US1632103A - Bin - Google Patents

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June 14 1927. 632,103 w. M. VENABLE.

BIN

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UNITED STA S PATIENT OFFICE,

WILLIAM M. vnmusnn, or PITTSBURGH, rnnNsYLvANIA, Assrenoa 'ro iannw-xnox 1 COMPANY, A CORPORATION or NEW JERSEY.

. Application filed September}, 1925. Serial No. 54,596.

My invention relates to bins useful for storing materials in bulk, and is more especially concerned with the stress-resisting structure or framing of such bins. Besides lightness, strength, and simplicit of construction, I aim at facilitating an cheapening the manufacture, shipment, and-erection ofabin, a

I have here illustrated and described my invention as applied to the general type of construction shown in m'yprior Patent 'No.

1,486,206, granted March 11, 1924.

In the drawings, Fig.1 is a partial side view and a partial sectional viewlofla bin construction conveniently embodying my invention; i

Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1 with a portion of the bin :shellbrokenaway; and

Fig. 3 is an elevationof the framing-construction at one of the corners of the-bin, taken diagonally as indicated by the arrow 38 in Fig. 2.

The structure shown in: the drawings comprises EL'lOlIl proper or shell that :is sustained and held in shape byrframing of structural steel, and is supported at a suitable elevation to afford head room for a truck to drive beneath.- As shownfin Figs. 1%, thebin has upright supports 10 at orfadjacent its corners, extending and attached to the upper portion of the bin shell, and also interconnected and braced together lower down. These supports 10' have the character of obtuse elbows, with diagonal braces '11 interconnecting their lower and upper limbs 12 and 13, and cooperating with themto form triangular trusses. .l2serve as legs to supportthe bin as a whole while the upper limbs 13 serve as cantilevers for laterally sustaining the bin 1 walls. Besides bracing'its limbs 12 and13 relative to one another, themember '11 of each support 10; is utilized to'truss or stifien these limbs 1 2'and13 individually, by means of strutiand diagonal members 14, 15,16, 17 and 18 connecting and forming with them a V series of triangles. The member 16', itlwill arranged in juxtaposition and secured toi gether (at intervals) from theiground aup,5as

avell: 'as at their bends or iangles-20 whence be observed, is common to the truss bracin ot the lower and upper limbs... r i

,In.the,{present-instance, there is a pair of the supports 10 for each corner ofthe quadrilateral (square) bin shown; and they are the truss members 16 and diagonals 32, ,32 vfrom the outer ends-of the lower chord 301:

The'lower elbow limbs the upper limbs or members 13, '13 diverge. A Thus their associated lower limbs 12 form .(in effect) a single upright or column leg,

which is braced in two planes at right angles to one another by the corresponding members 11, Hand their trussing 16, 17, 18. The supports are interconnected and braced together by horizontal framing comprising beams 21 extending between adjacent legs 12, 12 around the bin.

, As the supports 10, 10 are at the bin corners (as already mentioned), each beam 21 also con nects a pair of opposite supports directly acrossthe space between. In addition, the

upper limbs 13, 13 at each side of the bin are interconnected by horizontal beams 22, 23, 24 winch help to sustain the bin walls laterally. As shown in Figs. 1- and 2, the

beams 21 are-of truss construction, eachcomprlsmg upper andilower chords25, 26 interconnecting the columns 12, 12, ;at.the elbow bends .and at the points 27 where the trussing members 17, 18 are attached to the imembers 12, 12, and also diagonals 28,- 28

from the bends 20, 20 to the middle points 2901? the lower chord 25. The beams 22 are also of truss construction, each comprising chords 30, 26 connecting. opposite. ends of the middle points 83 of the upper chord 26.

The beams, 23 and 24 are shownv as simple channels, the former interconnecting the truss members 14, 14 and the latter extending along the upper edges of the bin shell 3 walls. i i I As shown in Fig. 1, the hopper-like bin a shell is of inverted trustiopyramidal form,

with its flat bottom or small base 34 some- Pre'fv erably, this shell is formed of sheet metal,

what below the elbow bendsat20.

reinforced and stil'tened with internal angle bar wales 86, paralleling the= corresponding members 13, 13 at intervals between them :alongits sides: ."However, the bin shell 'iproper may be. made f wooden panels, merely resting in the steel framework. YVhen of metal, the shell is stiffened by the angularity of its lapped corner joints 37 and bottom joints 38. Its interior is divided 5 into compartments by a partition 40,ex- .tended to ausubstantialheight above its upper edge to prevent materials heaped up aboveithe top I of the bin. from intermingling.

As shown, the edges bfthis partition are 110 secured to the bin walls by angle bars 11, and it is stiffened with horizontal wales 4-2, 43, and 44- (the last along its upper edge). Its upper portion is also stiffened with upright wales 4.5. The wales 12 and 43 are braced to one of the bin walls by diagonal members 46, 47, secured to the shell directly opposite the beams 22 and 23.

From the foregoing description, it will be apparent that the most heavily loaded strength members of the bin are the flat trussed supports 10, and that they are of convenient size and proportions for shipping and erecting, so that they can be completely assembled and riveted up as individual units at the fabricating plant. In service, a pair of these supports (counterparts of one another, except for being rights and lefts) are assembled with their members 12 corner to corner, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and secured together by angle bar clips 50 in the angle between their members 12, 12, at suitable intervals in the height of these members. This is a connection exceedingly easy to make; and when thus set up, the composite legs have practically the same stiffness as if each leg were initially fabricated as one unit. This advantage is independent, in a measure, of the exact height of the legs: e. g, it obtains even with the legs terminating at the level of the members 25, for example, and supported from the ground on separate supports or piers. Of course the members 12 of the legs need not necessarily be vertical. Preferably, the bin is completely assembled before any of the bolts employed are finally tightened up. In practice, most of'the structural members above referred to that are not otherwise described may advantageously be of angle-bar section. 7

From Fig. 1 of the drawings and the foregoing description, it will be seen that structurally the bin just described presents ,the various aspects referred to in my above mentioned Patent N 0. 1, 56,206: e. g., under one aspect its framing from side to side comprises two nearly triangular trusses outlined by the members 13, 28, 25, 27, and 11, supported on the lower portions of the columns 12, 12 and braced together against rocking inward or outward by union at their acute lower corners 29 and by the member 26; while under another aspect, its transverse framing comprises a straddling lower structure represented by the beam truss 21 and the upper portions of the columns 12,

12, and cantilever trusses outlined by the members 13, 11, 17, and 12 secured to the ends of said beam truss 21 and upstanding therefrom. Here the upper portions of the columns 12, 12 are in a manner common to beam and cantilever trusses. These two aspects are presented by the bin framing no matter from which'sideit is regarded.

From still another point of view, the main framing may be regarded as composed of a horizontal polygonal central frame whose sides are the beams 21, with a couple of cantilevers upstanding from each corner of this frame, where it is supported by the columns 12, 12. From a cognate point of view, again, the main framing consists of U frames of truss construction (outlined by the members 12, 13, 11, 17, 26, 25, 17, 11, 13 and 12) arranged in intercrossing parallel pairs and supported at their intersections; and the portions of the legs below the level of the members 25 are in effect mere corner piers, such as referred to above.

I claim 1. The combination with a bin of a fabricated supporting leg for the bin having upwardly and outwardlydivergent branches laterally sustaining adjacent bin sides.

2. The combination with a bin of elbow supports therefor secured together in pairs at its corners, with their lower corresponding limbs extending downward to serve as legs for the bin and their other limbs diverging upward to sustain adjacent bin sides. i

3. The combination with a bin of a fabricated supporting leg therefor with divergent members branching upwardly and outwardly therefrom for laterally sustaining the bin sides, and strut braces extending from the leg upward to said members.

4. The combination with a bin of supporting means therefor comprising independently assembled triangular trusses disposed in planes at an angle to one another with ad aeent sides thereof united to form a leg for the bin and other sides thereof diverging upwardly and outwardly to sustain adjacent sides of the bin.

5. A bin construction comprising elbow supports with lower limbs serving as legs for the bin and upper limbs sloping outward at the bin sides, a central frame structure'interconnecting and bracing said elbow supports, and beams interconnecting El e upper limbs of said supports around the 6, A bin construction comprising elbow supports with lower limbs serving as legs for the bin. and upper limbs sloping outward at the bin sides, and a central frame structure attached to said supports, and interconnecting opposite pairs of them directly across the space between.

7 In a bin construction, a plurality of independently assembled unitary triangular trusses at the bin corners, and beams interconnecting said trusses from corner to corner around the bin.

8. In a bin construction, a plurality of independently assembled unitary triangular trusses formed with the upper sides thereof slopingoutwardly and upwardly to support Til) the bin sides, and acentral frame structure interconnecting said trusses and bracing them together to serve as supporting members for the bin.

9. In a bin construction, a fabricated supporting structure at each of the bin corners, each of said structures being formed with upwardly and outwardly diverging branches, beams interconnecting said supporting structures from corner to corner around the bin, and beams interconnecting saidbranches.

10. A bin construction comprising elbow supports at the bin corners with lower limbs serving as legs for the bin and upper limbs sloping outward to sustain the bin sides, and vertically spaced beams interconnecting said supports from corner to corner around the bin.

11. A bin construction comprising elbow supports secured together in pairs at the bin corners, with their lower limbs extending downward to serve as legs for the bin and their upper limbs diverging upward at adjacent sides of the bin, beams interconnecting the interconnected pairs of elbows at the several bin corners, and beams extendto each leg sloping upward and outward therefrom at adjacent sides of the bin, and trusses interconnecting and bracing together the portions of opposite legs to which said cantilevers are attached. 7

14. A bin construction. comprising a pluralityof U frames with intermediate portions united in a polygon and upper portions projecting upwardly and outwardly from the corners of such polygon.

15. A bin construction comprising a pluralit of intercrossed U frames with supporting legs at their intersections.

In testimony signed my name.

WILLIAM M. VENABLE.

whereof, I have hereunto v

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