# US 10,865,098 B2 · Fuel storage and supply arrangement having fuel conditioning and filtration system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,865,098 B2 - Document ID: US10865098B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/530,579 - Filed: 2019-08-02 - Published: 2020-04-02 - Granted: 2020-12-15 - Earliest claimed: 2018-10-02 - Assignees: Veeder-Root Company - Applicants: Veeder-Root Company - Inventors: Kyle Stephen Gibson; James T. Bevins; Thomas Scott Menke; Diane Marie Sinosky; Kent Deloy Reid - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10865098B2 ## CPC - B67D 7/766: {of water separators} - B01D 27/04: with cartridges made of a piece of unitary material, e.g. filter paper - B67D 3/0019: {using ingredient cartridges} - B67D 3/0061: {of liquid containers, e.g. filling, emptying, closing or opening means} - B67D 7/04: for transferring fuels, lubricants or mixed fuels and lubricants - B67D 7/68: submerged in storage tank or reservoir - B67D 7/78: Arrangements of storage tanks, reservoirs or pipe-lines - B67D: DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F) - B01D: SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D; by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B; by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges, vortex apparatus B04; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B9/02; treatment of water C02F, e.g. softening by ion-exchange C02F1/42; {arrangements of air intake cleaners in gas turbine plants F02C7/05} ; arrangements or mounting of filters in air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation F24F13/28) ## Abstract A fuel storage and supply arrangement serving as a source of fuel to be dispensed via at least one fuel dispenser in a fuel dispensing environment. The arrangement comprises a storage tank for containing a quantity of the fuel and a pump assembly for drawing the fuel from the storage tank providing the fuel under pressure. A fuel supply line is configured to convey the fuel under pressure from the pump assembly to the at least one fuel dispenser in a dispenser flow path. A fuel conditioning and filtration assembly comprise a housing having a housing inlet receiving the fuel under pressure created by the pump and a housing outlet whereby the fuel entering the housing inlet exits the housing through the housing outlet. A filter element is within the housing and interposed in the flow path between the housing inlet and the housing outlet. A return tube receiving fuel from the outlet of the housing is also provided. An agitator manifold receiving the fuel from the return tube and having an agitator tube defining a plurality of agitation holes, the agitator tube being positioned proximate to the bottom of the fuel storage tank. In addition, the agitator manifold is movable between an insertion orientation and a deployed orientation. A flow control valve is provided for controlling the flow of the fuel along the fuel conditioning and filtration flow path. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An agitator manifold, for use with a fuel recirculation system, said agitator manifold comprising: rigid first and second tube portions interconnected for flow by a flexible tube, the second tube portion forming an agitator tube defining a plurality of agitation holes; said first and second tube portions are movable between an insertion orientation in which the second tube portion is substantially axially aligned with the first tube portion and a deployed orientation in which the second tube portion is substantially perpendicular to the first tube portion; a deployment linkage assembly to effect movement of the agitator manifold between the insertion orientation and the deployed orientation; wherein the linkage assembly comprises a handle linkage and an agitator linkage interconnected by at least one interconnecting bar; wherein the handle linkage comprises a rotatable bar structure pivotally connected with respect to the first tube portion; and further comprising a removable pin extending through said rotatable bar structure to maintain the second tube portion in the deployed orientation. ### Claim 2 An agitator manifold, for use with a fuel recirculation system, said agitator manifold comprising: rigid first and second tube portions interconnected for flow by a flexible tube, the second tube portion forming an agitator tube defining a plurality of agitation holes; said first and second tube portions are movable between an insertion orientation in which the second tube portion is substantially axially aligned with the first tube portion and a deployed orientation in which the second tube portion is substantially perpendicular to the first tube portion; a deployment linkage assembly to effect movement of the agitator manifold between the insertion orientation and the deployed orientation; wherein the linkage assembly comprises a handle linkage and an agitator linkage interconnected by at least one interconnecting bar; wherein the handle linkage comprises a rotatable bar structure pivotally connected with respect to the first tube portion; and wherein the agitator linkage comprises at least one L-shaped bar having a shorter bar portion and a longer bar portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The agitator manifold of claim 1, wherein the at least one interconnecting bar comprises first and second interconnecting rods. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The agitator manifold of claim 1, wherein the handle linkage includes a removable handle. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The agitator manifold of claim 2, wherein the at least one L-shaped bar is pivotally connected to the first tube portion at the intersection of the shorter bar portion and the longer bar portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The agitator manifold of claim 5, wherein the at least one L-shaped bar is pivotally connected to the first tube portion via an axially extending arm that is fixed to the first tube portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The agitator manifold of claim 5, wherein the at least one interconnecting bar is pivotally connected to the at least one L-shaped bar adjacent a distal end of the shorter bar portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The agitator manifold of claim 1, wherein the diametric extent of the agitator manifold in the insertion orientation is less than 4 inches.