user to access said cone in said interior chamber of said inner sleeve.

16. The packing device of claim 15, wherein said inner sleeve has a top lip.

17. The packing device of claim 15, wherein said device is configured to allow said user to repeatedly articulate said inner sleeve from a resting position to a compressed position in order to more densely pack said cone.

18. The packing device of claim 15, wherein said device is configured to allow said user to repeatedly articulate said inner sleeve from a resting position to a compressed position in order to pack additional batches of said consumable material into said cone.