An improved mechanical separator that functions without the use of mechanical blades. The separator uses a generally cylindrical barrel that houses an insert positioned circumferentially around the interior of the barrel. The insert is a cylindrical rigid plastic insert having a series of openings positioned around the insert. A plastic mesh bag fits within the insert. The insert provides support to the bag. Plant material to be separated is positioned within the mesh bag within the insert within the barrel. A lid is placed on the barrel. The barrel is positioned on a frame. The frame having a series of opposing wheels or rollers, with two pairs of opposing rollers being in a preferred embodiment. The barrel can then be rotated

The present disclosure relates to a cutting device with a blade moving in parallel, a moving method and a plant trimmer. By the structural device, the round blade can be adjusted to be kept in vertical rising and dropping, and is always kept in parallel to the cutting mesh. By an adjustment knob, an adjustment screw is driven to rotate by a flexible shaft, so that the movable blade holder moves up and down, which completes the adjustment of the round blade in a visible region of the equipment.

Embodiments according to the present invention relate to an apparatus and method for plant transportation using a smart conveyor. Embodiments of the present invention provide enhanced capabilities as a result of integrating robotic features, automations, artificial intelligence, queuing, fault control, automatic transport, scalability, safety measures, smaller footprint, and other computerized functions, along with a creative business model. In design of this invention the following high-level requirements were achieved: scalable for small, medium, and large businesses; safer than other machines in the market; sanitation consideration; simplicity in maintenance, and automated functions to reduce the need for labor (e.g., integration of robotics, AI, and/or other computerized systems).

An adjusting device 1 of a cutting device has a mounting element 3 which is provided with a first through bore 7 through which a first shaft 9 projects. This first shaft 9 is provided at one end 9a with a rotary adjusting knob 13 and is provided with a second bore 15 which extends over the entire length of the first shaft 9 and is provided with internal screw thread over its entire length. The adjusting device 1 furthermore has an elongate coupling element 19 which can be connected to a device part to be adjusted. This coupling element 19 is provided with a second shaft 21 with an external screw thread, which is turned into the first shaft 9. When the adjusting knob 13 is turned, the second shaft 21 is displaced in the longitudinal direction. The second shaft can be rotated into the second bore 15 at both ends of the first shaft and can protrude from the first shaft at both ends.

A cannabis trimming assembly includes a pair of conveyors for transporting a cannabis plant. A trimming housing is positioned between the pair of conveyors to receive the cannabis plant. A pair of trap doors is each movably integrated into the trimming housing. A plurality of cameras is each integrated into the trimming housing to view the cannabis plant. A plurality of laser emitters is each integrated into the trimming housing and each of the laser emitters is guided by the cameras to trim shade leaves and buds from the cannabis. A grapping claw is integrated into the trimming housing to hang the cannabis plant in the trimming housing during trimming.

An electric trimmer has an electric motor and power source, a pair of blade plates, at least one of which is connected to an oscillator mechanism in the electric motor, and a pair of guard plates disposed one on each side of the at least one of the pair of blade plates, the guard plates hosting a matching radial or linear pattern of slots having a uniform spacing, a uniform slot width, the slots breaking out past at least one edge of the guard plates, the guard plates, in assembly, creating a gap space there between. One or more operators may insert branches having buds or flowers thereon through any one of the matching slots in the slot pattern, the branch oriented orthogonal to the blade set with the blade plates oscillating to harvest the buds or flowers within the gap space.

A system for removing biomass from a stem includes a frame, a conveyor mechanism which moves the stem in a horizontal conveying direction, a pair of rollers which exert a rubbing force between each other for removing the biomass from the stem, and a tensioning system arranged to exert a force which holds the stem to the conveyor mechanism. A first axial end of each roller is connected to an inlet end side of the conveyor mechanism, and a second axial end of each roller is connected to a transmission such that the rollers are angled downward from the first axial ends to the second axial ends. The conveyor mechanism moves the stem so as to pass between the rollers such that the rubbing force removes the biomass from the stem, and such that the rubbing force moves downward along the stem as the stem moves in the conveying direction.

The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus and related methods (i.e. utilities) for trimming plants, in particular, buds and flowers, to remove unwanted plant material. A typical application would be to process a plant to leave only trimmed buds and flowers for use in potpourri, fragrant sashes, or as a prelude to further processing of essential oils. The utilities enable faster and safer production of plant material than prior plant processing machines. The utilities employ a coaxial drum and cutting element that counter rotate. This coaxial cutting element typically includes a plurality of cutting elements, to create a plurality of cutting interface that shear unwanted plant material form plant material within the drum and then collect this debris though, for example, a vacuum system. The use of the counter-rotating cutting interfaces allows for multiplying the cutting interfaces over prior existing machines.

Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include an implantable medical device and a constraining mechanism configured to releasably constrain the implantable medical device in a delivery configuration. The apparatuses, systems, and methods may also include a lock line arranged through the constraining mechanism to tenable release of the constraining mechanism.

The present invention shows an apparatus for trimming plants, specifically assisting with the process of separating leaves and buds from the stem and branches of the plant. The apparatus is composed by an iris mechanism with blades that automatically close around a plant stem when the plant stem is inserted into the apparatus. In a further arrangement, the iris mechanism automatically opens once the plant stem has been processed.