Storage tank with discharge conveyor

A storage tank for particulate material comprising:

• a tank having a hopper bottom converging to a bottom discharge opening;
• a base frame supporting the tank at a position raised from a ground surface on which the base frame can stand;
• the hopper bottom being shaped to locate the discharge opening at one corner of the base frame;
• a discharge conveyor mounted at the discharge opening to transport the particulate material from the discharge opening to an outer end of the conveyor;
• the conveyor being mounted for rotation about an upstanding axis at the discharge opening to move the conveyor from a retracted position along a side of the frame to an extended position at a selected angle outwardly from the frame;
• the frame being recessed at the discharge opening so that the conveyor is free to rotate from the retracted position to the extended position at the side of the base frame without restriction by the frame;
• wherein the tank is rectangular and the frame includes at least four upstanding legs with three of the upstanding legs arranged generally at a respective three of the corners of the tank;
• and wherein a fourth one of the four legs is spaced away from the respective fourth corner.

A storage tank for particulate material comprising:

• a tank having a hopper bottom converging to a bottom discharge opening;
• a base frame supporting the tank at a position raised from a ground surface on which the base frame can stand;
• the hopper bottom being shaped to locate the discharge opening at a side of the base frame;
• a discharge conveyor mounted at the discharge opening to transport the particulate material from the discharge opening to an outer end of the conveyor;
• the conveyor being mounted for rotation about an upstanding axis at the discharge opening to move the conveyor from a retracted position along a side of the frame to an extended position at a selected angle outwardly from the frame;
• wherein the tank is rectangular and the discharge opening is arranged at one corner;
• wherein the frame includes a plurality of upstanding legs and the frame is recessed with one leg of the plurality of upstanding legs being recessed inwardly from the side of the frame;
• wherein there is provided a platform mounted on the frame at one side of the tank and extending horizontally outwardly therefrom and a ladder which extends downwardly from one end of the platform;
• and wherein the ladder is movable to a stored position parallel to the platform and both the ladder and the platform are movable to a stored position along the side of the tank.