Support for a grain bin floor and method of making the same
AssigneeSukup Manfucaturing Co.
InventorsSteven E. Sukup, Tun Ge, William C. Shepherd, Charles E. Sukup
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Abstract
A floor support for a grain bin floor made from a sheet of galvanized steel having a top surface, a bottom surface and flat ends. The floor support has a plurality of flanges and notches disposed within the top surface and a plurality of openings disposed through the sheet of galvanized steel. Positioned between each opening is a first bend. Positioned on either side of selected first bends is a second bend thereby forming a z-shaped floor support.
Claims7
A method of manufacturing a floor support for a grain bin, steps comprising:
- providing a sheet of metal;
- removing material from a top surface to define alternating notches and flanges;
- bending the sheet at locations centrally located in each notch to create a plurality of first bends;
- bending the sheet on each side of alternating first bends to form a Z-shape.
A method of forming a floor support for a grain bin, comprising the steps of:
- removing a sheet of galvanized steel from a decoiler feed system;
- placing the sheet in a blanking die and cutoff station where the sheet is punched and cut to form notches, flanges, and openings;
- moving the sheet to a corrugating die where first and second bends are formed;
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- moving the corrugated sheet to a waive forming die where the corrugated sheet is bent in opposite directions at each first bend to form a Z-shape.
A corrugating die for forming a floor support for a grain bin, comprising:
- a top section having a plurality of die blocks slidably connected to a plurality of cylinders;
- a bottom section having a plurality of die blocks slidably connected to a plurality of support members;
- wherein the top die blocks move toward a top stationary block in relation to the cylinders and the bottom die blocks move toward a bottom stationary block in relation to the support members when a sheet of metal is pressed between the top section and the bottom section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.