Silo (Patent No: 235837)

Inventor: Bleuchel, Joseph H.

Location: Edmonton

Comments: N/A

Description:
WHAT I CLAIM AS MY INVENTIONS IS:

(1) In a silo formed from horizontally positioned beams, a joint connecting the adjacent ends of the adjacent beams, comprising a tenon formed at the end of one of the beams and extending through a mortice in the adjacent end of the adjoining beam and a wedge inserted in the mortice and engaging the tenon.
(2) In a silo formed from horizontally positioned beams, a joint connecting the adjacent ends of the adjacent beams, comprising a tenon formed at the end of one of the beams and extending through a mortice in the adjacent end of the adjoining beam, said tenon being provided with a facial notch engaging the side of the mortice and a wedge inserted in the mortice and engaging the tenon and inserted at the face of the beam remote from the notch.
(3) In a silo formed from horizontally positioned beams, a joint connecting the adjacent ends of the adjacent beams, comprising a tenon formed at the end of one of the beams and extending through a mortice in the adjacent end of the adjoining beam, said tenon being provided in its outer face with a notch receiving the outer side of the mortice and a wedge driven into the mortice at the inner side of the notched tenon.
(4) In a silo formed from horizontally positioned beams, a joint connecting the adjacent ends of the adjacent beams, comprising a tenon extending from the end of one of the beams and protruding through a mortice provided in the adjoining end of the other of the beams, said morticed beam being provided on the inner side with a vertical notch receiving the end of the other beam at the base of the tenon and said tenon being provided on the outer face with a vertical notch receiving the adjoining side of the mortice, and a wedge driven into the mortice and engaging the face of the tenon opposed to the latter notch.
(5) A silo having the body part thereof formed from similar horizontal courses of similar beams laid on top of one another to form the enclosing wall of the silo and having the ends of adjacent beams in each course connected together by a tenon and mortice joint, means preventing the withdrawal of the tenon from the mortice and tongues and complementary grooves formed on the meeting faces of the beams.
(6) A silo having the body part thereof formed from similar horizontal courses of tongue and groove beams positioned one above the other and laid in each course in a formation to form an enclosing wall for the silo and having the ends of adjacent beams in each course connected by a tenon and mortice joint and with the joints in all courses vertically aligned, and means embodying a wedge and notch for preventing the withdrawal of the tenon from the mortice.
(7) A silo formed from similar courses of beams super-imposed one on top of the other in a regular polygonal formation and with tongue and grooved joints between the successive courses of beams and with the ends of the beams connected together by tenon and mortice joints and means preventing the withdrawal of the tenons from the mortices under the bursting pressure of the material in the silo, comprising co-acting wedges and notches.
(8) A silo formed from horizontal courses of similar beams super-imposed one on tope of the other and laid in regular polygonal formation and with tongue and grooved joints between the courses of beams and with the ends of the beams connected by tenon and mortice joints, means locking the tenons against withdrawal under the bursting pressure of the material in the silo and removable doors located in one of the sides of the silo.
(9) A beam for use in constructing a polygonal silo having the upper and lower edges thereof presenting one a tongue and the other a groove, one end thereof presenting an extending tenon having an angular base and the other end presenting an angularly disposed mortice complementary to the tenon.
(10) A beam for use in constructing a polygonal silo having the upper and lower edges thereof presenting one a tongue and the other a groove, one end thereof presenting an extending tenon having an angular base and fitted in the outer face with a vertical notch and the other end provided with an angularly disposed mortice complementary to the tenon and provided also on the inner side with a vertically disposed notch.
(11) In a silo, the combination with superimposed tongue and grooved short length beams forming the front of the silo and having the inner ends of the beams spaced apart to provide a doorway opening, of suitably spaced horizontal cleats passing across the front of the doorway opening and connecting the inner ends of certain of the beams, vertically extending door frames applied on the inner ends of the beams and being retained in place by the cross cleats and removable door sections extending throughout the height of the silo, resting on one another and with their ends seated against the frames.
(12) In a silo, the combination with superimposed tongue and grooved short length beams forming the front of the silo and having the inner ends of the beams spaced apart to provide a doorway opening, of door frames applied on the inner ends of the beams, said frames each embodying a vertical outer strip, a vertically disposed bevelled strip secured to the outer strip and vertically disposed tongue, the bevelled strip being designed to engage the ends of the short beams and the outer strip being adapted to overly the outer faces of the short beams and extend inwardly beyond the bevelled strip and the tongue to extend into a suitable vertically disposed groove provided in the outer faces of the beams, a plurality of door sections seated one on the other and with their ends bevelled and engaging the bevelled strips of the frames, and a pair of suitably spaced cross cleats for each door section, said cross cleats having their ends attached to the inner ends of the beams at the sides of the doorway and the inner edges thereof slotted to span the outer strips of the door frames.
(13) In a silo wherein the silo body is formed from super-imposed horizontally lying beams, vertically extending door frames applied on the ends of opposing beams forming the sides of a doorway opening, said door frames being held in place by spaced cross cleats connecting the ends of the beams and vertically disposed tongues entering complementary grooves provided in the beams, such construction permitting of the expansion and contraction of the beams relatively to the door frame.