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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7992356 | Structural roof venting system for grain bin and associated method A roof system for a grain storage structure. The roof system includes a plurality of enclosures defined between adjacent roof panel surfaces. Each enclosure includes opposed exterior and interior wall segments oriented at an angle relative to the panel surfaces. The... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7975439 | Bulk storage building A storage building for the storage of corrosive materials. The storage building comprises a floor, a plurality of columns extending from the floor, a plurality of crossbeams with each beam connecting at least two of the columns, a plurality of substantially vertical... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7814714 | Apparatus and system to increase capacity of granular material storage structures An apparatus and method for increasing storage capacity of granular material storage structures. The apparatus includes a curtain assembly supportable from the roof structure of the granular material storage structure and above the sidewalls thereby defining a secon... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7600351 | Transfer terminal with surge bin A transfer terminal includes a storage structure bounding a chamber, the chamber being adapted to receive bulk material. A surge bin is at least partially disposed within the chamber of the storage structure. The surge bin receives the bulk material for dispensing. ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7392624 | Modular load-bearing structural column A practical method of manufacturing, assembling, and constructing a single silo or building or a cluster of polygonal storage silos using a column comprising horizontally-arrayed structural column panels. Column panels within a top horizontal array vertically aligni... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7246468 | Shade assembly for storage tank and method of use thereof A shade panel assembly that covers the top and sides of a storage tank. Such assemblies might also include a water dispensation system to dispense water mist substantially in the area of the shade assembly in the region between the assembly and the tank or substanti... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7240804 | Full contact floating roof A device and method of making a full contact floating roof for use in covering fluid bodies, such as storage tanks containing hydrocarbon fluids, allowing ease of construction, high integrity, and low maintenance cost. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7171786 | Window well A modular window well arrangement includes one or more window well members. The window well members can be interconnected in a vertically stacked arrangement to provide the required overall height. Snap-connectors interconnect the vertically adjacent window well mem... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173538 | Apparatus, system and method for monitoring a drying procedure An apparatus, system, and method provide drying procedure information through a user interface. A monitoring device transmits drying procedure data measured by sensors within a structure undergoing the drying procedure to a server. In response to requests received t... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7162844 | Use of partial precast panels for construction of concrete walls and shells A precast panel for building reinforced concrete walls has a metal liner that forms a front surface of the panel. A concrete mass is disposed behind the liner. The panel has reinforcement structure within the concrete mass that can be used to provide continuity of r... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7140211 | Tamper detection security for a tank trailer This invention relates to a security system aimed at closing and locking a cover of an opening of a tank trailer to avoid any tampering of its content and to prove that the content of the tank has not been tampered. The security system comprises a locking member mov... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7127854 | Bulk material storage facilities with access chases and/or internal filling structures A storage facility includes a storage structure having a floor and a boundary wall upwardly extending therefrom, the floor and boundary wall bounding a chamber adapted to receive bulk material. A tubular chase bounds a passageway and is at least partially disposed a... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7004737 | Methods and apparatus for forming concrete structures An apparatus for forming concrete structures includes a first truss module and a second truss module, as well as a first and a second concrete form. The apparatus further includes a first and a second actuator device. Each first and second actuator device is mounted... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6928717 | Site furnishings receptacle and method A receptacle includes a base and a cylindrical or annular sidewall attached to the base and extending above the base to an open upper end. The sidewall and base define an interior of the receptacle to receive items. The sidewall includes one or more rigid plates spa... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6922956 | Floating cover A floating cover or roof having a plurality of floating panels or panels is provided. The floating cover disposed in a storage tank includes a frame having a plurality of openings, the floating panels mounted into the respective openings, an inspection port formed o... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6715243 | Method for production of a silo To produce a silo or tank, plates provided with joining flanges are made, both plates and flanges being produced from aluminium alloy. The plates are joined to one another in order to form rings, and said rings are joined to one another in order to form a silo or ta... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6698143 | Flashing apron for grain bins A flashing apron for use in grain bins roofs which has apron segments comprised of a single sheet of metal with a plurality of spaced crease lines therein wherein the crease lines create a plurality of truncated areas in an upper surface of the apron segm... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6688057 | Structure of liner and primary containment vessel using its structure The present invention aims to reduce the manufacturing work load of a structure of a liner of a concrete wall. A plurality of liner anchors 10 is constructed longitudinally to one surface of a liner 11, and a plurality of flat bars 14 is constructed trans... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6649055 | Pump station for radioactive waste water A pump station for transferring radioactive particle containing waste water, includes: (a.) an enclosed sump having a vertically elongated right frusto conical wall surface and a bottom surface and (b.) a submersible volute centrifugal pump having a horiz... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6632999 | Toolless, self closing floor grommet closure for cable openings and the like in raised floors of data centers office buildings and other air conditioned structures A floor grommet for use in building and office structures supplied with air conditioning via under floor plenum. Directed flow of conditioned air is optimized by limiting the escape of air from the plenum into the space above the floor by leakage through ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6330767 | Unloading system for particulate materials bins An apparatus for efficiently removing grain from a grain storage device, which uses a plurality of augers. An unloading auger is used to begin removal of grain from a grain storage device. As the amount of grain decreases, a proximity sensor sends an acti... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6311438 | Silo for the storage of powdery products having a vibrating bottom A silo (1), in particular a vertical one, designed to store products in powder form, and having a vibrating bottom (3), suitable for favoring flow, and for equipping a fixing damper body (2) of a silo (1) by means of a joining element (9) and a fixing dam... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6247278 | Sewage digester cap A sewage digester cap for use with a generally cylindrical tank, the cap held in place by a series of concrete anchors to ballast the cap on the digester. The anchors are suspended from the cap by a series of steel cables. The cap includes a liquid sealin... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6247277 | Grain storage safety net system and method A grain storage safety net system and method is designed to reduce or prevent accidents involving grain carts and grain storage bins. The safety net system includes a strong and durable wide mesh netting which is secured to the inside periphery of either ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6199329 | Liquid storage system This invention relates to a liquid storage system for storing liquid products, particularly petroleum and its derivatives. An auxiliary dam (1) within a bund defined by a main dam (3) bounds an area (5) around a tank (2) in such a way that the contaminati... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6139241 | Multi-faceted modular silo for bulk solids A silo for gravity flow storage of bulk particulate solids comprises downwardly converging and downwardly diverging walls. The downwardly converging walls form angles to the vertical that satisfy the conditions for mass flow. The walls impose particle vel... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6086475 | Method of forming a grain pile A method of forming a grain pile by pushing grain into a buried insertion point. A screw conveyor grain at ground level from a receiving point to the buried insertion point. The screw conveyor creates a pile core at the insertion point and forcibly enlarg... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6055781 | Archbreaking hopper for bulk solids A hopper that greatly reduces the tendency of the particulate material to form bridges within the hopper is shaped so that its walls slope downward more steeply at the bottom of the hopper and slope less steeply with increasing height above the outlet. In... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5829209 | Method of manufacturing a silo or tank with a lining, and a wall sheet for manufacturing a silo or tank A method of manufacturing a silo or tank with a lining by using preformed wall sheets comprising, along the edges thereof, edge zones provided with bolt holes for connecting the wall sheets to each other with slight overlap, wherein wall sheets are used p... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5595037 | Method of building up a silo or tank with a lining, and a wall sheet for building up a silo or tank and method of manufacturing such wall sheet A method of and wall sheet for building up a silo with lining and a method of manufacturing wall sheets for such a silo. The wall sheets are pre-formed wall sheets, comprising a base sheet and a sheet of lining material, bonded thereto in a slightly stagg... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5570547 | Grain feed tank with swinging cap An agricultural grain storage or feed tank including a body with a roof having an upper inlet opening is provided with a roof cap assembly which includes an elongated and vertically extending control rod which is vertically and pivotably movable with resp... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5566506 | Grain bin lid opener A grain bin lid opener designed to selectively open and close the lid from ground level. A single cable originates from the ground level on one side of the grain bin, proceeds over the grain bin and through the top part of a galvanized pipe and then exten... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5538038 | Vacuum relief fitting for sanitary silos The object of the invention is to provide a tubular fitting for connection to an overflow pipe on a sanitary silo in order to introduce sanitary air into any siphonal discharge therefrom and thereby reduce vacuum in the silo to prevent its collapse by imp... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5495695 | Vaulted underground storage tank An underground storage system for hazardous liquids having an inner fluid storage tank surrounded by a larger outer containment vault with sufficient space between to allow for visual inspection of the tank. The inner tank has a rectangular parallelepiped... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5457919 | Sludge clarifier bottom A sludge clarifier vessel bottom is disclosed which, in one embodiment, includes a bottom wall of the vessel and a portion of a steel side wall of the vessel, the walls intersecting at a corner, the bottom including the walls and a primer coat thereon, an... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5448862 | Prefabricated component for building staircases The prefabricated component for building staircases comprises a supporting element made of foamed plastic material which extends longitudinally and is cut in the shape of steps along one of its upper surfaces. The supporting element is provided with a plu... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5444943 | Roof for a silo or the like Roof for a storage reservoir, such as a silo, having a frame with a rigid peripheral element, a central core element and a plurality of tension elements which are distributed about the peripheral element. The central core element includes at least two sup... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5427491 | Hatch cover for loading particulate matter A hatch cover is a tent-like fabric structure having a skirt with dimensions which fit around and is attachable to a periphery of a hatch to keep foreign substances from falling into the hatch. Examples of such substances are rain, snow, dust, and any oth... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5383313 | Mini Storage silo The mini storage silo comprises a tall, enclosed, octagonal structure which has a conical roof, two doors that swing away from one another to create a large opening into the interior thereof, an elevated floor, and a plurality of adjustable shelves therei... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5359823 | Gas lane barriers between modules of heat recovery steam generators A barrier for blocking a passage between adjacent modules of a heat recovery steam generator comprises at least one plate for extending between the modules. At least one bracket is mounted to the plate for engagement with each structure. The bracket has o... | 11/01/1994 |
