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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8020349 | Multi-form silo storage system A silo storage unit is created to enable an owner to conveniently store and dispense any number of materials. In one implementation, the storage silo is configured to store and dispense a heating fuel material. The silo storage unit may be implemented as a temporary... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7487619 | Water tank A blending of geometrical shapes combine the best features of a pipe tank (standpipe) and a common multi-legged elevated tank. The bowl of an elevated tank has been designed as the top section of a standpipe or tube tank. This type design provides the near constant ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7114629 | Medical waste disposal system A carrier is configured to hold a container having a door mounted for reciprocation between opened and closed positions. The carrier includes a body adapted to receive the container as well as an extension coupled for reciprocal movement with respect to the body. Th... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6920841 | Unitary construction animal feeder and method for manufacture An animal feeder has a feed hopper that has a filling end and a feeding end. The proximate ends of three or more legs are permanently attached to the feed hopper. A skid assembly is permanently attached to the distal ends of the three or more legs. ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6904724 | Piling based pool system and method A piling based pool system uses standard pilings, which are either pre-cast concrete, wood, or steel, etc., which pilings are drilled or driven into the ground in standard fashion with appropriate beams interconnecting the pilings. Some of the pilings are used to su... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6629395 | Wall unit forming method and apparatus A method of forming a wall unit having a veneer face is disclosed. Initially, a pair of side wall panels and a pair of end panels are mounted substantially upright. Stones or other suitable material are set sequentially in a horizontally disposed course u... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6447674 | Gravity flow sludge load-out system A gravity flow sludge load-out system for rapid and accurate loading-out of large volumes of treated biosolids from a wastewater dewatering plant, said system includes a plurality of hoppers 12, 14 supported by a main structure 16 having a plurality of ve... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6318034 | Elevated storage tank An elevated water storage tank comprises a reservoir supported by a pedestal with a concrete bell portion supporting a cylindrical shaft section that is no more than one quarter the width of the reservoir. The bell portion has a polygonal cross-section wi... | 11/20/2001 |
| 5956908 | Concrete container A concrete container for introducing concrete into formworks includes an upwardly open vessel with a downwardly narrowing bottom portion with an outlet opening and a flexible pipe connected to the outlet opening for distributing the concrete. Underneath t... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5586678 | Bulk hopper tank lid opener assembly A bulk hopper tank assembly which has a bulk hopper tank containing an opening at the top end thereof wherein a lid assembly selectively covers the opening. The lid assembly includes a lid, a generally vertical arm extending along the exterior side of the... | 12/24/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5490479 | Method and a product resulting from the use of the method for elevating feed storage bins A method for and a product resulting from the use of the method for elevating livestock feed storage bins having multiple supporting legs that avoids the need to lift the entire storage bin by crane or other elevating devices, the method including the ste... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5150550 | Silo made of suspended sheets Silo for diverse products in bulk, particularly plastic bottles, characterized by a hull (2) constituting its walls, and being formed of thin plates (3) suspended from, or attached to respective horizontal (4) and vertical plates (5) carrying profiles con... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5149301 | Baffle means for roof ridge ventilator A ventilator for straddling an aperture in a roof of a building, the ventilator comprising at least one rectangular cover panel having an interior surface and an exterior surface. A plurality of longitudinally spaced interior walls are provided for suppor... | 09/22/1992 |
| 4991613 | Method for storing a hazardous liquid A hazardous liquid, such as a flammable liquid or an explosive liquid, is stored by constructing off-site a transportable module comprising a liquid storage tank mounted within a leak-tight prefabricated, reinforced, concrete vessel. The module is transpo... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4960151 | System for storing a hazardous liquid A hazardous liquid, such as a flammable liquid or an explosive liquid, is stored in a module including a liquid storage tank mounted within a leak-tight prefabricated, reinforced, concrete vessel. The module is supported on a foundation. A fire retardant ... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4928449 | Elevated sundeck The present invention relates to an improved deck device which is elevated with respect to associated structure. The device includes an elevated platform having sidewalls angled with respect to the horizontal. The sidewalls may be covered with a reflectiv... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4860915 | Baghouse with integral wall stiffeners A housing for an industrial baghouse constructed of a plurality of panels having a stiffening element integral with the wall. Each panel is similarily constructed in the shape of an elongated "U". The panels are arranged upright in juxtaposition to, and i... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4626166 | Method for the placement of a trailer-mounted sand hopper A trailer-mounted sand hopper having a trailer pivotally mountable at the front end of a motor-driven truck. The sand hopper is tiltably mounted on the rear portion of the trailer and is releasably secured to the rear portion of the trailer. The hopper is... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4561222 | Large container especially a silo A large container, especially a silo, having a unitary, or one-piece material holding main part. A generally conically shaped unloading hopper is secured to the base of the main part by means of relatively thick, solid flange means which provides exceptio... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4557086 | Grain bin floor support system A grain bin floor support system is disclosed that uses short posts, each formed by appropriately bending a piece of sheet metal into a V-shape such that the legs of the post diverge from one another and can be gripped and resiliently bent toward one anot... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4513547 | Multi-purpose elevated water storage facilities An elevated water storage facility includes a fluted pillar which is divided into a plurality of levels so the facility is multi-purpose. One embodiment of the facility includes an outer wall surrounding the pillar.... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4486989 | Elevated storage tank An elevated liquid storage tank has a tubular concrete shaft on which is supported a metal tank body. The tank body has a unitary bottom wall having an endless horizontal plate bearing on the top of the concrete shaft, and inner and outer conical portions... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4465420 | Self-erecting portable paving mix silo A self-erecting silo assembly comprises a horizontally elongated trailer frame and a cylindrical paving mix bin that overlies the frame when in a horizontal transport position, with its front side lowermost and its top end near a front end of the frame. R... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4348872 | Bulk ice bin A storage bin for bulk ice has upper and lower sections that completely enclose a space in which ice cubes are stored. These ice cubes are produced by an ice making machine and are delivered to the ice bin by a conveyor which is inclined upwardly away fro... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4338752 | Collapsible silo A storage silo includes a support structure and a disassemblable container mounted on the support structure with its longitudinal axis extending vertically. The container includes a plurality of neighboring sections which conically diverge in the downward... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4327531 | Storage tank construction A tower is disclosed for the elevated storage of water or other liquids. The tower includes a concrete cylindrical shell having an upper distal portion, and a steel tank mounted co-axially at the upper distal portion. The tank has a lower floor opening fo... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4249351 | Self-erecting surge bin Self-erecting apparatus for transporting and temporarily storing material such as asphalt; the apparatus includes a surge bin and a drag chute for transporting the asphalt material from a drum plant to the surge bin. The drag chute and the surge bin are p... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4223797 | Storage tank A storage tank having a shell in the form of a body of revolution mounted on supporting uprights. The guides equispaced around the external surface of the shell, along its generatrix, accommodate flexible elements whose ends are attached to the tensioning... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4218859 | Working bin A cluster of working bin modules resembling the cells of a honeycomb is used for storing tons of particulate commodities. This structure eliminates the need for corrugated sheet metal walls thereby reducing the explosion hazard. The bins share common smoo... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4112634 | Storage bin A storage bin such as a silo or the like having a plurality of sections adapted to be superimposed one on the other. The respective sections increasing stepwise in external dimension, in axial succession from bottom to top of said bin, and being telescopi... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4111314 | Transportable silo A transportable silo assembly is provided which includes a self-supporting structure with a platform with an opening in it, pillow blocks mounted on the platform, trunions journaled in the pillow blocks, a silo mounted on the trunions for pivotal movement... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4073396 | Movable container adjustable in height, for loading on a vehicle In a vehicle having a chassis and intended for the transportation and spreading of materials, a combination comprises a chassis extension, a loading and unloading device mounted on the chassis by means of the chassis extension. It includes a hoist having ... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4040218 | Vessel with an upright shell A vessel, particularly a silo, has an upright shell of circular outline wherein a median part supports an upper part and rests on a lower part. Each of the upper and median parts consists of four arcuate sections which are secured to each other by strips ... | 08/09/1977 |
| 3985254 | System and method for loading and unloading a storage apparatus from a vehicle A method for loading on a vehicle provided with a pivotable handling arm or for unloading from the vehicle, a storage apparatus, such as a silo or tank, which may be inclined between an operative position in which a reference plane of the apparatus is rou... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3943671 | Building structure supported above ground by a cradle-like means A dwelling for humans comprising a preferably prebuilt housing enclosure which maximizes living space approximately at the eye level of a person seated therewithin. The enclosure is supported above the ground in cradle-like support means which are partial... | 03/16/1976 |
