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US 9,132,461 B2Granted
Support for a grain bin floor and method of making the same
AssigneeSukup Manufacturing Company
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.
Claims8
A corrugating die for forming a floor support for a grain bin, comprising:
- a top section having a plurality of cylinders connected to a frame;
- a top stationary block connected to one of the plurality of cylinders;
- a support block connected to at least one of the plurality of cylinders and having an outwardly extending flange that receives a top connection spring;
- a top moveable die block attached to each top compression spring;
- a bottom section having a plurality of support members connected to the frame and a bottom stationary die block connected to the frame;
- the plurality of support members each having a flange that receives a bottom compression spring;
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- a bottom moveable die block attached to each bottom compression spring.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.