Mobile distribution station having sensor communication lines routed with hoses
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B67D-007/38
B67D-007/46
B67D-007/84
B67D-007/04
B67D-007/40
출원번호
US-0673730
(2017-08-10)
등록번호
US-9981840
(2018-05-29)
발명자
/ 주소
Shock, Ricky Dean
출원인 / 주소
FUEL AUTOMATION STATION, LLC
대리인 / 주소
Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.
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초록▼
A distribution station includes a mobile trailer, a pump on the mobile trailer, a manifold on the mobile trailer and fluidly connected with the pump, a plurality of hoses connected with the manifold, a plurality of valves, each of the valves situated between the manifold and a respective one of the
A distribution station includes a mobile trailer, a pump on the mobile trailer, a manifold on the mobile trailer and fluidly connected with the pump, a plurality of hoses connected with the manifold, a plurality of valves, each of the valves situated between the manifold and a respective one of the hoses, a plurality of fluid level sensors, each of the fluid level sensors being situated at an end of a respective one of the hoses, and a plurality of sensor communication lines. Each of the sensor communication lines is connected or connectable with a respective one of the fluid level sensors. Each of the sensor communication lines is routed with a respective one of the hoses.
대표청구항▼
1. A distribution station comprising: a mobile trailer;a pump on the mobile trailer;a manifold on the mobile trailer and fluidly connected with the pump;a plurality of hoses connected with the manifold, each of the hoses including an elastomeric tube and a fabric sleeve that circumscribes the tube;a
1. A distribution station comprising: a mobile trailer;a pump on the mobile trailer;a manifold on the mobile trailer and fluidly connected with the pump;a plurality of hoses connected with the manifold, each of the hoses including an elastomeric tube and a fabric sleeve that circumscribes the tube;a plurality of valves on the mobile trailer, each of the valves situated between the manifold and a respective different one of the hoses;a plurality of fluid level sensors, each of the fluid level sensors being associated a respective different one of the hoses; anda plurality of sensor communication lines, each of the sensor communication lines being connected or connectable with a respective different one of the fluid level sensors, and each of the sensor communication lines being routed in a respective different one of the hoses between the elastomeric tube and the fabric sleeve. 2. The distribution station as recited in claim 1, further comprising a plurality of reels on the mobile trailer, each of the hoses being wound on a respective one of the reels, and each of the sensor communication lines being routed through a respective different one of the reels. 3. The distribution station as recited in claim 2, further comprising a plurality of connectors, each of the connectors being mounted on a respective different one of the reels and each of the connectors receiving a respective different one of the sensor communication lines. 4. The distribution station as recited in claim 2, wherein each of the reels includes a respective spindle, and each of the sensor communication lines is routed through a respective different one of the spindles. 5. The distribution station as recited in claim 1, wherein each of the sensor communication lines includes a respective connector that is detachably connectable with a respective different one of the fluid level sensors. 6. The distribution station as recited in claim 1, wherein each of the fluid level sensors is integrated with a respective fuel cap that includes a port that is detachably connectable with a respective different one of the hoses. 7. The distribution station as recited in claim 1, further comprising a controller on the mobile trailer, and each of the sensor communication lines is connected with the controller. 8. The distribution station as recited in claim 7, wherein controller is operable to open and close the plurality of valves responsive to a fuel level threshold. 9. The distribution station as recited in claim 1, further comprising one or more bands securing the fabric sleeve on the elastomeric tube. 10. The distribution station as recited in claim 9, further comprising a plurality of reels on the mobile trailer, each of the hoses being wound on a respective one of the reels, and each of the sensor communication lines being routed through a respective different one of the reels, and further comprising a plurality of connectors, each of the connectors being mounted on a respective different one of the reels and each of the connectors receiving a respective different one of the sensor communication lines. 11. The distribution station as recited in claim 10, wherein each of the reels includes a respective spindle, and each of the sensor communication lines is routed through a respective different one of the spindles. 12. A mobile distribution station comprising a pump, a manifold, a plurality of hoses, a plurality of detachably connectable fuel caps connected or connectable with the hoses, a plurality of valves, a plurality of fuel level sensors, and a controller, the controller configured to operate the pump responsive to a low fuel threshold to provide fuel to the manifold, from the manifold to the valves, and from the valves through the hoses, wherein each of the hoses includes an elastomeric tube and a fabric sleeve circumscribing the elastomeric tube, and wherein the fuel level sensors are hard-wired through the hoses between the elastomeric tubes and the fabric sleeves to the controller. 13. The mobile distribution station as recited in claim 12, further comprising a plurality of reels on which the hoses are wound, and the fuel level sensors are hard-wired through the reels. 14. The mobile distribution station as recited in claim 13, wherein the fuel level sensors are hard-wired through spindles of the reels. 15. The mobile distribution station as recited in claim 14, wherein each of the fuel level sensors is detachably connectable with the controller.
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