Building for particulate material

Claim 2

A building for housing particulate material or the like that includes a plurality of equally spaced vertically disposed pilasters that are secured in the ground, each pilaster being raised to an elevation so that the top surface of each pilaster lies in a common horizontal plane, a barrier wall attached to adjacent pilasters, said barrier wall extending upwardly from the ground to the top of the pilasters, a truss member mounted upon the top of each pilaster having a vertically disposed column section and an upwardly and inwardly pitched roof section that terminates with a crown, said roof beam section being connected to the column section at a commonly shared corner by a connecting manner, each truss member being attached at its crown to the crown of at least one other truss member, said connecting means including a flange means extending from the outside of the corner beyond the inside of said corner and a brace means mounted between the two sections inside the corner which is attached to the extended end of said flange means for supporting the truss at said corner, and sheeting means secured to the truss member for enclosing the building over the barrier wall.

Claim 3

The building of claim 1 wherein the pilasters are equally spaced about the circumference of a circle and the crown of each truss member is joined to the crown of the remaining truss members by a common crown block.

Claim 4

The building of claim 2 wherein each truss member includes a hollow wooden box frame that is covered by plywood panels and wherein the column and the roof beam sections are connected at a corner by a commonly shared elongated flange means that extends inwardly between the sections beyond the inside of said corner.

Claim 5

The building of claim 3 that further includes a door means situated between two adjacent pilasters that extends upwardly from the ground to an elevation equal to the elevation of said corner.

Claim 6

The building of claim 1 wherein said barrier wall is formed of horizontally disposed beams stacked one on top of the other on the inside of said pilasters and further including locking means anchored in the pilasters that pass through the joints between adjacent beams and being attached to the outside face of the beam members.

Claim 7

The building of claim 5 whereby the joint between adjacent beam members includes a tongue carried by one adjacent member which is received in a groove formed in the other adjacent member.

Claim 8

The building of claim 6 wherein said beam members are wooden timbers.

Claim 9

The building of claim 6 wherein said beam members are cast from concrete.

Claim 10

The building of claim 6 wherein each truss member further includes leger strips mounted upon opposite side walls thereof, said strips being parallel with the outside end wall of the truss and recessed inwardly from said end wall a predetermined distance and sheeting units secured to said leger strips.

Claim 11

The building of claim 1 wherein said pilasters are cast concrete elements and which further includes anchor means secured in the top of each pilaster by bolt means that are cast into said pilaster.

Claim 12

A building for housing particulate material that includes a plurality of vertically disposed pilasters that are secured in the ground and which are raised to the same elevation whereby the top surface of each pilaster lies in a common horizontal plane, said pilasters being mounted in equal spaced alignment in two opposing side rows and opposing front and rear rows so that the front and rear rows each share a corner pilaster with each of the side rows, a barrier wall attached to the pilasters that extends upwardly from the ground to the top of the pilasters, a truss member mounted upon the top of each pilaster in the opposing side rows, each truss member having a vertically disposed column section and an inwardly and upwardly pitched roof beam section are joined by a connecting means to form a corner, said roof beam section being that attached at its crown to the crown of a second truss member mounted upon an opposing pilaster so that the crowns of the truss members are aligned along the longitudinal axis of the building to define the peak of the roof, and said connected means including a flange means extending from the outside of the corner beyond the inside of said corner and a brace means mounted between the two sections inside the corner which is attached to the extended end of said flange means for supporting the truss at said corner, and sheeting means secured to the truss members for enclosing the building over the barrier wall.

Claim 13

A building for housing particulate material that includes a plurality of vertically disposed pilasters that are secured in the ground and which are raised to the same elevation whereby the top surface of each pilaster lies in a common horizontal plane, said pilasters being mounted in equal spaced alignment in two opposing side rows and opposing front and rear rows so that the front and rear rows each share a corner pilaster with each of the side rows, a barrier wall attached to the pilasters that extends upwardly from the ground to the top of the pilasters, a truss member mounted upon the top of each pilaster in the opposing side rows, each truss member having a vertically disposed column section and an inwardly and upwardly pitched roof beam section are joined by a connecting means to form a corner, said roof beam section being that attached at its crown to the crown of a second truss member mounted upon an opposing pilaster so that the crowns of the truss members are aligned along the longitudinal axis of the building to define the peak of the roof, and said connected means including a flange means extending from the outside of the corner beyond the inside of said corner and a brace means mounted between the two sections inside the corner which is attached to the extended end of said flange means for supporting the truss at said corner, and sheeting means secured to the truss members for enclosing the building over the barrier wall.

Claim 14

The building of claim 11 wherein the barrier walls are formed of elongated rectangular shaped members that are stacked one on top of the other and further includes locking means for securing said members to the pilasters.

Claim 15

The building of claim 11 wherein each truss member includes a hollow wooden box frame that is covered by plywood panels and wherein the column and the roof beam sections are connected at a corner by a commonly shared elongated flange means that extends inwardly between the sections beyond the inside of said corner.

Claim 16

The building of claim 11 that further includes a door means situated between two adjacent pilasters that extends upwardly from the ground to an elevation equal to the elevation of said corner.

Claim 17

The building of claim 11 wherein said barrier wall is formed of horizontally disposed beams stacked one on top of the other on the inside of said pilasters and further including locking means anchored in the pilasters that pass through the joints between adjacent beams and being attached to the outside face of the beam members.

Claim 18

The building of claim 15 whereby the joint between adjacent beam members includes a tongue carried by one adjacent member which is received in a groove formed in the other adjacent member.

Claim 19

The building of claim 16 wherein said beam members are wooden timbers.

Claim 20

The building of claim 16 wherein said beam members are cast from concrete.

Claim 21

The building of claim 16 wherein each truss member further includes leger strips mounted upon opposite side walls thereof, said strips being parallel with the outside end wall of the truss and recessed inwardly from said end wall a predetermined distance and sheeting units secured to said leger strips.

Claim 22

The building of claim 19 wherein each sheeting unit includes an outer board that is seated against the outer wall of adjacent truss members, joist means secured to the back of said board that extends laterally between said adjacent truss members and is seated on leger strips attached to said adjacent truss members, and means to secure the units to the truss members.

Claim 23

The building of claim 11 that further includes an air space between the top of the barrier wall and the sheeting means to permit ambient air to enter the building.

Claim 24

The building of claim 11 wherein said pilasters are cast concrete elements and which further includes anchor means secured in the top of each pilaster by bolt means that are cast into said pilaster.