Particulate material storage structure
US4841693A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 26, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF26B9/02
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A building for storage grain or other particulate material. Two side walls spaced laterally from each other provide lateral support for the base of a pile of such particulate material and lower support for a roof. A roof spanning and supported fixedly on the side walls so as to cover the building has a ridge extending longitudinally, two arrays of structural trusses with one array extending between each of the side walls and the ridge and two canopies with one canopy covering the array on each side. Each canopy slopes upwardly from one of the side walls at an angle more than the angle of repose of such particulate material. A plurality of panels extend longitudinally, each depending from and supported fixedly by one of the arrays. The panels are arranged in several pairs facing each other on opposite sides of the ridge with each pair in a different tier. The panels of each tier are positioned vertically and horizontally to provide lateral support for a pile of such particulate material between the side walls and prevent the pile from bearing directly against the canopy on either side if and when the pile accumulates to heights where part of the pile comes between the panels of such…
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