Patent ID: 8124009

Claim:
A method of aeration drying and disinfecting grain crops in bulk and pretreating seeds, comprising the steps of: filling a cavity located within a first portion of a case with a bulk of grain crops and seeds, the case having an inner perforated shell with a plurality of perforations and an outer solid shell; supplying a substantially vertical distributing device located within a second portion of the case with disinfecting and drying agents including an ozone and air mixture and surrounding air; subdividing the disinfecting and drying agents into a plurality of streams spaced from one another in a vertical direction; passing the streams from within the distributing device into the cavity and through the bulk of grain crops and seeds at different heights through levels located at corresponding heights of the bulk of grain crops and seeds transversely in a substantially horizontal direction, and from within the cavity through the plurality of perforations of the inner shell such that the disinfecting and drying agents are removed from the bulk of grain crops and seeds and subsequent contact of the agents with the bulk of grain crops and seeds is eliminated.