Elongated Rod Manufacturing Tool and Method

Abstract

A tool for making elongated rods made of compacted plant material. The tool includes rod mold with a rod cavity and a plunger configured to slide into the rod cavity. In one embodiment, a stop plate with a pin is placed inside the rod cavity. During use, the stop plate covers the rod cavity's exit opening and the pin extends axially the full length of the rod cavity. Particles of plant material are placed inside the rod cavity and around the pin. The lower end of the plunger includes a pin opening configured to receive the pin when the plunger is downward to compact the plant material. In another embodiment, the stop plate includes a pin opening that enables a pin attached to the closed end of the plunger to extend through. During use, both the plunger and the pin are forced downward in the rod cavity to compact the plant material and form an air conduit.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A tool for compressing plant material into an elongated rod, said tool, comprises:
 a. a mold with at least one rod cavity formed inside said mold, said rod cavity includes an entrance opening and an exit opening;   b. a plunger configured to extend into said entrance opening and slide longitudinally inside said rod cavity and compact plant material placed inside said rod cavity;   c. a stop plate located near said exit opening and configured extend across said rod cavity; and   d. a pin located inside said rod cavity, said pin configured to form an air conduit inside said elongated rod formed inside said rod cavity when said plunger is forced downward in said rod cavity.   
     
     
         2 . The elongated rod manufacturing tool, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said pin is attached to said stop plate. 
     
     
         3 . The elongated rod manufacturing tool, as recited in  claim 2 , wherein said pin is attached to said end to said plunger and said stop plate includes a pin opening enabling said pin to extend through. 
     
     
         4 . The tool, as recited in  claim 8 , further including a base plate on which said mold is positioned to hold said stop plate inside said rod cavity. 
     
     
         5 . The tool, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said mold includes a first mold member and a second mold member, each said first mold member and said second mold member includes a partial mold cavity that when aligned and registered form said rod cavity. 
     
     
         6 . The tool, as recited in  claim 1 , where said plunger includes compaction readings. 
     
     
         7 . The tool, as recited in  claim 1 , further including an insert sleeve inside said rod cavity. 
     
     
         8 . The tool, as recited in  claim 1 , further including an adapter located on said plunger. 
     
     
         9 . The tool, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said stop plate slides transversely on said mold to selectively block or unblock said rod cavity. 
     
     
         10 . A method of manufacturing an elongated rod made of compressed particles of plant material, comprising the following steps:
 a. selecting a tool that includes a rod mold that includes at least one rod cavity and a plunger configured to be inserted into the rod cavity;   b. depositing in the rod cavity particles of plant material to produce a compact elongated rod made of plant material;   c. inserting the plunger into the rod cavity and forcing the plunger against the particles of plant material;   d. removing the plunger from the rod cavity; and   e. removing the elongated rod from the rod cavity.   
     
     
         11 . The method as recited in  claim 10 , wherein said plant material is  cannabis  that has less than 0.3% THC, (dry weight). 
     
     
         12 . The method as recited in  claim 11 , wherein 0.196 lbs./sq. inch or more of force is applied by said plunger to said  Cannabis.    
     
     
         13 . The method as recited in  claim 10 , further including the step located between step a and step b of inserting a stop plate with a pin into said rod cavity.