Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Fluent material hopper or storage container with material port – Elevated container – leg-supported
Patent
1978-05-22
1980-08-26
Perham, Alfred C.
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Fluent material hopper or storage container with material port
Elevated container, leg-supported
52197, 52263, 52295, 52743, E04H 724
Patent
active
042188598
ABSTRACT:
A cluster of working bin modules resembling the cells of a honeycomb is used for storing tons of particulate commodities. This structure eliminates the need for corrugated sheet metal walls thereby reducing the explosion hazard. The bins share common smooth walls which are joined where they intersect by connectors which form hollow vertically-extending prisms. After the hexagonal modules have been erected and connected, the prisms are filled with concrete to form a watertight seal between adjacent bins and to permit the prisms to support heavy equipment mounted on top of the cluster. The hexagonal working bins are mounted on columns formed by concrete-filled vertical tubes. Each column is attached to the foundation by a ground anchor having a structure providing high shear strength to resist earthquake damage. Each column includes at its top a short hollow hexagonal prism; horizontal struts connect the hexagonal prisms of adjacent columns. The lower edges of the bin walls are welded to the tops of these struts. Hoppers welded to the struts form the bottoms of the bins. The individual hexagonal bins are built on the ground on their sides, and are thereafter hoisted above the ground in a horizontal attitude and while suspended in the air they are rotated to a vertical attitude and lowered into their positions on top of the columns.
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