Bracket for connecting roof rafters to corrugated bin sidewalls
AssigneeSukup Manufacturing Company
InventorHasan Volkan Kebeli
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Abstract
An attachment bracket for securing a rafter to a sidewall in a bin having horizontal sidewall corrugations has a bracket having first and second attachment portions at right angles to each other. The first portion has a plurality of parallel horizontal corrugation adapted to nest in the parallel horizontal corrugations in an upper portion of a bin sidewall. The second portion extends upwardly and inwardly from the first portion to be secured to the lower end of an inclined rafter that supports a conical shaped roof for the bin.
Claims3
An attachment bracket for securing a rafter to a sidewall in a bin having horizontal sidewall corrugations, comprising:
- a bracket having first and second attachment portions at right angles to each other,
- the first portion having a plurality of parallel horizontal corrugations adapted to nest in the parallel horizontal corrugations in an upper portion of a bin sidewall,
- the second portion extending upwardly and inwardly from the first portion to be secured to the lower end of an inclined rafter that supports a conical shaped roof for the bin wherein the second portion has an upper edge with an elongated flange extending laterally away from the edge to nest inside a flange on the rafter.
A grain bin having a circular side wall with a plurality of parallel horizontal corrugations adjacent an upper edge, and a plurality of rafters extending upwardly and inwardly from the upper edge to support a conical shaped roof, and an attachment bracket securing the lower ends of at least some of the rafters to the upper edge of the side wall, the invention comprising,
- the attachment brackets each having first and second attachment portions at right angles to each other,
- the first portions having a plurality of parallel horizontal corrugations nesting in the parallel horizontal corrugations adjacent the upper portion of the bin wall,
- means for securing the first portion to the sidewall,
- the second portions extending upwardly and inwardly from the first portions, and
- means for connecting the second portions to the lower ends of the rafters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.