US1330709A - Storage-building - Google Patents

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G F. HURT.

STORAGE BUILDING.

AHLICM'IDN man MAY 22, 1912.

1,330,709. Patented Feb, 10, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEORGE FLETCHER HURT. OF ATLANTA. GEORGIA, A SSIGNOli, TOTRATT ENGINEERING 6r. MACHINE COMPANY, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, A CORPORATION OF GEORGIA.

STORAGE-BUILDING.

Application filed May 22, 1919.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, (lnonoi: I. Hum, 21 citizenof the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Storage-lluildings, of which the following is a specification, referones being had therein to the accompanyin drawing.

10 his invention is a novel storage building, and refers more especially to the structure and .form of a building for storing and handling by means of cranes materials in bulk, of which fertilizers may be taken as 16 example. The main objects of the inve'ntion are to afford a storage building which; is economical of structure, ample iniivailuble storage space, well adapted for the operations of the crane and safe from 20 liability tosu'chinjury as'frequently occurs tostorage buildings from thepressui'c of the stored materials. Other and further objects and u'dv'antagejs of the" resent invention will be 'made'clear in the. ereinaftor following 23 description of ubuildingi; in which thepres ent invention is embodied, or will be apparent-to those skilled in the art.

To the'attainment of such objects and advantagesthe present invention consists in 80 the novel storage building and the novel features of structure, arrangement, and combination herein deswribcd or illustrated; In't'he accompanying, drawings forming a part hereof, the gii'igle figure is a more or less 85 diagrammatic transverse section and clovetion of a storage building, embodying the principles of the present invention.

It will be understood that the buildin may be of any desired-length, the len 40 being increased at will by" the addingof units or sections, to each of which the present. invention is applicable.

Referring to the drawings, the main columns 10 at the opposite sides of the build ing 'xnaybe multiplied longitudinally as far as desircdyaccordingto the length o'f the building. These columns are shown as supporting outer side walls 11. As will be explaincd, however. thes'e side walls donot ex-' to tend entirely to the base, so that the space between the lower ends of the columns is open. Extending across from side to side are the roof'trusses 1-2,.with any suitable roofing and concomitnnts,as may be desired.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 10, 1920.

Serial No. 299,059.

At the opposite interior sides of the building are the loo itudinal beams or tracks 13, on which i-untie \vheelsat the ends of the crane girder or bridge 14. As u f). the crane is indicated a carriage 15, whiclrmay slide or roll transversely along the length of the girder 14, and from the carriage hangs the bucket 16, which may be lowered and elevated, and pnened and closed in the usual manner. By e u and doivn,the transverse, and the longitudinal movements described, the bucket is capable of reaching, every portion of the building with the trifling exception hereafter noted. It reaches every ioint between the opposite upright side we ls, 11, and it will be observed that below the overhead crime the space between the side walls is free and unobstructed for the operations of the crane. The purpose of the crane 'is to serve as an overheadv conveyor, either for'int'roducing the fertilizer or other material inthe'form of a. pile or for rem'oving it, and the particular form and operation of the illustrated conveyor are not herein claimed. r

' The side walls 11 may be of very cheap construction, as they are merely protective and receive no strain. These are shown as terminating at a. point above the flooring, which is approximately half the/height of the desired pile of stored materiel. From this point extending outwardly and down- Iwardly, preferably at a slant, are the shed extensions 17 at each side, these also being merely protectivein nature, and cheap and light of construction. These, as will be seen, receive at eachside. the toe of the piled material. It is herein assumed that the piled-up material will have at its sides a slope of a. proximately 45. For a substantially ifi'erent slope or' angle of repose. of the material being stored, the ex tent of the side walls 11 and the shape of the sheds 17 might be correspondingly alrerec.

" By a'iough line 18, I have indicated the approximate form ofthe sides ofthe pile of stored'meterial which can be accommodated in the described storage building, and by 19 the'preferred form of the top of such pile, it being shown truncated. In some cases the pile might 'be continued to a central apex,-es indicated by the dotted lines 20, but this would require the roof, the

rial could not be crane, aml therefore the buildin as a whole to be that extent higher, with relatively small gain of storage volume, disproportionate to the added cost o't' the structure. I prefer the building and the stored pile to b substantially as shown in full lines, this giving a substantially greater \olumc of storage. for the cost of thestrurturc than any building heretofore known with which preferably approximately twice the height material, that is, b:

of the pile of stored 2a. At least the width is materiallyreater than the height of the pile, so that y the use of the extension sheds the pile will have a truncated form. I

The im ortance of the shed extensions 17 will now assuming the side walls 11 to extend straight to the ground, these being of light and cheap construction would not s cc to serve as a retaining wall. In other words, the matepiled up to the hei ht in- The dotte lines dicated by the lines 18.

- 21 indicate a triangle which is approxi cause walls to diverge, to th mately the maximum stora space that would be available. Under t e assumed dimensions this would be {,aXb cubic feet per foot of length of the' building. With such a building the only agevolume' could be increased would be to replace the side walls .11 by solid and expcnsively constructed retaining Walls. Many stored materials tend to expand laterally, not merely from mechanical pressure, but from expansion within the mass, or equivalent known to expand to such an extent as to' e permanent injury of the building. It is one of the advantages of the present invention that the necessarily heavy retaining walls, to avoid this, are wholly dispensed with, and a structure which is light,

temporary will adequately serve.

the employment of the shed extension B 17 this result is attained, because the material may now be piled up to the point indicated by the lines 18, .19 the natural form that the piled material will take. The material extends outwardly be yond the columns 10, and into the sheds 1'2, as indicated. The pile being of natural e explained. Without these, and

, ical handling mode in which the storaction.- Fertilizer has been' inexpensive, or even and 18. This is and in fact the side walls, take no pressure whatsoform, the sheds, are required to ever.

It will readily be seen that the stora e volume by the present invention will Es approximately 11X?) cubic feet per foot of building length, that is, twice the volume available with an ordinary building in which the material is piled, as indicated by the dotted lines 21. Moreover, this practically double storage capacity is at relatively no additional expense, as the shed walls 17 are cheap and easily constructed, and they substantially merely replace the omitted lower portions of the side walls 11. Moreover, every part of the stored material will be readily accessible to the crane buckets, with the exception of a portion of the material beneath the shed walls 17, and this is of very small proportionate amount and easily made accessible by other means. The increased volume accessible to the crane, it will be noted, is afforded without any increase whatsoever in the travel of the crane itself.

It will, thus be seen that I have described a storage building embodying the rinciples and attainin disadvantages of t 0 present invention. ince many matters of design, arrangement, structure and combination may be variously altered without do arting from the principles, it is not intend invention tosuch features exce as set forth in the appended claims.

What is. claimed is: t}

1. A building for the storage and mechanof bulk material, consisting of the body of the buiidin -supported by upright columns, opposite upright side walls extending from the roof 'down to a point substantially above the floor, free unobstructed space between the opposite side walls for movements of a handhn apparatus above the piled material, a mec anical handling apparatus operating between such side walls, and an exterior lean-t0 shed, the walls of which are continuations of said side walls, and into which the toe of th piled material zna extend.

2. A storage bui ding for storing bulk ma; terial in pile form, the same hav ng an in,- terior overhead conveyor arranged to 0 erate between the opposite walls to intro uce material in the form of a pile or to remove such material, main side walls giving free s ace for the conveyor movements between in em and above the pile, and outward wall and he. a.

to limit the a t in so far extensions at the lower opposite sides of the' pile of 8 even building adapted for sj jring depth,

for the operations of a crane. an interior overhead bucket crane located above the pile and arranged to travel longitudinally and laterally to give access to all points between the opposite side walls for introducing or removing material. and external shed extensions at the foot of the opposite side walls to receive the toe of the pile at Q'Rt'll side.

4. A storage building for storing bulk material in the form of a truncated pile of given depth. the same having opposite side walls spaced farther apart than the pile and an interior overhead conveyor arranged to operate between the opposite walls; said side walls having their lowen portions provided or formed with outward wall extensions at the lower opposite sidesof the building adapted to receive the toe of the pile ateach side, and thereby permit the material to be piled substantially as shown, without injurious side pressure against the walls.

tweenlhe column lines A storage building having overhead handling means operatin longitudinally and laterally within the building walls to introduce in the form of a pile and remove bulk material, and comprising the upright columns, roof and generally u )right inclosing walls, constructed to give ree space bet'or the operation of thematerial handling means, at least. one of the longitudinal inclosing walls extending do'wmvardly below the roof and being at its lower portion disposed beyond the column line, to form a longitudinal shed to receive the toe of the piled material, whereby the stored material may be piled so high within the building as to extend substantially beyond the column line without injurious pressure against the wall.

In testimony whereof, I have affixed my signature hereto.

GEORGE F. HURT.

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