Apparatus for continuously drying separate charges of material while maintaining the charges separate
OwnerHenry E. Kyle, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A plurality of members are arranged in side by side relation to form a plurality of horizontal rows, vertically stacked in a vertical drier. Movable means are associated with selected rows of the members and are movable to form a floor to separate one part of the drier from another part so as to maintain loads of material moving through the drier separate as the material is being dried. Means are provided to actuate the movable means in a predetermined sequence to stepwise form a floor from the top to the bottom of the drier whereby loads of material in the drier are maintained separate as they are moved through the drier.
Claims9
An arrangement for separating loads of material as the material moves through a vertical drier comprising:
- a. a plurality of members aligned in side by side, horizontal relation to form a plurality of horizontal longitudinally arranged rows in a vertical drier;
- b. movable means associated with said members to form a floor to separate one part of the drier from another part;
- c. means to actuate said movable means in a predetermined sequence to stepwise form a floor from the top to the bottom of the drier and thus seqentially open the floors from the top to the bottom of the drier to progressively move the material through the drier while simultaneously maintaining separate loads of material segregated as they progressively move through the drier;
- d. said movable means including:
- 1. plates pivotally secured to each side of said members;
- 2. spring means normally retaining said plates in retracted position to enable material to flow around the members in the drier;
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- 3. rotatable means connected to said plates and rotatable to move said plates into horizontal relation to engage with said next adjacent plates of said members aligned in side by side relation to thereby form a floor in the drier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.