Device for germinating and drying malt

Claim 1

IN A MALT DRYING AND GERMINATING APPARATUS, A BASIC CHAMBER HAVING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL WALL, A CENTRAL VERTICAL STACK SPACED RADIALLY INWARDLY OF SAID CYLINDRICAL WALL, VERTICALLY SPACED HORINZONTAL WALLS EXTENDING FROM SAID CYLINDRICAL WALL TO SAID STACK, AND DIVIDING SAID BACIC CHAMBER INTO A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL SUPERIMPOSED WORKING CHAMBERS, A MALT DRYING AND GERMINATING RACK IN EACH WORKING CHAMBER BETWEEN SAID HORIZONTAL WALLS AND DIVIDING EACH WORKING CHAMBER INTO AN AIR INLET CHAMBER ABOVE SAID RACK, AND AN AIR OUTLET CHAMBER ABOVE SAID RACK, AIR INLET DUCTS LEADING INTO EACH INLET CHAMBER BENEATH THE ASSOCIATED RACK THEREOF, DOOR MEANS IN EACH AIR INLET DUCT VARYING THE VOLUME OF AIR SUPLIED THROUGH SAID INLET DUCTS, AN AIR OUTLET DUCT LEADING FROM EACH AIR OUTLET CHAMBER ADJACENT THE TOP THEREOF, DOOR MEANS FOR VARUING THE FLOW OF AIR THROUGH SAID OUTLET DUCTS, AN AIR CIRCULATING BLOWER AT THE BOTTOM OF SAID CENTRAL STACK, AN AIR HEATING CHAMBER AT THE BOTTOM OF SAID BASIC CHAMBER AND HAVING HEATING MEANS THEREIN, AN AIR INLET DUCT LEADING FROM SAID HEATING CHAMBER TO SAID BLOWER, ANOTHER AIR INLET DUCT ADMITTING AIR AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURE TO SAID AIR HEATING CHAMBER, AIR CIRCULATING MEANS DISPOSED OUTSIDE OF SAID WORKING CHAMBERS AND HAVING COMMUNICATION WITH SAID AIR OUTLET DUCTS LEADING FROM SAID AIR OUTLET CHAMBERS FOR WIHDRAWING SPENT AIR THEREFROM, CONVEYOR MEANS IN EACH WORKING CHAMBER ABOVE THE ASSOCIATED RACK FOR CONVEYING MALT THEREONTO, MALT TURNOVER MEANS ADJACENT SAID CONVEYOR MEANS FOR TURING OVER THE MALT ON EACH RACK, INDIVIDUAL DRIVE MEANS ON THE OUTSIDE OF SAID WORKING CHAMBERS ADJACENT EACH CONVEYOR MEANS FOR TURING OVER THE MALT ON THE ASSOCIATED RACK DURING HEATING AND GERMINATING THEREOF, SAID RACKS BEING MOUNTED FOR TURNING MOVEMENT ABOUT SAID WORKING CHAMBERS AND TURING THEREABOUT DURING DRYING AND GERMINATING OF THE MALT AND BEING INDIVIDUALLY DRIVEN AND ACCOMMODATING THE CIRCULATION OF AIR THERETHROUGH.