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US 2018/0295782 A1Published application
Portable Grain Silo
OwnerFreddy Dawoudinventor
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Abstract
A flexible portable silo for storing grains and bulk materials, comprising a flexible cylindrical wall and a flexible conical roof made of a flexible, foldable, tension bearing sheet membrane, and a single pressure bearing post, with outriggers installed at the top of the post. The flexible cylindrical wall and conical roof are then draped over the outriggers and post and filled with grain or other bulk material.
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A bulk storage silo for storing grain, comprising:
- a vertical post comprising a bottom end and a top end;
- a base, wherein the base is rigidly attached to the ground, wherein the bottom end of the vertical post is rigidly attached to the base;
- at least three linear outriggers mounted at a first distance from the top end of the vertical post, such that the outriggers are perpendicular to the vertical post, wherein all the outriggers are approximately the same length, each outrigger comprising a free end;
- a flexible cylindrical wall comprising a bottom opening and a top opening, wherein a radius of the top opening is approximately the same as the horizontal distance from the vertical post to the free end of an outrigger;
- a flexible conical roof attached to the top opening of the flexible cylindrical wall, wherein the height of the conical roof is approximately equal to the first distance, wherein the radius of the conical roof is approximately equal to the radius of the flexible cylindrical wall;
- wherein the vertex of the flexible conical roof rests on the top end of the vertical post;
- wherein the top opening of the flexible cylindrical wall is draped over the free ends of the at least three outriggers;
- wherein the bottom opening of the flexible cylindrical wall rests on the base;
- wherein the flexible conical roof comprises an opening for filling the bulk storage silo with bulk items;
- wherein the flexible cylindrical wall comprises an opening for emptying bulk items out of the bulk storage silo.
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A method of assembling a bulk storage silo, comprising:
- creating a base, wherein the base comprises concrete cast in the ground, wherein the base comprises at least one bolt in approximately the middle of the base;
- attaching at least three outriggers to a vertical post in a moment-resistant connection, wherein the vertical post comprises a top end and a bottom end, wherein the at least three outriggers are attached at a first distance from the top end of the vertical post, wherein the at least three outriggers are perpendicular to the vertical post;
- mounting the bottom end of the vertical post to the base using the at least one bolt in such a way that the vertical post is perpendicular to the base and to the ground;
- attaching a flexible conical roof to a top end of a flexible cylindrical wall, wherein the height of the flexible conical roof is approximately equal to the first distance;
- raising the flexible conical roof and the flexible cylindrical wall to a height that is greater than the height of the vertical post;
- draping the flexible cylindrical wall and the flexible conical roof over the at least three outriggers in such a way that the bottom end of the flexible cylindrical wall touches the base and the top end of the flexible cylindrical wall touches the at least three outriggers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.