Grain storage bin wall panel

• US 4,240,562 A
• Filed: 04/02/1979
• Issued: 12/23/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Richard C. Holschlag
• Original Assignee: Richard C. Holschlag
• Inventors: Holschlag, Richard C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lowrance, George E.
• Application Number:
  US06/025,780
• Time in Patent Office: 631 Days
• Field of Search: 220/5 R, 220/1 B, 220/5 A, 220/71, 220/72
• US Class Current: 220/565
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 90/08 Interconnections of wall parts; Sealing means therefor

Abstract

A storage bin, comprising a plurality of sheet members comprised of deformable light gauge metal. The sheet members are generally of flat rectangular stock with a corrugation or brace means formed in one side. The sheet members are assembled in cylindrical tiers with the flat side portion of one sheet member spanning the interior of the corrugation on an adjacent sheet member to form a vertical brace. Additional tiers of sheet members are assembled with the vertical braces thereof aligning the vertical braces in the tiers below to create a plurality of continuous vertical brace members. The overlapping of the corrugation by the side edges of adjacent panel members creates an interior wall surface of the storage bin which is substantially smooth.

Claims

1. A grain storage bin or the like, comprising,

a horizontal floor means,

a cylindrical wall means having inside and outside surfaces on said floor means,

said wall means comprising a plurality of sheet members of generally rectangular configuration having top, bottom, and first and second vertical side edges,

a vertical corrugation formed in each sheet member adjacent said first sides edge thereof to form a vertical brace,

the remainder of each of said sheet members being substantially smooth except for said corrugation,

the vertical brace of each sheet member being superimposed over and outside the second side edge of the laterally adjacent sheet member to place said brace on the outside surface of said wall means, said second side edge completely spanning said corrugation of the laterally adjacent sheet member to create a substantially smooth surface at the inner surface of said wall means,

fastener means for securing each sheet member to the second side edge of the laterally adjacent sheet member, said fastener means being arranged adjacent said vertical brace on opposite lateral sides thereof and vertically positioned from adjacent said top edge to adjacent said bottom edge of each sheet member such that the second side edge of each sheet member cooperates with the vertical brace superimposed thereover to form a generally rigid tubular structural member,

said wall means further comprising a plurality of tiers of said sheet members with the corrugations of each tier being in substantial vertical alignment with the corrugations of the other tiers to create substantially continuous vertical braces.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the bottom edges of the sheet members in each upper tier extend over the outside of the upper edges of the sheet members in the tier immediately thereunder.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein substantially all of said sheet members are identical in size.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein at least some of said tiers being formed in a complete circle within said wall means.

5. A grain storage bin or the like, comprising,

a horizontal floor means,

a cylindrical wall means having inside and outside surfaces on said floor means,

said wall means comprising a plurality of sheet members of generally rectangular configuration having top, bottom, and first and second vertical side edges,

a vertical corrugation formed in each sheet member adjacent said first sides edge thereof to form a vertical brace, the remainder of each of said sheet members being substantially smooth except for said corrugation,

the vertical brace of each sheet member being superimposed over and outside the second side edge of the laterally adjacent sheet member to place said brace on the outside surface of said wall means, said second side edge completely spanning said corrugation of the laterally adjacent sheet member to create a substantially smooth surface at the inner surface of said wall means,

said wall means further comprising a plurality of tiers of said sheet members with the corrugations of each tier being in substantial vertical alignment with the corrugations of the other tiers to create substantially continuous vertical braces,

the upper portion of each corrugation being cut out to form an edge portion in a horizontal plane, and a clip means on said edge portion to form a bearing surface, the corrugation in the sheets in the upper tiers resting on said clip means.

6. The device of claim 5 wherein said clip means includes a shelf portion which extends over said edge portion.