US1164055A - Silo and building-tiles therefor. - Google Patents

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E. BABB.

SILO AND BUILDING TILES THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV 15 1 1,1 64,055. Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

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SILO AND BUILDING mes THEREFOR. 7

APPLICATION FILED NOV-15,1912. 1,164,055. Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

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EDWIN BABB, 0F AKRON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR 'IO NATIONAL FIRE PROOFING COMPANY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

SILO AND BUILDING-TILES THEREFOR.

Application filed November 15, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN BABB, a resident of Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Silos and Building- Tiles Therefor, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, 111 which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a silo built in accordance with my inven tion. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line IIII of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view similar to Fig. 2, of a portion of the silo. Fig. d is a plan view of a portion of one course or row of thehorizontally extending tiles with the concrete. removed. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view on the line V-V of Fig. 41-. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line VIVI of Fig. 3; and Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view through a portion of two doors showing a modified form of junction between adjacent doors.

My invention relates to silos and build ing tiles for use in the construction thereof, and is designed to provide a tile which can be cheaply manufactured and which is provided with means for receiving reinforcing rods to prevent the spreading of the tiles due to the internal pressure caused by the weight of the silage.

My improved tile also provides means by which silos may be rapidly and cheaply constructed, does away with the use of expensive connecting devices, and provides connecting means which reinforce the silo and at the same time retains the tiles in their proper position.

The precise nature of my invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, which will now be described, it being premised, however, that various changes may be made in the details of construction and general arrangement of the parts, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, as defined in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the numeral 2 designates the tiles from which the body of the silo is composed, while 3 and 1 designate the end or door tiles placed at the ends of each row of'tiles 2. Each tile 3 is equal in length to one of the tiles 2, while each tile 4 is only one- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

Serial No. 731,634.

half the length of a tile 3, as can be seen by reference to Fig. 1 of the drawings.

7 Each tile 2 is closed at the top, bottom and sides, and has a plurality of l0ngitudinal openings therethrough, subdivided by partitions 5 and 6. Each of these has a deep longitudinal recess 7 in its upper surface, the lateral walls of which, as well as the upper surface of the tile at each side of the recess 7, are formed with grooves 8. Each tile also has a plurality of longitudinal grooves 9 in'its bottom face. The tiles 3 and 4: are each provided with vertically extending recesses, divided by partitions 10, the ends and sides of these tiles being closed. The top of each of the tiles 3 and 1 is provided with grooves or recesses 11 which form continuations of the grooves 7 in the tiles 2.

After the foundation has been laid, a circular row of the tiles 2 is first laid. A cast iron plate, such as indicated at 12 in Figs. 1 and 3 is then laid on the top of the first course at the point where the opening in the silo is to be formed. The end tiles, such as 3 or 4, are then placed on each side of the plate, and the row is completed by placing the tiles 2 in position. After the first row has been laid, a strip of reinforcing material is laid in the recess 7 in the top of this course, the ends of which strip are connected to I-bars 13. These bars are provided with eyes for the reception of a connecting member 11 to secure the ends of the reinforce to each other. The space is then filled with concrete or cement and, a small portion of cement is placed on the top of the second course of tiles. The third course is then started by placing end tiles, such as 4-, above the tiles 3, which are one-half the length of the tiles 3. The course is then completed by laying the tiles 2; and after this course has been laid, a second reinforcing strip is laid in the groove in the tops of the tiles, the ends of this strip are connected to each other by a bar 15, whose ends are shaped in. the same manner as the inner ends of the eye-bars 13, which extends across the door-way. This operation is repeated until the proper number of courses have been laid to complete the silo.

Each of the end tiles is recessed as indi cated at 16, to receive doors 17, which are held in position by means of the material within the silo and 17 are packing members between the doors and the walls of the recesses 16. The upper face of the door plate 12 is flanged, as indicated at 18, while the lower face of the door 17 is shaped to fit the flange, to exclude all moisture from the outside, and to prevent any of the moisture from the silage to pass outwardly through said joint. The joints between adj acent doors may be made by a plain tongue or groove joint, as indicated in Fig. 6, or the tops and bottoms of the doors may be shaped as indicated in Fig. 7.

In the drawings, I have shown the connecting rods 14 between the ends of the reinforcing rods connected to I-members 13 which, in turn, are connected at 13 to the ends of the reinforcing elements, while the rods 15 in every alternate course are connected to the reinforcing rods at 13 beyond the edges of the end tile. By this ar rangement, I am enabled to remove the tie of every alternate course, so as to provide an opening to permit entrance to the silo at any point above the point from which the silage has been removed, or the point to which it has been filled.

It will be noted that, with the exception of the vertically extending door tiles 3 and 4,

. the tiles in all the courses are of similar form.

It will also be noted that the concrete within the recesses 7 form continuous reinforced beams and that'the reinforce of each beam is entirely embedded within the body of the beam, being at a different level than the adjacent joint between the courses. This not only gives a reinforced beam of maximum cross sectional area and strength; but it also makes it impossible for any water entering the joint from the outside of the structure to find its way to the reinforce to cause rusting and destruction of the latter. In building these structures the concrete in the re- CQSSBS 7 becomes 111010 01' less S65 before the concrete beams, and this is effectively accomplished by the construction described.

A further advantage of the construction consists in the arrangement of the vertitically extending tiles adjacent to the door opening. It will be noted that these tiles are alternately of longer and shorter lengths in succesive courses so as to break joints and bond these tiles with the adjacent horizontally extending tiles. 'Also that the vertically extending tiles have recesses into which the reinforcing members extend; and that these reinforcing members can be readily connected by ties across the door openings at as many of the courses as may be clesired. The vertically extending side cavities in the tiles adjacent to the door opening also provide spaces into which the mortar between adjacent tiles can flow and thus form a secure connection between adjacent tiles. These door tiles are also provided with recessed inner portions which form seats for the doors under the pressure of the contents of the silo.

The advantages of my invention result from the provision of a silo having reinforcing rods seated in grooves in the upper faces of the tiles.

I claim A silo built of a plurality of superimposed rows of tiles, there being a doorway in said silo, the tiles having horizontally extending grooves in their upper faces for receiving reinforces, the tiles at the sides of the doorway having vertically disposed openings extending through them and vertically disposed recesses on their inner faces for the reception of doors, the tiles of the silo between the tiles at the sides of the doorway having horizontally disposed openings therethrough, and a metal reinforce lying within the horizontal grooves in the upper faces of the tiles, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

EDWIN BABB. lVitnesses A. J. RowLEY, GRACE A. SUDEFIELD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Iatents.

Washington. I). C.

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