Patent ID: 8342366

Claim:
A particulate bin comprising: a top wall which in plan configuration is at least approximately a sector of a circle, with an outermost arcuate margin, an innermost margin, and a pair of inwardly extending, converging side margins extending between the ends of said outermost arcuate margin to said innermost margin, said top wall having an inlet operable to permit entrance of particulates into the bin; sidewall structure extending downwardly from said top wall and including a pair of generally planar sidewalls depending from said top wall side margins, and an arcuate wall depending from said top wall arcuate margin, said arcuate wall including an inwardly tapered wall section, there being a lower bin outlet proximal to the lower ends of said sidewalls and said inwardly tapered wall section; and a weight monitoring device operable to support said bin and to monitor the weight of the bin and particulates therein, said bin being generally stationary when particulates are within the bin.