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Modular floor panel system

  • US 4,709,519 A
  • Filed: 07/15/1983
  • Issued: 12/01/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A modular grain bin floor comprising in combination:

  • (a) a plurality of elongated modular grain bin floor panels each having opposite side edges and opposite ends, each of said panels formed of bendable sheet metal and including a plurality of modules each located between said side edges, said modules of each panel being disposed in end-to-end relation to one another and forming a substantially continuous upper surface extending the length of said panel between said opposite ends, a reverse-bend hem of said sheet metal extending transversely of the respective panel between and integrally joining each adjacent pair of said modules to one another, each of said hems extending downwardly relative to said upper surface and providing transverse support for said panel, and each of said hems providing means for facilitating severance of said modules whereby at least one of said modules can be separated from the respective modular floor panel along such hem for forming panels of selected lengths, said panels being disposed in coplanar relationship with one another and with said side edges of adjacent panels adjacent to one another;

    (b) a support beam extending subjacent each said pair of adjacent panel side edges; and

    (c) a plurality of support posts for each of said beams, each of said posts straddling the respective beam and being in generally vertical alignment therewith.

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