Fertilizer distributor tank

Claim 1

A storage and dispensing tank for granular material including upper and lower portions, said lower portion including a first pair of downwardly convergent opposite side wall portions spaced apart at their lower ends, an elongated bottom wall structure extending between and along the lower portions of said side wall portions, said bottom wall structure including a plurality of longitudinally spaced gravity discharge outlet openings, valve means operatively associated with said outlet openings for selectively opening and closing the latter, said lower portion including a second pair of opposite front and rear walls extending between said side wall portions and to whose lower ends the opposite ends of said bottom wall structure are secured, said upper portion including substantially vertical opposite side and front and rear panels projecting upwardly from the upper marginal edges of said lower portion, four horizontally spaced apart standards, the lower and upper corner portions of said upper and lower tank portions, respectively, being supported between and from the upper end portions of said standards with said lower portion in elevated position relative to the lower ends of said standards, a generally inverted V-shaped brace secured between each pair of adjacent standards and to said tank, the apices of said braces being attached to the horizontal midportions of the lower marginal edge portions of said opposite side and front and rear panels and the free ends of the legs of said braces being secured to the corresponding standards, and a horizontal elongated brace member extending and secured between adjacent standards of said tank at an elevation at least substantially coinciding with the areas of securement of the free ends of the legs of the corresponding inverted V-shaped brace with the standards.