Patent ID: 7370434

Claim:
A system for drying lumber, the system comprising: a drying compartment, wherein said lumber is placed within the drying compartment; an air heating means for providing heated air to said drying compartment; a baffling means contained within said drying compartment for collecting water from the air, wherein said baffling means further comprises: a main chamber; an air intake that forms both an exit from said drying compartment and an entrance into said chamber; an air outtake that forms an exit from said chamber; a plurality of interleaved plates disposed within said chamber between said air intake and said air outtake; and a water outlet means for expelling water condensed from said plurality of interleaved plates; a directing means for directing air from said drying compartment to said air intake of said baffling means; a water collection means for collecting said expelled water from said water outlet means of said baffling means; and an air collection means for collecting air from said air outtake of said baffling means.