Moisture equalizer for a continuous flow grain dryer

Grain drying apparatus comprising:

• a pair of spaced apart pervious walls for confining a column of grain to be dried;
• a plenum chamber formed on one side of the outside of one of said air pervious walls;
• means for causing heated air from said plenum chamber to pass though said spaced air pervious walls and therefore through said column of grain to be dried;
• a grain diverting plate disposed between and spaced from said spaced air pervious walls, a first portion of said plate which is closest to said one air pervious wall being higher than a second portion of said plate which is closest to said other air pervious wall;
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• means for permitting the flow of grain between said first portion of said plate and said one air pervious wall, whereby the grain will flow faster in said column in the area between said one wall and said first portion of said plate than the grain in said grain column which is disposed between said second portion of said plate and said other air pervious wall so that the hottest and driest grain in said column which is closest to said one wall will flow faster than the cooler, wetter grain in said column of grain which is farther away from said one wall.

Grain drying apparatus comprising:

• a pair of spaced apart air pervious walls for confining a column of grain to be dried;
• a plenum chamber formed on one side of the outside of one of said air pervious walls;
• means for causing heated air from said plenum chamber to pass through said spaced air pervious walls and therefore through said column of grain to be dried;
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• a grain diverting plate disposed between and spaced from said spaced air pervious walls, a first portion of said plate which is closest to said one air pervious wall being higher than a second portion of said plate which is closest to the other air pervious wall;
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• means for permitting the flow of grain downwardly on both sides of said grain diverting plate whereby the grain will flow faster in said column in the area between said one wall and said first portion of said plate than the grain in said grain column which is disposed between said second portion of said plate and said other air pervious wall so that the hottest and driest grain in said column which is closest to said one wall will flow faster than the cooler, wetter grain in said column of grain which is farther away from said one wall.

Grain drying apparatus comprising:

• a pair of spaced apart air pervious walls for confining a column of grain to be dried;
• a plenum chamber formed on one side of the outside of one of said air pervious walls;
• means for causing heated air from said plenum chamber to pass through said spaced air pervious walls and therefore through said column of grain to be dried;
• flow control means for causing the grain to flow faster in said column in the area between said one wall and said first portion of said plate than the grain in said grain column which is disposed between said second portion of said plate and said other air pervious wall so that the hottest and driest grain in said column which is closest to said one wall will flow faster than the cooler, wetter grain in said column of grain which is farther away from said one wall.

Grain drying apparatus comprising:

• a pair of spaced apart air pervious walls for confining a column of grain to be dried;
• a plenum chamber formed on one side of the outside of one of said air pervious walls;
• means for causing heated air from said plenum chamber to pass through said spaced air pervious walls and therefore through said column of grain to be dried;
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• a grain diverting plate disposed between and spaced from said spaced air pervious walls defining a first grain flow passage between said grain diverting plate and said one air pervious wall and a second grain flow passage between said grain diverting plate and the other one of said air pervious walls, a first portion of said plate which is closest to said one air pervious wall being higher than a second portion of said plate which is closest to the other air pervious wall, whereby the grain will flow faster in said column in the area between said one wall and said first portion of said portion of said plate than the grain in said grain column which is disposed between said second portion of said plate and said other air pervious wall so that the hottest and driest grain in said column which is closest to said one wall will flow faster than the cooler, wetter grain in said column of grain which is farther away from said one wall;
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• wherein said grain diverting plate extends substantially continuously throughout the entire column of grain defined by the entire length of spaced apart air pervious walls whereby substantially all of the grain in said grain drying apparatus will be diverted in the same homogeneous manner at the level of said grain diverting plate.