Patent ID: 6257498
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: A01G,A01M

Abstract:
An agricultural air handler apparatus comprising:a shroud having a top, a bottom, a first end having a first outlet and a second end having a second outlet, and an air inlet, said air inlet proximate the top of said shroud;a shaft having a first shaft end and a second shaft end, a first propeller mounted proximate the first shaft end and proximate the first end of said shroud;a second propeller mounted proximate the second shaft end and proximate the second end of said shroud;a shaft drive means for rotating said shaft;said shroud formed to surround said first propeller, said second propeller, said shaft drive means, and said shaft;said agricultural air handler apparatus mountable to a tractor, and said tractor having an exhaust pipe; anda tubular exhaust line connectable to the exhaust pipe of said tractor, said exhaust line routed proximate the air inlet of said shroud for feeding an engine exhaust from the tractor into the air inlet of said shroud.