Patents by Inventor Wesley D. Tuttle

Wesley D. Tuttle has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240389638
    Abstract: Finishing and extruding method comprising the steps of obtaining a press tool and a finishing and extruding apparatus defining a plurality of elongated inner tapered hole surfaces, having a plurality of pre-rolled paper cones, containing smokeable materials, loaded into the plurality of corresponding elongated inner tapered hole surfaces of the apparatus, folding excess paper of each of the plurality of pre-rolled paper cones over using tines of the press tool, pressing each top of the folded paper of the plurality of pre-rolled paper cones using the press tool to flatten and begin to close each top of the folded paper of the plurality of pre-rolled paper cones with pressure, and pressing and extruding each of the plurality of closed pre-rolled paper cones with the press tool deeper into each of the corresponding elongated tapered hole surfaces in the apparatus to finish closing and to eject each cigarette into a catcher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventor: Wesley D. Tuttle
  • Publication number: 20220175018
    Abstract: Apparatus and method adapted for making and extruding cigarettes, such as marijuana cigarettes, the apparatus comprised of a plate with a working surface, an extruding surface, a rim portion, a plurality of tapered holes that hold pre-rolled cones, a base attached to the plate, and having crimping means, tamping means, and extruding means for finishing cigarettes, these means provided as individual devices or a combination devices, the method comprising placing pre-rolled cones into the apparatus, pouring the filling material onto the plate and shaking it, inserting the crimping means and moving it to pack and crimp the pre-rolled cones, inserting the tamping means for closing the pre-rolled cones, and inserting the extruding means for extruding the finished cigarettes onto the catcher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventor: Wesley D. Tuttle
  • Publication number: 20220175019
    Abstract: A pre-rolled cone filling, packing, finishing, and extruding apparatus and methods adapted for making and extruding cigarettes, such as marijuana cigarettes, onto a catcher and applications thereof are presented. In one embodiment, an apparatus is comprised of a plate with a working surface, a rim portion, a plurality of tapered holes that hold pre-rolled cones, a base attached to the plate, a packing and crimping device with thin rods that fill, pack and crimp pre-rolled cones, and a closing and extruding device with tubes that close and extrude finished cigarettes. A method involves placing pre-rolled cones into the apparatus, pouring the filling material onto the plate and shaking it; inserting the thin rod of the packing and crimping device and moving it to pack and crimp the pre-rolled cone; inserting the tube of the closing and extruding device and closing and extruding the finished cigarettes out onto the catcher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventor: Wesley D. Tuttle