DISCHARGE APPARATUS FOR GRAIN DRIER Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: drying equipment. SUBSTANCE: discharge apparatus has set of wedge-shaped funnels 1, each provided with discharge opening arranged at lower end, chute disposed beneath funnels and having lower and upper parts with at least one window between them. Each part of chute has individual conveyor made in the form of, for example, run of closed scraper-type chain 2. Lower part of chute has side walls 5 and bottom 6 and upper part has side walls 3 with strips 4. Each strip 4 is disposed beneath discharge opening of respective funnel 1 and is separated from adjacent strip by gap for discharging grain into lower part of chute. Apparatus has at least one shield 7 arranged at side wall 3 of upper part of chute opposite mentioned gap. Such construction prevents grain from contamination by restricting from chute sides of grain flows spilling from strips into lower part of chute. EFFECT: wider operational capabilities and increased efficiency. 3 cl, 2 dwg