Patent ID: 7101140

Claim:
An apparatus for storage of wood chips in a curved-top stockpile ( 3 ) the apparatus consisting of a central tower defining a center ( 5 ′), which supports a conveyor and a beam-like turning pile composer for loading the chips ( 6 ′), and an unloading beam ( 13 ′, 13 ″) supported on ground level on the lower part ( 35 ) of the tower as well as on supporting wheels ( 29 , 44 , 45 ) and furnished with unloading devices ( 28 ) for transporting the wood chips towards the center ( 4 ) of the apparatus, wherein the central tower is furnished at one side with a tubular eccentric opening ( 54 ) for receiving the wood chips, and that a central tube ( 51 , 59 ) is occupied inside the tower for directing the wood chips upwards or downwards from the opening, whereby a service and passage space is formed between a mantle of the central tower and a transfer tube.