Patent ID: 8556688

Claim:
An integrated aerator for storage and drying silos configured to be installed directly over a grains unloading tunnel of a silo and used for capturing air, comprising: a modular outer structure having an underneath opening formed therein for capturing air into the modular outer structure through the underneath opening; a rotor disposed within the modular outer structure and positioned over the underneath opening; a rotation shaft associated with the rotor; and a motor disposed within the modular outer structure to drive the rotation shaft to rotate the rotor in order to capture air through the underneath opening and blow out the captured air through shutters and exits formed in a perimeter of the modular outer structure; and wherein the shutters and exits are arranged to direct the captured air inside the silo through the perimeter, and the rotor, the rotation shaft and the motor are formed as a single modular structure with the modular outer structure, and the single modular structure is configured to be retroactively installed into the storage and drying silo.