Patent ID: 8863402

Claim:
A dryer ( 101 ) for drying objects of material, the dryer comprising: a container-like body ( 102 ) that is in a substantially vertical or inclined position, a drying space ( 119 ) for a drying process, a feeding arrangement ( 104 , 105 ) for the material to be dried in a lower part of the body, a discharge arrangement ( 113 , 112 ) for the material to be dried in an upper part of the body, means ( 124 ) for directing drying gas into the body substantially in the upper part of the body, means for taking off the drying gas in the lower part of the body, and a sieve arrangement for allowing the drying gas and water to pass through, the sieve arrangement being in the lower part of the body, wherein said means for taking off the drying gas are under said sieve arrangement and the drying space ( 119 ) is arranged to be essentially full of material to be dried from the sieve arrangement up to the discharge arrangement of the material to be dried when dryer is in use, wherein the sieve arrangement ( 109 ) is substantially in the form of a funnel opening towards the upper part of the body and located above the feeding arrangement, wherein the sieve arrangement ( 109 ) is movable in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the body, and wherein the material to be dried is organic.