Year: 1899

page_text: I, JOSEPH PETRIE FIELDEN, of 196, Drake Street, Rochdale, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My said invention relates to improvements in the construction of stores for
grain.
According to my said invention the grain store is constructed in hexagonal
cellular compartments formed of plates of steel or other suitable material secured
by bolting or rivetting to upright columns. The said upright columns are
Y shaped in cross section and each column forms an angle of three adjacent cells.
The columns near the wall are provided with two arms only in which case the
wall itself to which the column is suitably secured may form a side of one of the
cells. Such a construction as above described presents the advantages of cheap-
ness of construction facility of erection and readiness of adaptation to any size
or shape of building. The cellular compartments are provided with slides or
valves for permitting the withdrawal of the grain.
Dated this 3rd day of March 1899
E. T. WHITELOW, A.M.Inst.C.E.,
70, Deansgate, Manchester, Agent for the Applicant.
I, JOSEPH PETRIE FIELDEN, of 196, Drake Street, Rochdale, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My said invention relates to improvements in the construction of stores for
grain.
In order that my said invention may be more clearly understood I will describe
the same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Figure 1 is a plan of a grain store constructed in hexagonal cellular
compartments.
Figure 2 is a plan of a grain store constructed in octagonal cellular
compartments.

page_text: Figure 3 illustrates in sectional plan detail of one of the Y shaped upright
columns to be hereinafter described.
Figure 4 is a sectional plan showing a wall column to be hereinafter described.
According to my said invention the grain store is constructed in cellular com-
partments a preferably hexagonal in shape formed of plates of steel or other
suitable material b secured by bolting or rivetting to upright columns c (Fig. 3).
The said upright columns c are Y shaped in cross section and each column forms
the angle or junction of three adjacent cells. The columns d near the wall w are
provided with two arms only in which case the wall itself may form a side of one
of the cells. The wall column d is secured to the wall w by means of a bolt
and clamping plate f as shown in detail at Fig. 4. In the drawings some of the
columns only are shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it is however to be understood that all
the cells are constructed in a similar manner.
Although I have described a grain store constructed of hexagonal cellular com-
partments I may construct the compartments of other suitable polygonal form as
for example octagons and squares as shown at Fig. 2. When desired a cellular
grain store of this construction may be made sufficiently strong so as to be capable
of being erected without supporting walls as shown at Fig. 2.
Such a construction as above described presents among other advantages those
of cheapness of construction facility of erection and readiness of adaptation to
any size or shape of site. The cellular compartments are provided with slides or
valves of the ordinary construction for permitting the withdrawal of the grain.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
:-
The herein before described manner of constructing grain stores consisting of
cellular polygonal compartments formed of metal plates secured together by
vertical columns each uniting or forming the adjacent corners of two or more
cells substantially as set forth.
Dated this 1st day of Decembar 1000
E. T. WHITELOW, A.M.Inst.C.E.,
70, Deansgate, Manchester, Agent for the Applicant.