Patents by Inventor Bernard Vauthier

Bernard Vauthier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Modular drier for drying grains
    Patent number: 4486960
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is a modular drier.Each module comprises two fans each supplying a common diffusion chamber (14) disposed between two columns of a group of columns (12, 13). Said chambers (14) adjoin a perforated wall of said columns comprising vertical deflectors, with the opposite wall of these columns, likewise perforated, communicating with a common chamber (15) for exhausting the air used for drying.The invention relates to a modular drier for drying grains, in which gravity draws the grain down in parallel sheets within vertical columns crossed horizontally by the drying air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1984
    Assignee: Renault Techniques Nouvelles Appliquees
    Inventors: Jean Maurice, Bernard Vauthier