Apparatuses and methods to dry, rehydrate, cure, and burp product

Abstract

Apparatuses and methods to dry, rehydrate, cure, and/or burp products, such as, for example cannabis buds and/or flowers. In certain aspects, the apparatuses comprise an apparatus with a bottom, at least one sidewall, and a removable top to access an internal storage compartment. A dry rack is secured in the internal storage compartment above the bottom to generally separate the internal storage compartment of the apparatus into a sump part and a product part. A fan, located in a sidewall, is configured to pump air into the pump part of the apparatus. The dry rack is configured to hold product above the sump such that the air pumped by the fan circulates in the sump and rises through the dry rack and product to dry, cure, or rehydrate the product.

1 . An apparatus to dry, rehydrate, cure, and burp agricultural products, comprising:
 a container, the container comprising a generally flat bottom and at least one sidewall extending vertically from the generally flat bottom to a sidewall edge, wherein the sidewall edge defines an opening;   a top coupled to the sidewall edge of the container;   an interior storage compartment defined by the generally flat bottom, the at least one sidewall, and the top;   a port formed in the at least one sidewall wherein the port is configured as a gas intake manifold to receive gas from a gas source; and   a rack secured in the interior storage compartment that separates the storage compartment into a sump part located between the generally flat bottom and the rack and a product part located between the rack and the top, wherein the rack is configured to hold agricultural product above the sump part.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , comprising a fan, wherein the fan resides in the port and is configured to pump air from outside the container into the sump part. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the fan is a variable speed fan. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , comprising a moisture source, wherein the moisture source is configured to hydrate the agricultural product. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , comprising at least one drying box. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the rack comprises a plurality of racks. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein the at least one drying box comprises a plurality of drying boxes. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the top is releasably coupled to the sidewall edge. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the top is integral with the sidewall edge and the top comprises a closable opening. 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein the gas is air and wherein the moisture source is a cloth saturated with water such that air moving over the cloth provides moisture to the product as the gas, with moisture, moves from the sump part to the product part of the interior storage compartment. 
     
     
         11 . An apparatus to dry, rehydrate, cure, and burp agricultural products, comprising:
 a container, the container comprising a generally flat bottom, at least one sidewall extending vertically from the generally flat bottom to a sidewall edge, and a top generally opposite the flat bottom;   an interior storage compartment defined by the generally flat bottom, the at least one sidewall, and the top, wherein the interior storage is accessible from the top;   a port formed in the at least one sidewall wherein the port is configured as a gas intake manifold to receive gas from a gas source; and   a rack secured in the interior storage compartment that separates the storage compartment into a sump part located between the generally flat bottom and the rack and a product part located between the rack and the top, wherein the rack is configured to hold agricultural product above the sump part.   
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the top is releasably coupled to the sidewall edge to allow access to the interior storage. 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the top comprises a closable opening. 
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the sump part contains a moisture source. 
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 14 , comprising a humidity sensor in the interior storage compartment configured to sense the humidity and wherein the port includes a gas pump such that the gas pump moves gas from the gas source over the moisture source based on the humidity of the interior storage as sensed by the humidity sensor. 
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 15 , wherein the moisture source is a damp cloth located in the sump part. 
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 11  wherein the gas source is air. 
     
     
         18 . A method of moving air over agricultural products in a container, comprising:
 providing the container having a generally flat bottom and at least one sidewall extending vertically from the generally flat bottom to a sidewall edge, wherein the sidewall edge defines an opening; a top coupled to the sidewall edge of the container; an interior storage compartment defined by the generally flat bottom, the at least one sidewall, and the top; a port formed in the at least one sidewall wherein the port includes a fan configured to move air from outside the container to the interior storage compartment; and a rack secured in the interior storage compartment that separates the storage compartment into a sump part located between the generally flat bottom and the rack and a product part located between the rack and the top, wherein the rack is configured to hold agricultural product above the sump part;   placing product on the rack, and   controlling operation of the fan to move air from outside the container to interior storage compartment such that the air enters the interior storage compartment in the sump part and move upwards through the product on the rack, into the product part, and out of the container through the top.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , comprising placing a moisture source in the sump. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein controlling operation of the fan includes controlling the speed of a variable speed fan.