Tincture preparation method and use

• US 9,468,865 B1
• Filed: 02/24/2015
• Issued: 10/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jason Young, Mary Young
• Original Assignee: Jason Young, Mary Young
• Inventors: Young, Mary, Young, Jason
• Primary Examiner(s): Weier, Anthony
• Application Number:
  US14/630,470
• Time in Patent Office: 602 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A23F 3/18 Extraction of water soluble tea constituents A23F3/166 takes precedence; isolation of tea flavour or tea oil A23F3/42
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2236/00 Isolation or extraction methods of medicinal preparations of undetermined constitution containing material from algae, lichens, fungi or plants, or derivatives thereof, e.g. traditional herbal medicine
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 11/0207 Control systems
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 11/0257 using mixing mechanisms, e.g. stirrers, jets B01D11/0242 takes precedence

Abstract

A tincture and oil preparation apparatus that facilitates an automated method of manufacturing an herbal oil or tincture. The tincture and oil preparation apparatus includes a first container and a second container wherein the second container is suspendedly mounted within the first container. The first container includes a heating element, a control panel and a display screen. The control panel provides the ability to input cooking parameters for manufacturing of tinctures or oils. The cooking parameters include agitator speed, time and temperature. A lid having an electric motor and an agitator integrated therewith is operable to seal the first container and the agitator extends downward into the second container. The agitator is operable in a first speed category and a second speed category. The second container further includes mounting tabs operable to provide the suspended mounting of the second container within the first container.

Claims

1. A method for manufacturing a tincture or oil utilizing a tincture manufacturing apparatus comprising the steps of:

providing a tincture manufacturing apparatus, said tincture manufacturing apparatus having a first container and a second container, said second container being insertable into said first container;

said tincture manufacturing apparatus having a control panel on an outer wall of said first container, said control panel operable to facilitate the entry of a time parameter, a temperature parameter and a speed parameter, said tincture manufacturing apparatus further including a heating element, said heating element disposed in said first container, said tincture manufacturing apparatus further including a lid having an agitator extending downward therefrom;

placing contents in said second container, wherein the contents are placed within an interior volume of said second container;

inserting said second container into said first container, wherein the second container is suspendedly mounted within said first container;

securing the lid onto the tincture manufacturing apparatus,

inputting a speed parameter, wherein said inputting a speed parameter includes a first category and a second category, wherein said first category of the speed parameter is a consistent rotation of the agitator, wherein said second category of the speed parameter is an intermittent rotation of the agitator;

selecting a time parameter, said selecting a time parameter occurring in a discrete unit of time, wherein the discrete unit of time selected during selecting a time parameter are hour units;

inputting a temperature parameter, wherein the temperature parameter is within the range of 100 degrees to 250 degrees Fahrenheit;

initiating the cooking process, wherein in the cooking process the second container is heated to a temperature input from the step of inputting a temperature parameter, and wherein the agitator is rotated at a speed selected in said inputting a speed parameter;

monitoring for overflow, said monitoring for overflow being executed during the cooking process, said monitoring for overflow being accomplished by an overflow sensor, said overflow sensor being mounted on said lid;

completing the cooking process, wherein the tincture manufacturing apparatus completes the cooking process; and

removing the second container from said first container, wherein the contents stored within the second container are strained into a storage vessel.

2. The method for manufacturing a tincture or oil as recited in claim 1, and further including the step of displaying parameters, said displaying parameters being provided on a display screen, said display screen being mounted to said first container.

3. The method for manufacturing a tincture or oil as recited in claim 2, and further including the step of providing mounting tabs, said mounting tabs being operably secured to said second container proximate an upper edge, said mounting tabs being located opposite each other on said upper edge, said mounting tabs operable to suspendedly mount said second container within said first container.

4. A method for manufacturing tincture or oil utilizing a tincture manufacturing apparatus wherein the method provides automation of the tincture manufacturing process comprising the steps of:

providing a tincture manufacturing apparatus, said tincture manufacturing apparatus having a first container and a second container, said first container having a wall and a bottom being integrally formed to form an interior volume, said first container having an opening opposite said bottom, said second container having a bottom and wall contiguously formed to create an interior volume, said second container having an opening opposite said bottom, said second container having an upper perimeter edge around said opening, said second container being insertable into said first container;

said second container being suspendedly mounted within said first container, said tincture manufacturing apparatus having a control panel on an outer wall of said first container, said control panel operable to facilitate the entry of a time parameter, a temperature parameter and a speed parameter, said tincture manufacturing apparatus further including a heating element, said heating element disposed in said first container, said tincture manufacturing apparatus further including a lid having an agitator extending downward therefrom;

placing contents in said second container, wherein the contents are placed within an interior volume of said second container;

inserting said second container into said first container, wherein the second container is suspendedly mounted within said first container;

securing the lid onto the tincture manufacturing apparatus,

inputting a speed parameter, wherein said inputting a speed parameter includes a first category and a second category;

selecting a time parameter, said selecting a time parameter occurring in a discrete unit of time;

inputting a temperature parameter, wherein the temperature parameter is within the range of 100 degrees to 250 degrees Fahrenheit;

initiating the cooking process, wherein in the cooking process the second container is heated to a temperature input from the step of inputting a temperature parameter, and wherein the agitator is rotated at a speed selected in said inputting a speed parameter;

completing the cooking process, wherein the tincture manufacturing apparatus completes the cooking process;

removing the second container from said first container;

straining the contents disposed within said second container into a vessel;

returning the tincture to the interior volume of the second container;

placing the second container into the interior volume of the first container;

inputting a temperature, wherein the inputting the temperature includes a temperature that is greater than that of a solvent that is disposed within said second container;

boiling the solvent;

inputting a second temperature, wherein the second temperature is lower than the boiling point of a solvent disposed within the second container,

maintaining the second temperature, wherein the second temperature is maintained until contents disposed within the second container reaches a desired consistency;

removing the second container from the first container; and

transferring the contents disposed within the second container into a storage vessel.

5. The method for manufacturing tincture as recited in claim 4, and further including the step of providing mounting tabs, said mounting tabs being operably secured to said second container proximate an upper edge, said mounting tabs being located opposite each other on said upper edge, said mounting tabs operable to suspendedly mount said second container within said first container.

6. The method for manufacturing tincture as recited in claim 5, and further including the step of monitoring for overflow, said monitoring for overflow being executed during the cooking process, said monitoring for overflow being accomplished by an overflow sensor, said overflow sensor being mounted on said lid.

7. The method for manufacturing tincture as recited in claim 6, wherein said first category of the speed parameter is a consistent rotation of the agitator.

8. The method for manufacturing tincture as recited in claim 7, wherein said second category of the speed parameter is an intermittent rotation of the agitator.

9. The method for manufacturing tincture as recited in claim 8, and further including the step of displaying parameters, said displaying parameters being provided on a display screen, said display screen being mounted to said first container.