Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids – Apparatus – Houses – kilns – and containers
Patent
1983-06-16
1985-06-04
Schwartz, Larry I.
Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids
Apparatus
Houses, kilns, and containers
34212, 34225, 432500, F26B 906
Patent
active
045205795
ABSTRACT:
A tobacco curing bin for use in a tobacco curing kiln is provided, the said bin comprising a box-like structure with opposing ends, a top, a front, a back, a floor, and having tynes adapted to pierce and support the tobacco leaves therein; each said end being adapted to be impervious to the flow of curing air; the said front being adapted with holes to receive said tynes and having at least one gate to permit loading and unloading of the bin; the said back being adapted to provide a support for the tobacco leaves in the bin when the bin is being loaded or unloaded and further adapted to receive said tynes; the said tynes being adapted to pass through the holes in the front, to pierce the tobacco leaves and to engage with the said back to support the tobacco leaves within the bin; the said floor being adapted to be pervious to the flow of curing air and being characterized in that said floor is adapted to slope upwardly from the ends to a middle portion in said floor to permit an improved flow of curing air through the floor, the tobacco leaves, and out the top of the bin to affect curing of the tobacco leaves therein; each said bin being further adapted to be adjacent to and seal against other like tobacco bins in the kiln to prevent the flow of curing air between adjacent tobacco bins.
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De Cloet Ben
De Cloet Dan
Krempa Ted
De Cloet Ltd.
Schwartz Larry I.
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