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EP 0 072 633 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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17.10.1984 Bulletin 1984/42 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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23.02.1983 Bulletin 1983/08 |
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Date of filing: 23.07.1982 |
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18.08.1981 GB 8125171
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Applicant: BENTALL SIMPLEX LIMITED |
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Inventor: |
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- Layton, Terence William
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Improvements in and relating to grain drying apparatus |
(57) A grain dryer of the concurrent flow type wherein drying air is introduced into the
top of a column above a grain bed in the column and grain is evenly distributed on
to the top of the bed by a rotatable distributor which acts automatically to control
the feed of grain in accordance with grain discharge. In accordance with a further
feature the distributor is designed to avoid "pioughing" into a grain bed and so acts
to maintain a flat top surface for the grain bed.