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Liner for tower silo and method of installing same

  • US 4,625,478 A
  • Filed: 10/29/1984
  • Issued: 12/02/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for converting a conventional tower silo to a bottom unloading sealed silo, said conventional tower silo including an upright side wall having an inside surface surrounding a chamber for storing material, an upper end, and a lower end anchored to the ground, a roof mounted on the upper end of the silo wall covering the upper end of the chamber comprising:

  • air impervious liner means located in said chamber adjacent the inside surface of the side wall, means attaching the liner means to the side wall to hold the liner means in engagement with said inside surface, said linear means having an upper portion of the liner means to the support means, said means attaching the upper portion of the liner means to the support means including yieldable means for biasing the upper portion of the liner means in an upward direction, an inner wall located adjacent the inside of the lower end of the side walls, and floor means engageable with the inner wall at the lower end of the side wall, said floor means having means to accommodate a bottom material unloading machine.

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