Malting plant and method in which the grain is successively moved and aerated during malting

Claim 1

IN A MALTING PLANT, IN COMBINATION, A BIG ROOM, IN SAID ROOM A ROW OF PARALLEL MALTING COMPARTMENTS SEPARATED BY LOW WALLS AND HAVING A PERFORATED FLOOR, THERE BEING NO PILLARS IN SAID ROOM BETWEEN AND BEING NO PILLARS IN SAID MEANS FOR PASSING AIR THROUGH THE PERFORATIONS IN SAID FLOOR AND THE GRAIN MALTING THEREON IN SAID COMPARTMENTS, MEANS FOR INDIVIDUALLY CONTROLLING THE SUPPLY OF AIR TO EACH COMPARTMENT, A DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING STEEPED GRAIN TO ONE OF SAID COMPARTMENTS, A DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING THE FINISHED MALT DISCHARGED FROM ANOTHER OF SAID COMPARTPARTMENT OR ONTO SAID TRANSPORTING DEVICE WITHOUT ANY DISPLACEMENT IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE COMPARTMENTS, SAID CONVEYER BEING MENT AND OPERABLE TO TAKE THE GRAIN FROM ONE COMPARTMENT AND DISCHARGE IT INTO THE NEXT COMPARTMENT OR ONTO SAID TRANSPORTING DEVICE WITHOUT ANY DISPLACEMENT IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE COMPARTMENTS, SAID CONVEYER BEING MOVBLE ALONG EACH OF SAID COMPARTMENTS INDIVIDUALLY, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CONVEYER FROM ONE COMPARTMENT TO ANY OTHER OF SAID COMPARTMENTS, INCLUDING SAID OUTLET COMPARTMENT, IN WHICH SAID CONVEYER IS OPERABLE TO DISCHARGE THE FINISHED MALT ON TO SAID TRANSPORTING DEVICE.