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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1976
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1974
Allan R Ide, Cypress, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Bulk storage and unloading apparatus including a storage compartment having a substantially flat bottom and at least one side wall rising upwardly therefrom, a discharge opening being formed in such bottom wall at a location remote from such side wall. A bladder liner extends substantially the whole length of the compartment and lines the bottom wall and projects upwardly along such side wall to at least the angle of repose between such outlet and the side wall for a predetermined bulk material. The bladder is operative upon inflation thereof to first balloon outwardly away from such side wall at the upper extremity thereof to roll the uppermost bulk material away from such side wall and is further operative upon continued inflation thereof to progressively balloon outwardly greater distances from the side wall to progressively roll the uppermost granular material away from such side wall to fall out such outlet.