Silo, kit and method for constructing a silo
AssigneeSce
InventorsFrancky Vanparys, Andy Vanparys
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a silo (1) comprising one or more cells (2), each cell comprising one or more outlet openings (3), wherein said cells have an angular cross-section and wherein said outlet openings have a non-angular cross-section, wherein said outlet openings and said cells are connected to one another by means of a transition plate (4), wherein the angle a between the wall of the cell and said transition plate is constant along the radial periphery of the outlet opening. The present invention also relates to a kit and a method for constructing such silo.
Claims20
A silo (1) comprising one or more cells (2), each cell (2) comprising a plurality of walls defining a perimeter and an outlet opening (3), wherein said one or more cell (2) has an angular cross-section and said outlet opening (3) has a non-angular cross-section, wherein said outlet opening (3) and a corresponding wall of said one or more cells (2) are connected by means of a curved transition plate (4) having upper and lower edges, the curved transition plate having a curvature along the upper edge between an uppermost point disposed between two adjacent walls of said cell and a lowermost point disposed along one of said two adjacent walls, wherein an angle α between the cell perimeter and the upper edge of said curved transition plate is constant.
A kit for the assembly of a silo (1), the kit comprising:
- A. a plurality of wall panels;
- B. one or more outlet openings (3);
- C. connecting elements for said wall panels and said outlet openings (3);
- D. one or more curved transition plates (4),
- wherein said one or more curved transition plates, when mounted in a silo (1), defines a constant angle a between a cell perimeter and an upper edge of said one or more curved transition plate (4),
- and wherein the curved transition plate has a curvature along the upper edge between an uppermost point disposed between two adjacent walls of a cell and a lowermost point disposed along one of said two adjacent walls.
The method for the construction of a silo (1), comprising the steps of (i) the vertical construction of one or more cells (2) having an angular cross-section;
- (ii) positioning of one or more outlet openings (3) underneath the one or more cells (2);
- and (iii) connecting walls of said cells (2) to the one or more outlet openings (3) by means of a curved transition plate (4), providing a curvature along an upper edge of the curved transition plate between an uppermost point disposed between two adjacent walls of said cells and a lowermost point disposed along one or another of said two adjacent walls, wherein an angle α between a perimeter of said one or more cells (2) defined by the cell walls and the upper edge of said curved transition plate (4) is constant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.