US1468647A - Bunker - Google Patents

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' Sem., 25, 1923,. www? C. PAFF y BUNKER Filed Feb. 14 1920 ff i W33 if 551 1 /30 ,Q l l '2 1 7g Q0 fr 15/ l r f f7 5 l 28H ,Q9 Z5 29 Q Q4- l 94 79 f2 .j 20 9/ 9. v y fo ,Q2 QQ r v /F 25 59 Q Patented Sepe. 25, w23.

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.application and February 14, 192e. semi No. asasee.

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Beit known that l, CHAnnns Parr, arcitla zen of the United States,v and a resident of Y New York, in the county of New York `and State of New` Yorkphavev invented certain new and usefulV Improvements in a Bunker, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification. i

This invention relates to a class of structures adapted to be used for 'storage of coal, grain, etc. j

My invention has for its obj ect' primarily to'provide a bunker designed to be employed for storing grain, coal and the like whereby large quantities of theproducts may be accumulated atfgiven-localities for general distribution as well as being pro! tected during intervals from exposure to weather, and .which -is constructed to withstand the v'strain V`ofheavy loads on its inf terior without its walls tending to bulge or give wayasis incident to bunkers-and storage Vstructures 44or" ordinary construction. The invention consistsessentia'llyo-a chamber having preferably reinforced concrete vor steelV walls formed of joined corner Sections and intermediate sections, the corner sections being curved throughout three- Vquadrants thereof and the intermediate sections being semi-cylindrically curved.V All of Vthe walls are-.made preferably 01"' rein- Jforced concrete or steel so that when stressedV in tension under the weight of a load the pressure'at the marginal parts of the body of the contents of thercharnber will be dis- 'tributed in lateral directions as well as in outward directions relative to the center'of the body. The chamber is supported on a f trestle with passageways for vehicles, and

v livery to the chutes.

thechamberhas a bottom composed of ad-l jacent downwardly tapered pockets each `with a gatecontrolled outlet leading into one of the passageways to allow vehicles to berreadily loaded. Above the chamber may be spaced chutes one leading toward each Vof the taperedsections of the bottom, in

order tolperinit coalan'd Y'grain delivered to the chamber to be evenly distributed therein, and above Vthechanaber is a conveyer which is operable `forV carrying products pr de- VA further 4object of the invention is to i.. provide a bunker of a simple, eiicient and durablefconstruction which may be made in any suitable shape and size.

With these andiother objects in View the invention.

invention will be hereinafter more. particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification in fwhich similar characters 01E-.reference indicate corresponding partsin all the views, andfwill then be pointed out in the claims at the end of the description.'

In the drawing,` Figure 1 is side clevation of one form of bunker embodying my Fig, 2 is a sectional View, partly in detail, taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. l.

F ig. 3 is a front elevation of the bunker, and,

Fig. l is a `sectional view,partly in detail, taken on the line %4 of F ig. 2.

The bunker has a chamber 10 which may be' of any suitable size and shape, though the form of the chamber illustrated is approXima-tely rectangular to provide side walls 11, 12 and endwalls 13, le. The walls are preferably erected of reinforced concrete or steel, and the walls include four spaced corner sections 15, 16, 17, 13 each of which isf Ycurved substantially three-quadrants thereof. Each of the Vside walls 11, 12 may include three substantially semi-cylindrical sections, as 19,20, 21, and each ot" the end walls 13, lll may consist of a single substantially'semi-cylindrical section 22. The corner sections and intern'iediate sections are all joined together, Aas shown, so that their concavities form parts of the interior of the chamber. A v

The chamber lO is supported upon a trestle orfoundation, as 23, which is cornposed of a number of standards 24e arranged under the 4sections ci. the walls oi the chamber, and these standards are 'spaced apart to provide passageways, as 25, which lead crosswise under spaced portions of the chamber. In the passage-ways may be laid are .disposedso' that their apices are over` the tracks 27 ofthe passage-ways 25 of the trestle 23. Inthe apexof each pocketv is a gate controlled outlet .29 of any appropriate type to allow convenient opening and closing of the outletsl when cars are i p maybe of any suitable construction, such` loaded xvith the contents of the bunker. On

thetop-of the chamber 10 is aroof 30 which as being of a form whereby is superposed some distance above theopen top 'of the chamber, andleading into the roof maybe one -or more door controlled entrances, not

showm to allow coal, gra-in and other pro-V ducts to bedelivered to thechamber l0'.

,Interior-ly. ofthe roof 30`a-nd abovethe` open top of the chamberV 10 is providedla trestle, as 31,' Which may -be supported :in

. any appropriate manner so that it ,extends preferably from end to end Vof the roof 3) and'chamberl 10.V B.-rojecting in 'opposite lateral directions from the trestle `81 are` a number oi. spaced pairs of chutes 32 and 33, and these chutes may be of any suitable Widths and lengths as Well as being: dis posed from. the trestlewon' downwardA in clinesV toward the tapered pockets 28 to permit coal, ygrain and the like to bel distributed evenly' to various parts of the interior of the chamber. y

In orderto convey products to the trestle 31 fordelivery tothe chutes 32, 38 and fto the chamber l0 a conveyerd may be .provided onthe -trestle This conveyor may be of any ofthe :forms of Vappzmatus 'commonly used for carrying coal or `grain from Y cars or other'vehicleslfat the base ot the Vbunker to the chutesxinV the roof of the bunker. .By providing fthe Walls -ofWth-e i bunker of the types shown and described the Y In v the orgoing description,

pressure at the marginal edges of the Weight of the body Vor the `contents of the chamber l() will be distributed in lateral directions as Well as Youtwardly because of admission of the contents into the concavitics of theV sections ofthe Wall. The Walls of the `cham-- ber will thereby serve to withstand the strain of unusually vheavy loads Without tending to bulge or Vgive Way. Y

I have Vembodied' the preferred form of my inven# tion, but l do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto, as I amaware that Y modifications may be made therein Without Mosca? departing from the principlefor sacrificing any of the advantagesv l ofthisginvention; therefore, I. reserveA to myself theright to make such changes as fairlyfall V.vithinth'e `scope' thereof.

Having thus 'described' myY invention, I

claim as new and desire to'secureby Letters Patent l. A bunker, comprising` a chamber supported above passageways, said chamber .having Walls composed of joined corner `sections and. intermediate sections, theV corner sections being,- `curved, throughout three quadraius thereof andthe intermediatefsections being` substantially semi-circular, the

chamber.' having a bottomcoinposed of a Y series of substantially' cone shaped pockets arranged so that the-Wall of each pocket serves as a separat-e bottom- `for the'pant of the area of therchamberl VembracedV wi-thiur and adyacent each curved sectionoac` the-Wall of the chamber, and gate controlled `outlets in the `apices 'of the pockets, leading vto the passage-Ways.

V2. The combination, in a bunlreno a cham- Y ber supported above passage-Waysfgsaid chamber having A1Walls composed of joined corner. sections and intermediate sections,

Vthe corner sections being curved-throughout i three VVquadrants thereof Y and the'intermedi-` VVV,

atc section being substantially semi-circular, the chamber having la bottom composed of a series ofvsubs'tantiaily vcone .shaped pockets arranged sothatlthe V Wal-loof each pocketV serves as a separate bottom for the 'part of the areaof the chamber embraces Within and adjacent each curved section ofthewvallgoi the chamber, gate controlled outlets inthe apices of the pockets, leadingto tliepassageways, a roof on the "chamberyand spaced Y Y 9o and witnessedYYY

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