US 11,771,011 B2
Grain storage arrangement
Odette Nydia Maria Suitor, Sunbury (AU); and Grant Burns, Sunbury (AU)
Assigned to GRAIN STORAGE PTY LTD., Victoria (AU)
Appl. No. 17/440,417
Filed by Grain Storage Pty Ltd, Bulla (AU)
PCT Filed Mar. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/AU2020/050262
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/186306, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019900904 (AU), filed on Mar. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0159907 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. A01F 25/20 (2006.01); A01D 90/10 (2006.01); A01F 25/18 (2006.01); B65G 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC A01F 25/20 (2013.01) [A01D 90/10 (2013.01); A01F 25/183 (2013.01); B65G 3/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An on-farm grain storage arrangement, the arrangement including:
a generally box-shaped grain storage receptacle enclosing a grain receiving space;
the storage receptacle including a base, a top, two opposite sidewalls, a first end wall, and a second end wall opposite the first end wall;
a receptacle support, wherein the receptacle support supports the receptacle such that the base slopes downwardly from the first end wall to the second end wall;
a grain inlet provided on or proximate to the first end wall for adding grain to the receptacle;
a grain outlet provided at or proximate to a lower most point of the second end wall for removing grain from the receptacle,
wherein the receptacle has a storage limit exceeding 45 tons, and
wherein the receptacle support is selected from the group consisting of:
a compacted sloping surface,
a pit comprising a compacted sloping surface, and
a second receptacle having a footing, wherein a base section at or proximate the first end wall is supported in an elevated position relative to a base section of the second end wall which rests on a different surface, wherein the base of the supported receptacle slopes from the first end wall to the second end wall.