AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT DRYER Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC F26B15/04 

FIELD: heating, drying.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to drying equipment, in particular to annular counterflow dryers and can be used for drying loose agricultural products, for example, grain. A dryer for agricultural products comprises a fixed annular drying chamber with holed bottom to supply heat carrier to the material layer, loading and unloading devices which are connected to the central shaft from time to time. The drying chamber comprises a feeder in the form of a bin with metering device set along the whole chamber radius with an unloading device; a flow down tray able of copying the dried layer surface is connected to the metering device by hinges. The feeder in the dryer can be made as a bin with an unloading device, connected to the central shaft with the possibility of conjoint rotation in the drying chamber during the material loading and unloading.

EFFECT: ensuring the process intensification and improving uniformity of drying by adjusting the thickness of the loaded material layer and its unloading.

2 cl, 2 dwg