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US 10,585,442 B2Granted
Securing product storage tanks against unauthorized delivery
AssigneeSoneco LLC
InventorAvraham Shmuel Lichtash
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Abstract
A system and method prevent product-type contamination in a bulk liquid storage tank. A control unit receives an indication of a storage product type in the bulk storage and a delivery product type in the tanker truck. The control unit compares the delivery product type with the storage product type and controls delivery based on a result of the comparison.
Claims10
A method of preventing contamination by a tanker truck in a bulk liquid storage tank, the method comprising:
- (a) positioning an identification transmitter at an entry port of the bulk liquid storage tank, the identification transmitter storing an indication of a storage product type in the bulk storage tank;
- (b) communicating a delivery product type in the tanker truck to control circuitry in the tanker truck;
- (c) the identification transmitter communicating the storage product type to the control circuitry;
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- (d) the control circuitry comparing the delivery product type with the storage product type and controlling delivery based on a result of the comparison.
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A system for preventing contamination by a tanker truck in a bulk liquid storage tank, the system comprising:
- an identification transmitter positioned adjacent an access to the bulk liquid storage tank, the identification transmitter being configured to store an indication of a storage product type in the bulk storage tank;
- a drop elbow connecting the tanker truck to the liquid storage tank, wherein the identification transmitter includes a sensor that is configured to identify when the drop elbow has been connected;
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- control circuitry communicating with the identification transmitter, the control circuitry being configured to identify a delivery product type in the tanker truck and to compare the delivery product type in the tanker truck with the storage product type, wherein the control circuitry is configured to control delivery of the delivery product type based on a result of the comparison.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.