A filling device has a base that retains a sleeve in which a pre-roll cone is placed. A scale is located below the sleeve to weigh the contents of the pre-roll cone as it is filled. A filling hopper is placed above the sleeve to introduce ingredients, such as smoking material, into the pre-roll cone. An integrated automatic lighter is included in the base and is triggered by a physical switch or by a motion and/or proximity sensor. An electronics-enabled cover includes an air pump, fan, UV-C sanitizing light, and other features to add in the filling process and in sanitation. An ashtray accessory with an odor or flavor additive and a fan may also be provided. The functions of the filling device can be controlled by external devices, like a smartphone, through a software application.

Various embodiments of the present technology may provide a method of manufacturing a vaporizable product for use in an atomizer. The method may include grinding a vaporizable material and generating a paste utilizing the ground vaporizable material. The method may further include extruding the paste to form the vaporizable product.

Various embodiments of the present technology may provide a method of manufacturing a vaporizable product for use in an atomizer. The method may include grinding a vaporizable material and generating a paste utilizing the ground vaporizable material. The method may further include extruding the paste to form the vaporizable product.

A method for filling an aerosol generating product includes: preparing a tube body of the aerosol generating product; filling a filter element into the tube body, wherein the filter element is adjacent to a near-lip end of the tube body; installing a blocking and flow guide element from a far-lip end of the tube body; installing a fuming unit from the far-lip end of the tube body, where the fuming unit is located at the far-lip end of the tube body; and sealing the far-lip end of the tube body, and forming a sealing part on an end face of the far-lip end of the tube body. In the new method, each component is successively filled from the near-lip end to the far-lip end of the aerosol generating product, thereby effectively avoiding the pollution caused by the fuming unit on the tube body during the filling of the fuming unit.

A method for assembling a cigarette involves placing a cigarette starter cone in an internal cavity of a holding fixture carried on a translatable carriage at a first station, moving the carriage to a second station, loading a quantity of content into the cone at the second station by a content loading mechanism, moving the carriage to a third station, packing the loaded content in the cigarette starter cone at the third station by a packing mechanism flowing pressurized gas, moving the carriage to a fourth station, exposing the open end of the cigarette starter cone at the fourth station, clamping an exposed portion of the paper cone at the open end by a twister mechanism, activating the twister mechanism, rotating the twister mechanism at least one full turn, twisting the open end closed, and releasing the paper cone, and opening the holding fixture, releasing the packed and twisted-closed cigarette.

A device for providing guided loading of smoking substances into empty smoking cones or cigarettes is disclosed. The system comprises a funnel that allows the guided loading process, a spatula/condenser for packing and loading the smoking substance into an empty smoking cone, and a clip attachment that provides stability of the cone by holding it in place. This invention facilitates the easy, quick, guided and on the go loading of a smoking substance into an empty smoking cone, cigarette or other similar devices.

A device for providing guided loading of smoking substances into empty smoking cones or cigarettes is disclosed. The system comprises a funnel that allows the guided loading process, a spatula/condenser for packing and loading the smoking substance into an empty smoking cone, and a clip attachment that provides stability of the cone by holding it in place. This invention facilitates the easy, quick, guided and on the go loading of a smoking substance into an empty smoking cone, cigarette or other similar devices.

A cigarette containing a homogeneous composition including comminuted particles of dried Cannabis flowers, where the particles include a cannabinoid, the particles are of a size greater than 1.1 millimeter and less than 4.2 millimeter, the composition includes at least 9% and less than 20% by weight water, the composition has a bulk density greater than 0.08 and less than 0.3 gram/milliliter, and the cigarette has a top fraction and a bottom fraction, where when the top fraction and the bottom fraction are divided into 0.1 gram samples.

A cigarette containing a homogeneous composition including comminuted particles of dried Cannabis flowers, where the particles include a cannabinoid, the particles are of a size greater than 1.1 millimeter and less than 4.2 millimeter, the composition includes at least 9% and less than 20% by weight water, the composition has a bulk density greater than 0.08 and less than 0.3 gram/milliliter, and the cigarette has a top fraction and a bottom fraction, where when the top fraction and the bottom fraction are divided into 0.1 gram samples.

A modular centrifuge apparatus for use in preparing and packing ready-made smokable products is disclosed including a drive assembly with a motor and a drive shaft rotatably coupled to the motor, the drive shaft defining a vertical direction, an axial direction, and a radial direction. The drive shaft extends along the vertical direction out of the motor. A sandwich hub having a notched portion is coupled to the drive shaft. The initiation of the motor rotates the drive shaft assembly along the axial direction. Each of a plurality of dynamic positioning talon assemblies includes a talon frame member and a binary linkage. Each talon frame member is fixedly attached to the sandwich hub using the notched portion and an upper plate, and extends outwardly therefrom along the radial direction. Each talon frame member includes at least one guide slot and at least one alignment post. The binary linkage is slidably coupled to the at least one guide slot of the talon frame member. The binary linkage is configured to move from a first position to a second position along a path defined by the at least one guide slot wherein said path extends greater than 90 degrees to the drive shaft. A plurality of pod assemblies, each including a pod that holds a plurality of zoning funnels, and is configured to move from the first position to the second position along the path defined by the vertical guide slot in response to rotational movement by the drive assembly in the axial direction.