IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0677144
(1991-03-29)
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발명자
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- Van Wormer Roger (2958 S. Union St. Rochester NY 14624)
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
47 인용 특허 :
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초록
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A secure control system for delivery, dispensing and inventory of several liquid fluids (products). A stocked liquid delivery vehicle 100 provides coordinated and measured filling of liquids through a site dispensing subsystem 200 to site storage containers 302. The liquids from the storage containe
A secure control system for delivery, dispensing and inventory of several liquid fluids (products). A stocked liquid delivery vehicle 100 provides coordinated and measured filling of liquids through a site dispensing subsystem 200 to site storage containers 302. The liquids from the storage containers are subsequently delivered under inventory control, and in measured amounts, back through the fill lines to the dispenser. The dispenser CPU records the amounts of each liquid dispensed to each user through various spouts 224. Users are identified by a code number entered into the dispenser unit via a keyboard 208 or card reader. The dispenser CPU 202 contains program information to identity authorized users of the system. The system respnds to user solicitation of liquids by verifying the user\s identity, querying as to which liquid is desired, the amount desired (if variable) and enables a control switch/indicator 232 to indicate the dispensing port 224 and readiness. The system maintains an inventory estimate of the liquid level remaining in its container storage bank 300 and generates user/product reports on the storesusage, printing such data on a hard copy and/or relaying it, via power 204/telephone 600 modem, to the vehicle 100 or source of the products 400 (depot). The system can also be queried via telephone and its inventory information directed to remote centers for alternate usage.
대표청구항
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A system for delivering, storing and dispensing various liquids to an end user comprising: a delivery subsystem including a vehicle comprising an onboard O/B computer for managing onloading, storing and offloading the various liquids, inventorying and reporting data relating to said onloading, stori
A system for delivering, storing and dispensing various liquids to an end user comprising: a delivery subsystem including a vehicle comprising an onboard O/B computer for managing onloading, storing and offloading the various liquids, inventorying and reporting data relating to said onloading, storing and offloading and for transmitting said data to offboard computing means, said delivery subsystem also including on said vehicle plumbing means, valving means and plural safety switch means, said plumbing means comprising pipes, hoses and tubes for conveying the various liquids into and out of a drum bank that is used for said storing, said valving means including valves for directing the liquids during said onloading, storing and offloading, said valves responsive to signals from said O/B computer, said plural safety switch means comprising a storage unit overflow detection means and at least one float switch means disposed within a container for communicating an overflow or full-level indication to said O/B computer, said plumbing means also including at least one pump means controlled by said O/B computer and responsive to a driving force comprising compressed gaseous fluid, wherein said O/B computer is controlled by an operator to accept onloading of the fluids from a supply source through at least one quick-disconnect fitting of a vehicle plumbing inlet, said quick-disconnect fitting comprising a hole-coded, male nipple means and a corresponding pin-coded, female receptacle means, said onloading providing suitable fluid inventory recorded by said computer and amenable to hard copy printout by an O/B computer peripheral printer; a site storage subsystem located at a customer facility and comprising a containment elevated above a liquid dispensing point, a plurality of containers residing within said containment, plural safety switch means including at least one said float switch disposed in each said container and at least one said storage unit overflow detection means having a communicative link with an on-site computer and ultimate communication, through said on-site computer with said O/B computer, on-site plumbing and valving means responsive to on-site computer control; and at least one dispenser subsystem comprising the on-site plumbing and valving means necessary to receive delivery of liquids from said delivery subsystem and including at least one said quick disconnect in conjunction and compatibly coded therewith, said dispenser subsystem further comprising a discrete unit with a drip-catch basin means and including a housing, said housing comprising said on-site computer and a control means to coordinate user solicitation and actual dispensing of liquids, a lightable pushbutton to indicate valve enablement, and at least one specified liquid dispensing spout communicative with said site storage subsystem through a valve means that is responsive to activation by said pushbutton, said dispenser discrete unit computer electronically connected to a telephone modem and, during replenishment of said storage subsystem, through a power modem to said O/B computer, whereby a user identifies him/herself, selects a product to be dispensed in desired quantity, is recognized and accommodated by said on-site computer and control means which lights a pushbutton to allow the user to command actuation of a valve controlling a specific liquid dispensation from said storage subsystem, which command will, through said control means, result in said specific liquid dispensation through said spout, all while said on-site computer maintains inventory and safety controls thereover. A method for effecting delivery, storage and dispensation of various liquids to an end user comprising the steps of: uploading a vehicle delivery subsystem with a plurality of liquids; transporting via the vehicle subsystem said liquids to a customer site; downloading said liquids from said vehicle subsystem through a plurality of hoses equipped with coded quick disconnects in order to avoid the mixing of said liquids and passing said liquids through a dispensing means while storing same on the site; a first providing of data related to the type and quantity of liquids transferred in the preceding steps, said downloading, storing and providing performed by and through a discrete dispensing unit; dispensing subsequently and on a selective basis any of said plurality of liquids from a storing location through the dispensing unit according to the following protocol: a) identifying through identification and control means a user of the dispensing subsystem to receive one or more of said liquids; b) enabling valve means via suitable control means in order to prepare discrete plumbing to conduct a selected liquid(s); c) visually indicating to the user the aforesaid enabling; d) actuating visible indication means in order to commence dispensing of said liquid; and e) a second providing of data relating to said dispensing step.
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