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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 1978
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1976
Barney K Huang, Raleigh, NC (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a farm structure that may be utilized as either a curing and drying facility or as a plant growth facility. By making minor alterations the structure may be readily converted from a curing and drying facility to a greenhouse type plant growth facility, or vice versa. Thus, the structure becomes a multi-purpose farm structure that may be continuously and substantially utilized. Moreover, the present invention relates to a method and structure for utilizing available solar radiation in curing and drying tobacco. Generally, the tobacco curing and drying structure comprises an enclosure adapted to support bulk tobacco therein. A combination air blower and heating system is disposed in said curing and drying structure and operative to force air through the bulk tobacco therein, the heating system being capable of heating the forced air as necessary to maintain desired environmental conditions within said curing and drying structure. Exteriorly, the tobacco curing and drying structure includes a transparent wall and roof structure which serves to transmit solar radiation into the interior of said structure. Heat associated with the solar radiation transmitted into the structure is ultimately transferred to the bulk tobacco therein for curing and drying the tobacco.