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US 11,987,442 B2Granted
Skid mounted storage system with collapsible silo for flowable material
Assignee543077 Alberta Ltd.
InventorsMarlea Sleeman, Lonny James Thiessen, Roland Dean Thiessen
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Abstract
A collapsible storage system for flowable material, for example granular material, includes a base frame and an upper frame which is movable between a collapsed position and a working position spaced above the collapsed position. A plurality of storage silos are supported in a row, each including a hopper discharge cone on the base frame and a collapsible tubular wall assembly connected between the discharge cone and the upper frame. Redundant loading conveyors are provided in communication with the silos across the upper frame for loading and redundant unloading conveyors are provided in communication with the silos across the base frame.
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A collapsible storage system for flowable material, for use with an auxiliary system which is identical in configuration to the storage system, the storage system comprising:
- a base frame;
- an upper frame supported above the base frame such that the upper frame is movable relative to the base frame between a collapsed position and a working position in which the upper frame is spaced upwardly in relation to the collapsed position;
- at least one storage silo comprising:
- a discharge mechanism supported on the base frame comprising a rigid wall extending downwardly from an upper perimeter edge to a bottom end locating at least one discharge opening therein;
- and
- a tubular wall assembly extending from a bottom end connected to the upper perimeter edge of the discharge mechanism to a top end connected to the upper frame so as to be extendable in overall height relative to the base frame with the upper frame between said collapsed position and said working position, in which a hollow interior of said tubular wall assembly is in open communication with the discharge mechanism to define the storage silo in the working position thereof;
- wherein said at least one storage silo comprises a plurality of storage silos supported on the base frame in a longitudinal row;
- wherein the storage system further comprises an unloading conveyor assembly extending along the base frame in a longitudinal direction of the longitudinal row in communication with each of the storage silos;
- and
- wherein the unloading conveyor assembly protrudes longitudinally outward from at least one end of the base frame such that the unloading conveyor assembly is arranged for discharging onto the unloading conveyor assembly of the auxiliary system when the storage system and the auxiliary system are positioned longitudinally end to end with one another.
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A collapsible storage system for flowable material comprising:
- a base frame;
- an upper frame supported above the base frame such that the upper frame is movable relative to the base frame between a collapsed position and a working position in which the upper frame is spaced upwardly in relation to the collapsed position;
- at least one storage silo comprising:
- a discharge mechanism supported on the base frame comprising a rigid wall extending downwardly from an upper perimeter edge to a bottom end locating at least one discharge opening therein;
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- a tubular wall assembly extending from a bottom end connected to the upper perimeter edge of the discharge mechanism to a top end connected to the upper frame so as to be extendable in overall height relative to the base frame with the upper frame between said collapsed position and said working position, in which a hollow interior of said tubular wall assembly is in open communication with the discharge mechanism to define the storage silo in the working position thereof;
- wherein said at least one storage silo comprises a plurality of storage silos having respective discharge mechanisms supported on the base frame in a longitudinal row, the storage system further comprising two unloading conveyors supported on the base frame to extend longitudinally alongside one another in which each discharge mechanism is arranged to discharge material onto each of the unloading conveyors.
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A collapsible storage system for flowable material, for use with an auxiliary system which is identical in configuration to the storage system, the storage system comprising:
- a base frame;
- an upper frame supported above, the base frame such that the upper frame is movable relative to the base frame between a collapsed position and a working position in which the upper frame is spaced upwardly in relation to the collapsed position;
- at least one storage silo comprising:
- a discharge mechanism supported on the base frame comprising a rigid wall extending downwardly from an upper perimeter edge to a bottom end locating at least one discharge opening therein;
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- a tubular wall assembly extending from a bottom end connected to the upper perimeter edge of the discharge mechanism to a top end connected to the upper frame so as to be extendable in overall height relative to the base frame with the upper frame between said collapsed position and said working position, in which a hollow interior of said tubular wall assembly is in open communication with the discharge mechanism to define the storage silo in the working position thereof;
- wherein said at least one storage silo comprises a plurality of storage silos supported on the base frame in a longitudinal row extending in a longitudinal direction;
- wherein the storage system further comprises a loading conveyor assembly extending along the upper frame in the longitudinal direction in communication with each of the storage silos;
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- wherein the loading conveyor assembly protrudes longitudinally outward from at least one end of the base frame such that the loading conveyor assembly is arranged for discharging onto the loading conveyor assembly of the auxiliary system when the storage system and the auxiliary system are positioned longitudinally in series with one another.
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A collapsible storage system for flowable material comprising:
- a base frame;
- an upper frame supported above the base frame such that the upper frame is movable relative to the base frame between a collapsed position and a working position in which the upper frame is spaced upwardly in relation to the collapsed position;
- at least one storage silo comprising:
- a discharge mechanism supported on the base frame comprising a rigid wall extending downwardly from an upper perimeter edge to a bottom end locating at least one discharge opening therein;
- and
- a tubular wall assembly extending from a bottom end connected to the upper perimeter edge of the discharge mechanism to a top end connected to the upper frame so as to be extendable in overall height relative to the base frame with the upper frame between said collapsed position and said working position, in which a hollow interior of said tubular wall assembly is in open communication with the discharge mechanism to define the storage silo in the working position thereof;
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- a liquid storage vessel supported within a boundary volume defined by the upper frame and the lower frame and which is not occupied by said at least one storage silo.
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A collapsible storage system for flowable material comprising:
- a base frame;
- an upper frame supported above the base frame such that the upper frame is movable relative to the base frame between a collapsed position and a working position in which the upper frame is spaced upwardly in relation to the collapsed position;
- at least one storage silo comprising:
- a discharge mechanism supported on the base frame comprising a rigid wall extending downwardly from an upper perimeter edge to a bottom end locating at least one discharge opening therein;
- and
- a tubular wall assembly extending from a bottom end connected to the upper perimeter edge of the discharge mechanism to a top end connected to the upper frame so as to be extendable in overall height relative to the base frame with the upper frame between said collapsed position and said working position, in which a hollow interior of said tubular wall assembly is in open communication with the discharge mechanism to define the storage silo in the working position thereof;
- wherein the tubular wall assembly comprises at least one section formed of a rigid tubular material and at least one section formed of a flexible tubular material, in which the sections are connected in, series with one another along a height of the tubular wall assembly.
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A collapsible storage system for flowable material comprising:
- a base frame;
- an upper frame supported above the base frame such that the upper frame is movable relative to the base frame between a collapsed position and a working position in which the upper frame is spaced upwardly in relation to the collapsed position;
- and
- at least one storage silo comprising:
- a discharge mechanism supported on the base frame comprising a rigid wall extending downwardly from an upper perimeter edge to a bottom end locating at least one discharge opening therein;
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- a tubular wall assembly extending from a bottom end connected to the upper perimeter edge of the discharge mechanism to a top end connected to the upper frame so as to be extendable in overall height relative to the base frame with the upper frame between said collapsed position and said working position, in which a hollow interior of said tubular wall assembly is in open communication with the discharge mechanism to define the storage silo in the working position thereof:
- wherein said at least one storage silo comprises a plurality of storage silos in a row extending in a longitudinal direction along the base frame, further comprising an unloading assembly comprising an unloading conveyor in association with each storage silo so as to be in alignment with the discharge opening of the associated storage silo, the unloading conveyors being arranged to discharge material laterally to one side of the base frame transversely to the longitudinal direction;
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- wherein the unloading conveyors are pivotal between a lateral configuration discharging laterally to one side of the base frame and a longitudinal configuration in which the unloading conveyors communicate in series with one another in the longitudinal direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.