STORAGE BIN FOR BULK MATERIAL Russian patent published in 1996 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture. SUBSTANCE: bin has side fences formed as sets of shelves inclined inwardly of bin. Space between shelves is set in accordance with formula: h ≅ atgαCosβ, where a is shelf width, a is potato pile angle of rest, b inclination angle of shelf with respect to horizontal plane. Large space between shelves improve ventilation conditions for potato in bin. EFFECT: improved stability of potato pile, increased keeping qualities, provision for increased sizes of bin, efficient usage of storage bin volume. 2 cl, 4 dwg