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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
May. 04, 2017
British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited, London, GB;
Daniel Augusto Ritt, Cachoeirinha, BR;
Jeronimo Scremin, Cachoeirinha, BR;
Valdir Milak, Cachoeirinha, BR;
Irving Joseph Berger, Cachoeirinha, BR;
Paula Fabiane Martins, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Vando Braz de Oliveira, Cachoeirinha, BR;
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED, London, GB;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for use in a flue-cured barn. The apparatus comprises a combustion chamber for burning fuel; an exhaust pipe for allowing combustion gases to leave the combustion chamber; and a fan for drawing the combustion gases along the exhaust pipe away from the combustion chamber and for generating a negative pressure within the combustion chamber and exhaust pipe compared with the pressure outside the apparatus.