Improvements in air distributing systems for drying kilns and the like

Abstract

Abstract 256,500. Klingler, A. Sept. 11, 1925, [Convention date]. Malt kilns. - A malt kiln comprising two or more superposed sections has air-distributing pipes 1 - - 5 which communicate at their ends with vertical air ducts formed in the walls of the kiln and which have regulable air outlets. A, valves D being provided between the pipes for controlling the supply of air to the section below the pipes. By closing the valves, the malt in the upper sections of the kiln can be ventilated, while that in the section beneath the pipes is maintained at a high temperature. The pipes may be divided by central partitions into divisions that communicate with air channels in opposite walls of the kiln. Further, several pipes may be supplied with air from a common air channel.

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