Grain dryer and cooler

Claim 1

IN A GRAIN DRYER, THE COMBINATION OF A HORIZONTAL BASE PLATE, A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL HOLLOW BODY MOUNTED HORIZONALLY ABOVE SAID BASE PLATE AND DEFINING A DRYING CHAMBER THEREIN, SAID BODY HAVING CLOSED ENDS, A BOTTOM PORTION, A PAIR OF SIDE PORTIONS AND A TOP PORTION PROVIDED WITH AN OUTLET OPENING FOR DRYING GASES, MEANS ON THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID BODY FOR DELIVERING GRAIN TO BE DRIED INTO SAID CHAMBER, A SCREW CONVEYOR FOR DRIED GRAIN PROVIDED LONGITUDINALLY ON SAID BASE PLATE BELOW SAID BODY, THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE BODY BEING FORMED WITH A DRIED GRAIN OUTLET OPENING COMMUNICATING THE BOTTOM OF SAID CHAMBER WITH SAID CONVEYOR, A GRAIN AGITATOR COMPRISING A SHAFT EXTENDING AXIALLY IN SAID CHAMBER AND ROTATABLY JOURNALLED IN THE CLOSED ENDS OF SAID BODY, PAIRS OF ARMS EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM SAID SHAFT, A HORIZONTALLY ELONGATED SCOOP CARRIED BY THE OUTER ENDS OF EACH PAIR OF SAID ARMS, SAID SCOOP HAVING A CLOSED OUTER WALL, A PAIR OF CLOSED SIDE WALLS AND AN OPEN INNER PORTION ORIENTED RADIALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID SHAFT SO THAT THE OPEN INNER PORTION IS UPPERMOST WHEN THE SCOOP IS IN THE BOTTOM PORTION OF SAID CHAMBER BUT IN A LOWERMOST WHEN THE SCOOP IS IN THE UPPER PORTION OF THE CHAMBER TO PERMIT GRAIN TO FALL FROM THE SCOOP TO THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE CHAMBER, MEANS CARRIED BY ONE SIDE WALL OF EACH SCOOP AND IN WIPING CONTACT WITH THE BOTTOM AND SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID BODY FOR GATHERING AND DELIVERING GRAIN FROM THE BOTTOM PORTION OF SAID CHAMBER INTO THE SCOOP, A PAIR OF VERTICAL SIDE PLATES EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE SIDE PORTION OF SAID BODY TO SAID BASE PLATE, A PAIR OF LONGITUDINAL PARTITIONS DISPOSED OF OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID CONVEYOR AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE BODY TO THE BASE PLATE IN INWARDLY SPACED RELATION FROM THE RESPECTIVE SIDE PLATES, SAID SIDE PLATES AND SAID PARTITIONS COACTING WITH THE BOTTOM AND SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID BODY AND WITH THE BASE PLATE TO DEFINE A PAIR BURNER COMPARTMENTS, BURNERS PROVIDED IN SAID COMPARTMENTS, THE SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID BODY BEING PROVIDED WITH SCREENED OPENINGS COMMUNICATING SAID BURNER COMPARTMENTS WITH SAID CHAMBER, OPENABLE CLOSURE MEANS PROVIDED FOR THE GRAIN OUTLET OPENING IN THE BOTTOM PORTION OF SAID BODY, A DRIED GRAIN COOLER PROVIDED ON SAID BASE PLATE OF ONE END OF SAID BODY, AND MEANS FOR DELIVERING DRIED GRAIN FROM SAID CONVEYOR TO SAID COOLER.