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US 4,281,489 AGranted
Floor support for grain drying and storage bin
AssigneeContinental Agri-Services, Inc.
InventorsDaniel R. Kallestad, David F. Barr
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Abstract
A floor support for supporting a perforated floor in a grain drying and storage bin of the type having a plenum chamber and a grain drying and storage chamber. The floor support includes a plurality of floor support members each comprising at least three vertically disposed tubular members joined together near their tops and bottoms by a pair of horizontally disposed brace members.
Claims12
A floor support for supporting a perforated floor in a grain drying and storage bin comprising a floor support unit having:
- at least three vertically disposed tubular members, said tubular members being parallel to each other and disposed in a non-linear pattern to enable said floor support unit to be free standing;
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- first and second brace members for connecting said tubular members together to form said floor support unit, said first brace members being secured to each of said tubular members near the upper ends thereof in a load bearing position with respect to the perforated floor and said second brace members being secured to each of said tubular members near the lower ends thereof, said first brace member having a generally rectangular cross-section with opposing narrow side surfaces and opposing wide side surfaces, one of said narrow side surfaces being horizontally disposed along the upper ends of said tubular members for load bearing engagement with the perforated floor.
A grain drying and storage bin with an improved floor support comprising:
- a concrete base;
- a generally cylindrical housing extending upwardly from said base;
- a perforated floor disposed within said housing, said floor being parallel to and spaced vertically from said concrete base;
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- a plurality of floor support units for supporting said perforated floor, each of said units including:
- at least three vertically disposed tubular members, said tubular members being parallel to each other and disposed in a non-linear pattern to enable said floor support unit to be free standing;
- and
- first and second brace members for connecting said tubular members together to form said floor support unit, said first brace member being secured to each of said tubular members near the upper ends thereof in a load bearing position with respect to the perforated floor and said second brace member being secured to each of said tubular members near the lower ends thereof, said first brace member having a generally rectangular cross-section with opposing narrow side surfaces and opposing wide side surfaces, one of said narrow side surfaces being horizontally disposed along the upper ends of said tubular members for load bearing engagement with the perforated floor.
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