Patent Application
20220395870
The present invention generally relates to extraction techniques. More specifically, the present subject invention relates to a beaker cleaning recovery oven and a method of extracting cannabis oil.
The cannabis plant constituents a variety of potentially valuable compounds. The compounds include cannabidiol (CBD), tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabichromene (CBC), cannabinol (CBN), cannabigerol (CBG), and other compounds in varying amounts. The cannabinoids provide numerous therapeutic benefits and are used to treat a variety of diseases and conditions for centuries. For example, cannabinoids are used to treat insomnia, chronic pain, insufficient appetite associated with anorexia or HIV/AIDS, glaucoma, arthritis, nausea arising from chemotherapy, and post-traumatic stress disorder, among others.
Typically, the cannabinoids are extracted from the cannabis plant to harness their medicinal properties. The extracted oil is refined to isolate particular cannabinoids or blends of cannabinoids for desired uses. A solvent or non-solvent based extraction technique is employed to extract cannabis oil from cannabis plant.
Several techniques have been disclosed in the past for extracting cannabis oil from the cannabis plant. One such example is disclosed in a United States granted Patent no. 9,155,767, entitled “Essential element management” (“the '767 Patent”). The '767 Patent discloses extraction of medicinal cannabis compounds into an eluate, by separating a portion of medicinal cannabis compounds contained within a portion of eluate at a first extraction target level, to provide enough clean solvent to continue extraction operations. A high efficiency concentrator such as a rotary evaporator or a wiped film evaporator processes eluate from one or more tanks or extraction vessels creating clean solvent when extraction targets are met or when clean solvent is exhausted. This manages eluate concentration levels and limits the quantity of concentrated medicinal cannabis compounds on site at any moment in time.
Although the above discussed patent and other disclosures disclose several techniques for extracting cannabis oil, they have few problems. For instance, the constituents/residue of cannabis get stuck to the apparatuses used during the extraction or cleaning process. This results in wastage of the cannabis and potential loss of profit for the producers. It would be beneficial to maximize the extraction of the cannabis oil without minimum or no wastage.
Therefore, there is a need in the art to provide an improved process or technique for extracting cannabis oil without any wastage.
It is an object of the present subject matter to provide an improved process or technique for extracting cannabis oil and that avoids the drawback of known techniques.
It is another object of the present subject matter to provide a beaker cleaning recovery oven that reclaims a substantial amount of the film or residue from a beaker used during an extraction process.
It is another object of the present subject matter to provide a beaker cleaning recovery oven that helps to extract the cannabis oil from a beaker and reduces waste.
In order to achieve one or more objects here stated, the present invention provides a beaker cleaning recovery oven for extracting cannabis oil. The beaker cleaning recovery oven includes an oven, a beaker stand placed in the oven and a beaker connecting the beaker stand. The beaker includes a neck and is positioned upside down facing the beaker stand. Generally, during the extraction process of the cannabis oil, the apparatus used for extraction pulls a vacuum on the cannabis. The process includes rinsing/cleaning the apparatus with a cleaning agent such as ethanol, all of which goes into a beaker. In the present invention, when the beaker is full, the contents in the beaker (from the prior process) is dumped out and the beaker is drained for a few minutes. After draining, the beaker is cradled in the oven for heating the beaker to reclaim the cannabis. The oven brings the temperature of the beaker i.e., heats the beaker through the neck. The beaker stand rotates and allows the beaker to heat evenly. As the process continues, the oil begins to flow and drains out of the beaker and is collected in a catch pan placed under and outer area of the oven. This reclaims a substantial amount of film or residue of cannabis that was in the beaker from the prior extraction process. In one example, the beaker cleaning recovery oven helps to reclaim about 70 to 90% of the film or residue of cannabis that was in the beaker from the prior extraction process.
The beaker cleaning recovery oven further includes a cart. The oven positions over the cart for easy transportation. The cart includes a base frame with cut-sections. The beaker that is either unused or rinsed with the cleaning agent from prior process is placed at the cut-sections. This helps the beaker to drain before it is ready for use. The cart includes rails for preventing the beaker from any external impact. The cart or the oven includes a housing having a display for displaying the temperature of the oven and/or the beaker.
In one advantageous feature of the present subject matter, the beaker cleaning recovery oven allows to extract/recover/reclaim a substantial amount of the film or residue of the cannabis that was in the beaker from previous extraction process. The beaker cleaning recovery oven helps to reduce and/or utilise the waste from previous extraction process to increase cannabis extraction and increase profitability. The reclaiming/recovery process further reduces the labour needed to extract the residue of cannabis in conventional ways with heat guns and manpower, for example.
In another advantageous feature of the present subject matter, the cart holds the extra beakers when not in use. The rails at the cart protect the beakers from any impact. This prolongs the life of the beaker and its usage.
Features and advantages of the subject matter hereof will become more apparent considering the following detailed description of selected embodiments, as illustrated in the accompanying FIGUREs. As will be realised, the subject matter disclosed is capable of modifications in various respects, all without departing from the scope of the subject matter. Accordingly, the drawings and the description are to be regarded as illustrative in nature.
Further features and advantages of the present subject matter will become apparent from the following detailed description, taken in combination with the appended drawings, in which:
It will be noted that throughout the appended drawings, like features are identified by like reference numerals.
Before the present features and working principle of a beaker cleaning recovery oven is described, it is to be understood that this subject matter is not limited to the particular device as described, since it may vary within the specification indicated. Various features of the beaker cleaning recovery oven might be provided by introducing variations within the components/subcomponents disclosed herein. It is also to be understood that the terminology used in the description is for the purpose of describing the particular versions or embodiments only, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present subject matter, which will be limited only by the appended claims. The words “comprising,” “having,” “containing,” and “including,” and other forms thereof, are intended to be equivalent in meaning and be open-ended in that an item or items following any one of these words is not meant to be an exhaustive listing of such item or items, or meant to be limited to only the listed item or items.
It should be understood that the present subject matter describes a beaker cleaning recovery oven for extracting cannabis oil from a beaker. The beaker cleaning recovery oven includes an oven, and a beaker stand placed in the oven. The beaker cleaning recovery oven includes a beaker placed over the beaker stand. The beaker has a film or residue of cannabis after it being used for cannabis extraction process, rinsed with ethanol and drained for a predetermined time period. The oven heats and brings up the heat inside the beaker. The beaker stand rotates allowing the beaker to heat up evenly. The beaker heats up allowing the film or residue of cannabis to become less viscous and flow down the beaker as cannabis oil. In one embodiment, the oven positions over a cart allowing it to be transported. The cart includes a base frame with cut-sections for holding the beaker when not in use. The beaker cleaning recovery oven helps to reclaim a substantial amount of the film or residue that was in the beaker from previous extraction process and reduces waste.
Various features and embodiments of the beaker cleaning recovery oven for extracting cannabis oil are explained in conjunction with the description of
In one embodiment, cart 14 includes housing 32 at oven receiving section 30. Housing 32 sUS0ends from oven receiving section 30, as shown in
Oven 16 includes container 40.
As presented above, container 40 provides a material made of metal or any other suitable material that can withstand the heat during the extraction of the cannabis oil. The heat inside the container gets transferred to its outside walls. To dissipate the heat and ensure a user does not encounter the heat, container 40 is surrounded by multiple heat insulation layers. In the present invention, container 40 surrounds with two or more insulation layers. In one example, container 40 surrounds with three insulation layers i.e., first insulation layer 56, second insulation layer 58 and third insulation layer 60. First insulation layer 56 includes a mineral wool, for example. Second insulation layer 58 includes a ceramic fiber blanket, for example. Third insulation layer 60 includes, but not limited to, material made of metal, plastic, etc. A person skilled in the art understands that any number of layers can be used with a variety of materials to provide proper heat insulation for oven 14 without departing from the scope of the present invention.
Further, oven 16 includes door 62, as shown in
Oven 16 receives beaker assembly 70 in container 40 for extracting cannabis oil from beaker 20, 86.
Further, beaker stand 72 includes extending arms 84. Extending arms 84 extend from beaker stand 72 and receive beaker 86 (similar to beaker 20), as shown in
The presently disclosed beaker cleaning recovery oven 12 aids in reclaiming a substantial amount of the film or residue of cannabis that is left in beaker 86 after it has been used for extracting cannabis oil prior. In one example, the presently disclosed beaker cleaning recovery oven 12 aids in reclaiming 70 to 90% of the film or residue of cannabis that is left in beaker 86 after it has been used for extracting cannabis oil prior. It should be understood that the percentage of film or residue reclaimed varies depending on the cleaning of the beaker, amount of cannabis actually remained in the beaker after it has been used for extracting cannabis oil prior among other factors. At first, cannabis oil is extracted using any conventional extraction process. During the extraction process, vacuum on the cannabis is pulled. Subsequently, a cleaning agent such as ethanol is used to rinse the remains of cannabis in beaker 86. Further, beaker 86 is emptied and placed upside down (as shown in
After draining, beaker 86 is placed in oven 16 where neck 90 faces down, as shown in
The above process allows to reclaim a substantial amount of the film or residue of cannabis that was in beaker 86 from previous extraction process. The presently disclosed beaker cleaning recovery oven allows to extract/recover/reclaim cannabis oil from residue and helps to reduce waste and increase profitability. The reclaiming/recovery process further reduces the labour needed to extract the residue in conventional ways with heat guns and manpower, for example.
Although the above description is explained considering that the beaker cleaning recovery oven includes the oven placed over the cart, it is possible to utilise only the oven to extract the cannabis oil from residue of previous extraction process. In such an implementation, the oven is placed over a surface such as a ground or a table without the need for the cart or stand. However, it is preferable to use the cart as it helps to transport the oven from one place to another. Further, the cart provides the cut-sections for holding extra beakers when not in use. Further, the cart can be used to dry or drain one or more beakers before they are used for extracting the cannabis oil from the residue of previous extraction process. The cart encompasses rails around the legs to protect the beakers from any impact.
In the above description, numerous specific details are set forth such as examples of some embodiments, specific components, devices, methods, to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the present disclosure. It will be apparent to a person of ordinary skill in the art that these specific details need not be employed, and should not be construed to limit the scope of the disclosure.
In the development of any actual implementation, numerous implementation-specific decisions must be made to achieve the developer's specific goals, such as compliance with system-related and business-related constraints. Such a development effort might be complex and time consuming, but may nevertheless be a routine undertaking of design, fabrication, and manufacture for those of ordinary skill. Hence as various changes could be made in the above constructions without departing from the scope of the invention, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.
The foregoing description of embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the subject matter. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the novel principles and subject matter disclosed herein may be applied to other embodiments without the use of the innovative faculty. The claimed subject matter set forth in the claims may not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein. It is contemplated that additional embodiments are within the spirit and true scope of the disclosed subject matter.
This present application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 63/208,994, filed on Jun. 10, 2021, which is incorporated herein by its entirety and referenced thereto.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63208994 | Jun 2021 | US |
