System for treating agricultural products with pesticides on ships
AssigneeDegesch GmbH
InventorManfred Dornemann
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Abstract
In a ship having a hull, a loading hatch, and a cargo hold which has a bottom and may contain a bulk material and a preparation that releases a pesticide, a device for disinfecting the bulk material comprising line sections of a total link which may be adjusted to the height of the cargo hold and a mechanism for detachably mounting the line sections to the ship. The line sections are joined together and have a first end portion disposed at the bottom of the cargo hold and a second end portion disposed in the vicinity of the loading hatch. The first end portion of the joined line sections have a plurality of gas openings and the second end portion of the joined line sections is connected to a centrifugal fan so that the pesticide-enriched air may be circulated through the bulk material.
Claims20
In a ship having a hull, a loading hatch and a cargo hold which has a bottom and may contain a bulk material, such as bulk foods, animal feed or the like, and a preparation that releases a pesticide, the preparation being placed on or beneath the surface of the bulk material and the area above the bulk material being enriched with the pesticide, a device for disinfecting the bulk material comprising line sections of a total length which may be adjusted to the height of the cargo hold, said line sections being joined together and having a first end portion disposed at the bottom of the cargo hold and a second end portion disposed in the vicinity of the loading hatch, said first end portion including a plurality of gas openings;
- a centrifugal fan connected to the second end portion of the line sections whereby the pesticide-enriched air may be circulated through the bulk material;
- and means for detachably mounting the line sections to the ship.
The device according to claim wherein the line sections are detachably mounted at the ship's wall.
In a ship having a loading hatch and a cargo hold which has at least one wall, a bottom portion, and an upper portion, a fumigation system comprising a plurality of detachably connected line sections having a first end portion disposed at the bottom of the cargo hold and a second end portion disposed in the vicinity of the loading hatch, the first end portion including a plurality of gas openings;
- means for securing the plurality of line sections to the ship;
- and means for circulating gas from the upper portion of the cargo hold to the lower portion of the cargo hold through the plurality of line sections, the circulating means including a fan connected to the second end portion of the line sections, and means for channeling gas from the upper portion of the cargo hold to the fan.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.