Patent ID: 8291609

Claim:
An apparatus for drying grain in a storage bin, comprising: an air blower having an air inlet end and an air discharge end; said air discharge end of said air blower being in communication with the interior of the storage bin; a heat exchanger having an air passageway extending therethrough with an inlet end and an outlet end; said outlet end of said heat exchanger being spaced from said inlet end of said air blower; and an infrared heater spaced from said inlet end of said heat exchanger whereby infrared rays from said infrared heater will be directed into said air passageway of said heat exchanger so that said heat exchanger will be heated by said infrared rays to heat the air being drawn through said heat exchanger by said air blower; said air blower sucking heated air from said air passageway and blowing the same into said storage bin to dry the grain therein.