An apparatus for preparing a personal smokable product includes: a grinder section comprising a grinder for grinding plant material; a holder section attachable to the grinder section and comprising a holder receiving a wrapper support for supporting a wrapper for receiving ground plant material when aligned with the grinder; and one or more removably attachable auxiliary modules, which may include a dry herb vaporizer, an oil vaporizer, an audio speaker, and/or a storage compartment. The grinder includes a cutter having wall blades projecting from a chamber-defining wall toward a central axis of the chamber; a motor-driven shaft rotatable about the central axis, and shaft blades projecting radially from the shaft. The grinder includes conical bun members with an adjustable gap for coarseness. Even when the grinder section and the holder section are attached to each other, the wrapper is user-accessible if the holder is in its non-aligned position.

An apparatus for preparing a personal smokable product includes: a grinder section comprising a grinder for grinding plant material; a holder section attachable to the grinder section and comprising a holder receiving a wrapper support for supporting a wrapper for receiving ground plant material when aligned with the grinder; and one or more removably attachable auxiliary modules, which may include a dry herb vaporizer, an oil vaporizer, an audio speaker, and/or a storage compartment. The grinder includes a cutter having wall blades projecting from a chamber-defining wall toward a central axis of the chamber; a motor-driven shaft rotatable about the central axis, and shaft blades projecting radially from the shaft. The grinder includes conical bun members with an adjustable gap for coarseness. Even when the grinder section and the holder section are attached to each other, the wrapper is user-accessible if the holder is in its non-aligned position.

A grinding machine for grinding herbs is provided, and can include a vertical-oriented vessel with a substantially horizontal separating screen disposed in the vessel, creating a grinding chamber above and a collecting chamber below. Rotating blades in the grinding chamber rotate above the screen where dried herbs placed in the grinding chamber are ground into smaller pieces by the rotating blade that can descend through openings disposed through the screen to accumulate in the collecting chamber. A lid enclosing the vessel can further include a feed chute for feeding dried herbs into the machine while it is operating.

A grinding machine for grinding herbs is provided, and can include a vertical-oriented vessel with a substantially horizontal separating screen disposed in the vessel, creating a grinding chamber above and a collecting chamber below. Rotating blades in the grinding chamber rotate above the screen where dried herbs placed in the grinding chamber are ground into smaller pieces by the rotating blade that can descend through openings disposed through the screen to accumulate in the collecting chamber. A lid enclosing the vessel can further include a feed chute for feeding dried herbs into the machine while it is operating.

A disgregating device of biological material, comprising: a hollow outer body, defining an inner chamber; a fixed disgregating grid, having a plurality of microholes provided with sharp edges, and housed transversely in the inner chamber so as to define an upper loading chamber apt to be loaded with the biological material to be disgregated and a lower collecting chamber apt to collect the biological material, after it has been disgregated; and a bladed rotor, rotating in the inner chamber, apt to co-operate, rotating, with the fixed disgregating grid, so as to feed and bring the biological material, contained in the upper loading chamber, into contact with the microholes of the disgregating grid and therefore cause the disgregation of the biological material making it pass through these microholes.

A disgregating device of biological material, comprising: a hollow outer body, defining an inner chamber; a fixed disgregating grid, having a plurality of microholes provided with sharp edges, and housed transversely in the inner chamber so as to define an upper loading chamber apt to be loaded with the biological material to be disgregated and a lower collecting chamber apt to collect the biological material, after it has been disgregated; and a bladed rotor, rotating in the inner chamber, apt to co-operate, rotating, with the fixed disgregating grid, so as to feed and bring the biological material, contained in the upper loading chamber, into contact with the microholes of the disgregating grid and therefore cause the disgregation of the biological material making it pass through these microholes.

A blender includes abase and a container unit mounted rotatably and detachably on the base. The container unit includes a container, and a blade assembly disposed on a bottom portion of the container. The base includes a first push portion adjacent to the blade assembly which has a second push portion. When the container unit is rotated relative to the base until the second push portion contacts with the first push portion, the first push portion pushes upward the second push portion as the container unit is continuously rotated relative to the base so as to move the container unit upwardly and away from the base.

A blender includes abase and a container unit mounted rotatably and detachably on the base. The container unit includes a container, and a blade assembly disposed on a bottom portion of the container. The base includes a first push portion adjacent to the blade assembly which has a second push portion. When the container unit is rotated relative to the base until the second push portion contacts with the first push portion, the first push portion pushes upward the second push portion as the container unit is continuously rotated relative to the base so as to move the container unit upwardly and away from the base.

The present invention involves a collapsible and disposable container that is inserted into a paper shredder to catch the shredded paper fragments. The disposable container has a relatively narrow slot-shaped opening having a length less than the longest dimension of the top of the container. A pair of counter-rotating rollers is supplied to compact the paper fragments and feed them through the slot and into the waste container. Various sensor systems, some constructed from conductive ink are used with and within the disposable container.

The present invention involves a collapsible and disposable container that is inserted into a paper shredder to catch the shredded paper fragments. The disposable container has a relatively narrow slot-shaped opening having a length less than the longest dimension of the top of the container. A pair of counter-rotating rollers is supplied to compact the paper fragments and feed them through the slot and into the waste container. Various sensor systems, some constructed from conductive ink are used with and within the disposable container.