Patent ID: 9618262
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: F26B

Claim:
1. A column deluge suppression system for a grain dryer, the system comprising: an inlet in fluid communication with a drainage elbow; at least one vertical column section in fluid communication with the drainage elbow and extending along an exterior of a grain dryer; a starter section in fluid communication with the at least one vertical column section and extending from the exterior of the grain dryer to the interior of the grain dryer at a location proximate the top of the grain dryer; a column deluge manifold in fluid communication with the starter section, the column deluge manifold having a plurality of elongated deluge drops that are in fluid communication with a plurality of grain columns in the grain dryer; wherein the column deluge manifold includes a plurality of horizontal sections assembled together with the starter section such that the column deluge manifold forms an annular, segmented column deluge manifold; wherein each of the starter section and the plurality of horizontal sections has three deluge drops positioned over each of the plurality of grain columns; wherein the starter section has a drop inlet elbow; and wherein one of the deluge drops extends from the drop inlet elbow.