Grain drying apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR DRYING GRAIN COMPRISING, A BASE, UPRIGHT LEGS MOUNTED ON SAID BASE, AN AGITATOR HOUSING MOUNTED ON SAID LEGS HAVING A SHORT UPRIGHT CYLINDRICAL SHAPED WALL, AND A FLAT ANNULAR SHAPED FLOOR, AN UPRIGHT, RELATIVELY HIGH, PERFORATED CYLINDRICALLY SHAPED OUTER WALL SECURED TO SAID SHORT WALL OF SAID AGITATOR HOUSING, AN UPRIGHT PERFORATED CYLINDRICALLY SHAPED INNER WALL POSITIONED IN SPACED AND CONCENTRIC RELATION TO SAID OUTER WALL OF A HEIGHT LESS THAN SAID OUTER WALL, A PLURALITY OF UPRIGHT CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED FLAT STRUCTURAL MEMBERS SECURED ALONG THE OUTSIDE VERTICAL EDGES TO SAID OUTER WALL, AND SECURED ALONG THE INSIDE VERTICAL EDGES TO SAID INNER WALL WITH THE LOWER END POSITIONED IN SPACED RELATION TO SAID FLOOR OF SAID AGITATOR HOUSING, A FRUSTOCONICAL SHAPED DIVERTER HOOD SECURED TO THE TOP OF SAID INNER WALL, A SOLID ANNULAR SHAPED HORIZONTAL PARTITION OF IMPERFORATE MATERIAL SECURED TO THE SAID INNER WALL DEFINING UPPER AND LOWER CHAMBERS, A VERTICALLY DISPOSED CYLINDRICALLY SHAPED DUCT MOUNTED IN THE CENTRAL APERTURE IN SAID HORIZONTAL PARTITION, A BLOWER MOUNTED IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID DUCT, ADAPTED TO TRANSFER AIR FROM SAID LOWER CHAMBER TO SAID UPPER CHAMBER, SAID BLOWER HAVING A MOTOR, AND A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED FAN ROTATABLE ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS, A BURNER MOUTED IN SAID AGITATOR PORTION OF SAID DUCT, AN AGITATOR MOUNTED IN SAID AGITATOR HOUSING ROTATABLE ABOUT A VERTICAL CENTRAL AXIS HAVING A HUB, A PLURALITY OF ARCUATE SHAPED ARMS, AND MEANS TO SECURE SAID ARMS TO SAID HUB WITH THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID ARMS MOVING IN CLOSE BUT SPACED RELATION TO THE OUTER WALL OF SAID AGITATOR HOUSING, A FRUSTO-CONICAL SHAPED HOPPER HAVING AN OUTLET APERTURE AND MOUNTED IN THE CENTRAL APERTURE OF SAID ANNULAR FLOOR OF SAID AGITATOR HOUSING, A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL TUBULAR SHAPED CONVEYOR HOUSING CONNECTED TO THE OUTLET APERTURE OF SAID HOPPER A CONVEYOR AUGER ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID CONVEYOR HOUSING, A POWER MEANS FOR SAID AGITATOR AND CONVEYOR AUGER COMPRISING, AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, A FIRST SHAFT MOUNTED ADJACENT SAID MOTOR, FIRST BELT AND PULLEY MEANS CONNECTING SAID MOTOR IN DRIVING RELATION TO SAID FIRST SHAFT, A SECOND SHAFT, SECOND BELT AND PULLEY MEANS CONNECTING SAID FIRST SHAFT IN DRIVING RELATION TO SAID SECOND SHAFT, A FIRST AND SECOND PULLEYS ON SAID SECOND SHAFT, AN AGITATOR DRIVE SHAFT HAVING A THIRD PULLEY ALIGNED WITH SAID FIRST PULLEY, A FIRST BELT DISPOSED ON SAID FIRST AND SAID THIRD PULLEYS, AN AGITATOR GEAR BOX OPERABLY CONNECTED IN DRIVING RELATIONSHIP TO SAID AGITATOR DRIVE SHAFT AND HAVING A VERTICALLY DISPOSED DRIVING SHAFT CONNECTED TO SAID HUB OF SAID AGITATOR, A CONVEYOR DRIVE SHAFT HAVING A FOURTH PULLEY MOUNTED THEREON IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID SECOND PULLEY, LONGITUDINALLY SPACED UNIVERSAL JOINTS IN SAID CONVEYOR DRIVE SHAFT, SAID CONVEYOR DRIVE SHAFT BEING CONNECTED IN DRIVING RELATION TO SAID CONVEYOR AUGER, A SECOND BELT DISPOSED ON SAID SECOND AND FOURTH PULLEYS, AND A FRAME MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID MOTOR, SAID FIRST SHAFT, SAID SECOND SHAFT, SAID CONVEYOR DRIVE SHAFT, AND SAID AGITATOR DRIVE SHAFT, SAID APPARATUS FOR DRYING GRAIN ADAPTED TO DRY GRAIN DISPOSED IN THE ANNULAR SPACED BETWEEN SAID OUTER AND INNER WALLS WITH AN OUTWARDLY DIRECTED HEATED CURRENT OF AIR EMANATING FROM SAID UPPER COMPARTMENT AND A COLD CURRENT OF AIR BEING DRAWN INTO SAID LOWER COMPARTMENT, AND REMOVE THE COOLED DRY GRAIN FROM THE ANNULAR SPACED WITH SAID AGITATOR, AND MOVE THE GRAIN OUTWARDLY WITH SAID CONVEYOR AUGER.