Pre-fabricated grain elevator
AssigneeABL Engineering Ltd.
InventorKlaus U. Driedger
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Abstract
A grain elevator utilizing pre-cast concrete elements includes a plurality of vertical rows of bins, which slope from front to back to an angle of approximately 30.degree., the front ends of the bins being located above office, receiving, grain cleaning or shipping and agro-product warehouse space; a tower or cowl at the front end of the elevator housing bucket elevator heads and distribution conveyors for loading the bins; a discharge manifold for removing the grain from the lower, rear ends of the bins, and conveyors for delivering the grain to trucks or to bins for feeding the grain into railway cars.
Claims5
A grain elevator comprising a building defined by a base, a top wall, front and rear side walls and a pair of end walls extending between said front and rear side walls;
- a plurality of parallel, vertically extending rows of inclined bins constructed from prefabricated modules, said bins extending between said front and rear side walls, said bins having an integral slope of predetermined angle;
- feed means for individually loading each bin in each vertical row at the upper end thereof with grain;
- and a normally closed discharge means for individually loading each said bin in each vertical row at the lower end of the bin;
- each said bin including a plurality of sections interconnected in end to end relationship to define a bin, a plurality of bins being stacked one on top of another to form a vertical row of bins, the top of each bin being closed by a superjacent bin, and the tops of of the uppermost bins being closed by a roof;
- said feed and discharge means being located within said elevator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.