Patent ID: 11864506
Assignee: nan
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. A cannabis trimming assembly for automatically trimming leaves and buds from a cannabis plant, said assembly comprising:
a pair of conveyors, each of said moving in a first direction wherein each of said conveyors is configured to transport a cannabis plant, said pair of conveyors including a first conveyor and a second conveyor, each of said conveyors comprising:
a stand including a plurality of rollers being rotatably integrated into said stand and a plurality of legs, each of said rollers being oriented to extend along a horizontal axis, said rollers being positioned on opposite ends of said stand from each other;
a belt extending around each of said rollers wherein said belt is configured to have the cannabis plant positioned on said belt; and
a conveyor motor being coupled to said stand, said conveyor motor being in mechanical communication with a respective one of said rollers, said conveyor motor rotating said respective roller in a first direction when said conveyor motor is turned on thereby facilitating said roller to urge said belt to travel in a first direction wherein said belt is configured to transport the cannabis plant;

a trimming housing having an entry and an exit, said trimming housing being positioned between said pair of conveyors wherein said trimming housing is configured to receive the cannabis plant from a respective one of said conveyors, said trimming housing having a top wall, a front wall, a back wall and a plurality of legs each extending downwardly from said top wall wherein each of said legs is configured to support said top wall over a support surface, said trimming housing including a plurality of members each extending between each of said legs, each of said members lying on a plane being coplanar with said top wall, each of said members being spaced from said top wall, each of said front wall and said back wall having a bottom edge being spaced from a respective one of said members to define a respective one of said entry and said exit, said entry being aligned with said first conveyor wherein said entry is configured to receive cannabis, said exit being aligned with said second conveyor wherein said exit is configured to deliver the cannabis to said second conveyor;
a pair of trap doors, each of said trap doors being movably integrated into said trimming housing, each of said trap doors being positionable in a closed position or an open position, each of said trap doors having a first edge and a top surface, said first edge of each of said trap doors being hingedly coupled to a respective one of said members, said top surface of each of said trap doors lying on a horizontal plane when said trap doors are in said closed position wherein said trap doors are configured to support the cannabis, each of said trap doors extending downwardly from said respective member when said trap doors are in the open position wherein said trap doors are configured to facilitate the cannabis to fall downwardly out of said trimming housing, an ejecting one of said trap doors being positionable in an ejecting position having said ejecting trap door angling upwardly from said respective member, said top surface of said ejecting trap door angling downwardly toward said exit wherein said ejecting trap door is configured to deliver the cannabis to said second conveyor;
a pair of trap door motors, each of said trap door motors being integrated into said trimming housing, each of said trap door motors being in mechanical communication with a respective one of said trap doors, each of said trap door motors being actuatable into an opening condition or a closing condition, each of said trap doors being moved into said closed position when said trap door motors are actuated into said closing condition, each of said trap doors being moved into said open position when said trap door motors are actuated into said opening condition, an ejecting one of said trap door motors being actuatable into an ejecting condition, said ejecting trap door being moved into said ejecting position when said ejecting motor is actuated into said ejecting condition;
a net being coupled to said trimming housing, said net being positioned beneath said pair of trap doors wherein said net is configured to capture cannabis that falls through said trap doors, said net extending between each of said legs of said trimming housing;
a control circuit being integrated into said trimming housing, said control circuit including an image analyzer, said control circuit including a laser controller, said control circuit being electrically coupled to said conveyor motor associated with each of said conveyors, said control circuit being electrically coupled to each of said trap door motors, said image analyzer performing a shade leaf routine wherein said image analyzer is configured to identify shade leaves on the cannabis, each of said trap doors being moved into said open position when said image analyzer performs said shade leaf routine, said image analyzer performing a bud routine wherein said image analyzer is configured to identify buds on the cannabis, each of said trap doors being moved into said closed position when said image analyzer performs said bud routine, said ejecting door being moved into said ejecting position when said analyzer completes said bud routine;
a plurality of cameras, each of said cameras being integrated into said trimming housing, each of said cameras being directed into an interior of said trimming housing wherein each of said cameras is configured to view the cannabis plant when the cannabis plant is transported into said trimming housing, each of said cameras being electrically coupled to said control circuit such that said image analyzer receives imagery from said cameras wherein said image analyzer is configured to identify strategic locations on the cannabis plant for trimming, each of said cameras being positioned in a respective one of four corners of said trimming housing, each of said cameras comprising a dome and a lens being integrated into said dome, said dome being attached to said trimming housing having said lens being directed into said interior of said trimming housing;
a grapping claw being integrated into said trimming housing, said grappling claw being actuatable to extend into said trimming housing wherein said grappling claw is configured to grasp the cannabis plant, said grappling claw being actuatable to lift upwardly in said trimming housing wherein said grappling claw is configured to hang the cannabis plant in said trimming housing, said grappling claw having a first section extending downwardly from a bottom surface of said top wall of said trimming housing and a second section slidably engaging said first section, said second section being urgeable upwardly or downwardly in said first section, said second section having a distal end with respect to said first section, said grapping claw including a pair of jaws each being disposed on said distal end of said second section, said jaws being urgeable into a gripping position having said jaws engaging each other wherein said jaws are configured to grip a stem of the cannabis plant, said jaws being urgeable into a releasing position having said jaws being spaced apart from each other wherein said jaws are configured to release the stem of the cannabis plant, said gripping claw including electromechanical actuators, each of said electromechanical actuators being electrically coupled to said control circuit, said gripping claw being guided by said cameras for gripping the stem of the cannabis plant; and
a plurality of laser emitters, each of said laser emitters being integrated into said trimming housing wherein each of said laser emitters is configured to emit a laser beam into an interior of said trimming housing, each of said laser emitters being guided by said cameras wherein said plurality of laser emitters are configured to trim shade leaves and buds from the cannabis, each of said laser emitters being electrically coupled to said control circuit, said laser emitters being spaced apart from each other and being distributed around said trimming housing wherein said plurality of lasers is configured to surround the cannabis plant when the cannabis plant is inside said trimming housing.