Fred E. Mauch
Engineering in Sapulpa, OK
License number
Louisiana PE.0014950
Issued Date
Mar 18, 1975
Expiration Date
Sep 30, 2015
Category
Civil Engineer
Address
Address
PO Box 30, Sapulpa, OK 74067
Professional information
Side-Wall Discharge System
US Patent:
4449339, May 22, 1984
Filed:
Oct 5, 1981
Appl. No.:
6/308619
Inventors:
Charles E. Bubb - Tulsa OK
Fred E. Mauch - Sapulpa OK
Fred E. Mauch - Sapulpa OK
Assignee:
Parkersburg Tank, Division of Maloney Crawford Corporation - Tulsa OK
International Classification:
E04H 700
US Classification:
52195
Abstract:
A thin-walled deep grain storage tank with improved sidewall discharge system involving a plurality of successive flat plates periodically mounted to the inside of a pair of vertical, parallel I-beam and/or Z-bar sidewall support members with openings for grain flow between successive plates, and a sidewall discharge means at the base of the tank. In this manner an internal chute is formed capable of staged discharge from successive top strata of stored grain. Such a system is useful in alleviating the problems associated with the build up of excess eccentric sidewall pressure during grain discharge without significantly altering the design and construction parameters and their associated economics.