Mobile CO2 filling system for filling onsite CO2 storage and dispensing systems with CO2
AssigneeGreen CO2 IP, LLC
InventorDaniel Schneider
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Abstract
A mobile CO2 filling system selectively fills onsite CO2 storage and dispensing systems with CO2. The system includes a mobile platform; a tank holding liquid CO2 mounted on the mobile platform; a flexible dispensing hose couple to the tank and configured to be selectively coupled to the filling inlet of an onsite CO2 storage and dispensing system; a pump selectively coupled to the tank; and a controller for controlling the filling of an onsite CO2 storage and dispensing systems with CO2 from the tank, wherein the controller is selectively designated by the user to operate in at least one pump assisted filling state and at least one gravity feed filling state.
Claims20
A mobile CO2 filling system, the system comprising:
- a tank adapted to hold liquid CO2, the tank interconnected to a vehicle;
- a pump interconnected to the tank;
- a pressure sensor adapted to detect [the] pressure in an onsite CO2 storage system;
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- a selectable controller for controlling [the] filling of the onsite CO2 storage system with CO2 from the tank, the selectable controller interconnected to the pump and to the pressure sensor;
- wherein the selectable controller includes a plurality of pump assisted filling states to be selected by a user;
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- wherein the selectable controller is adapted to shut off the pump when a desired pressure within the onsite CO2 storage system is detected.
A CO2 distribution system comprising:
- a plurality of onsite CO2 storage and dispensing systems, each system located at a distinct location and having a filling inlet;
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- a mobile CO2 filling system comprising:
- a mobile platform;
- a tank for holding liquid CO2 interconnected on the mobile platform;
- a flexible dispensing hose interconnected to the tank and adapted to couple to the filling inlet of an onsite CO2 storage and dispensing system;
- a pump interconnected to the tank;
- a selectable controller for controlling [the] filling of at least one of the plurality of onsite CO2 storage and dispensing systems with CO2 from the tank, wherein the controller of the mobile CO2 filling system is configured to allow a plurality of pump assisted filling states to be selected by a user;
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- at least one pressure sensor adapted to detect [the] pressure within the onsite CO2 storage system, and wherein the selectable controller is adapted to shut off the pump when a pressure associated with a predetermined desired CO2 fluid level within the onsite CO2 storage system is detected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.