Method Of Manufacturing Standardized Cannabis Cigarettes

• US 20170188623A1
• Filed: 11/23/2016
• Published: 07/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2015
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Jason Cranford
• Original Assignee: Jason Cranford
• Inventors: Cranford, Jason
• Application Number:
  US15/360,989
• Publication Number:
  US 20170188623A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A24B 15/16 of tobacco substitutes
• CPC Class Codes: A24B 3/04 Humidifying or drying tobacco bunches or cut tobacco A24B3/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A24B 3/16 Classifying or aligning leaves
• CPC Class Codes: A24B 7/04 by machines with revolving knives
• CPC Class Codes: A24C 5/06 with pressing-chamber
• CPC Class Codes: A24C 5/474 by inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/352 condensed with carbocyclic rings, e.g. methantheline cannabinoids A61K31/658

Abstract

A method of manufacturing standardized cannabis cigarettes that may comprise drying harvested cannabis plants at room temperature with a humidity of between approximately 45% and 75%; plant material, including at least one of stems and seeds, may be removed to produce a refined cannabis. The method may further include chopping the refined cannabis into cannabis particles with a median value of particle area between approximately 1.5 mm² and approximately 4.5 mm². The cannabis particles may be homogenized to produce a blended cannabis. One or more cannabis contact points of a commercial cigarette rolling machine may then be lubricated to preventing the adherence of cannabis resin to the cannabis contact points. The method may further include packing the blended cannabis into a paper rolling tube at a packing pressure of approximately 40 psi to approximately 120 psi to form the standardized cannabis cigarette assuring the controlled delivery of cannabinoids during combustion.

Claims

16. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the drying occurs at approximately 60% humidity over approximately 8 to approximately 16 days.

1. A method of manufacturing standardized cannabis cigarettes having a controlled delivery of cannabinoids, the method comprising:

drying harvested cannabis plants to form a dried cannabis;

removing unsuitable plant material from the dried cannabis to produce a refined cannabis, the unsuitable plant material including at least one of stems and seeds;

chopping the refined cannabis into cannabis particles such that a particle area of the cannabis particles has a median value of between approximately 1.5 mm² and approximately 4.5 mm²;

homogenizing the cannabis particles to produce a blended cannabis;

lubricating one or more cannabis contact points of a commercial cigarette rolling machine with a lubricant for preventing the adherence of cannabis resin to the cannabis contact points; and

packing the blended cannabis into a paper rolling tube, the rolling machine exerting a packing pressure of approximately 40 psi to approximately 120 psi to form the standardized cannabis cigarette assuring the controlled delivery of cannabinoids during combustion.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting a THCA (tetrahydrocannabinolic acid) content in the harvested cannabis to be above 0.3% by weight.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sifting cannabis particles after the chopping by using a mesh screen to remove particles whose particle diameter is larger than approximately 10 mm, thereby producing sifted cannabis.

18. The method of claim 4, wherein:

approximately 90% of the sifted cannabis has a particle area of between approximately 0.5 mm² and approximately 25 mm².

19. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the chopping operation uses a rotating blade within a food processor to chop the refined cannabis for between approximately 3 and approximately 10 minutes.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein:

a batch cement-style mixer is used to homogenize the cannabis particles.

21. The method of claim 7, wherein:

where the mixer rotates the cannabis particles at approximately 20 rpm for approximately one hour.

22. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

humidifying the blended cannabis in the presence of circulating fans after homogenizing and before sending the cannabis to the rolling machine, the humidifying for at least one of making more uniform the packing pressure and avoiding particle breakage.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the lubricant comprises at least one the following food-grade oils;

vegetable, canola, soy, hemp, and corn.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the rolling machine is designed by RYO Machines LLC.

25. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the packing pressure is approximately 80 psi.

26. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

a packing piston exerting the packing pressure and being made of Teflon™

for preventing the adherence of cannabis resin to the packing piston.

27. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

tipping the cannabis cigarette with a filter at one end of the paper tube.

28. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the cannabis cigarettes after packing at a humidity of between approximately 20% and approximately 40% for stabilizing the controlled delivery of cannabinoids.

16-1. A filtered standardized cannabis cigarette, comprising:

a volume of blended cannabis made of cannabis particles with a particle area having a median value of between approximately 1.5 mm² and approximately 4.5 mm², the blended cannabis having been prepared from harvested and dried cannabis plants;

a paper rolling tube tipped with a filter on one end of the tube, the filter for removing at least one of particulates and heat, the paper rolling tube enclosing the volume of blended cannabis; and

where the blended cannabis is packed into the paper rolling tube at a packing pressure of between approximately 40 and approximately 120 psi for assuring the controlled delivery of cannabinoids during combustion.

18-1. The cannabis cigarette of claim 16, wherein:

a cigarette length of the cannabis cigarette is between approximately 70 mm and approximately 120 mm.

21-1. The cannabis cigarette of claim 16, wherein:

a THCA (tetrahydrocannabinolic acid) content in the harvested cannabis is selected to be above 0.3% by weight.

22-1. The cannabis cigarette of claim 16, further comprising:

the blended cannabis having particles larger than a particle diameter of approximately 10 mm removed by sifting, leaving approximately 90% of the blended cannabis particles having a particle area of between approximately 0.5 mm² and approximately 25 mm².

23-1. The cannabis cigarette of claim 16, wherein:

the packing pressure is approximately 80 psi.