Trailer-mounted metered pumping system
AssigneeWestern Transport Logistics, Inc.
InventorsDouglas L. Hancock, Jr., Jacob R. Pew
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Abstract
A trailer-mounted pumping system includes a flatbed trailer having a generally flat deck surface, a pump, a batch controller, and a metering device in electronic communication with the batch controller, wherein the pump is configured to move a liquid from at least one tote supported by the generally flat deck surface to a location off-board the flatbed trailer, and the batch controller is configured to measure a volume of the liquid via the metering device. The pump, the metering device, and/or the batch controller may be disposed beneath the generally flat deck surface.
Claims9
A trailer-mounted pumping system, comprising:
- a flatbed trailer having a generally flat deck surface;
- a pump;
- a batch controller;
- a metering device in electronic communication with the batch controller;
- a power converter configured to supply electric power to the batch controller and the metering device;
- a first housing mounted beneath the deck surface;
- and
- a second housing mounted beneath the deck surface,
- wherein the pump is disposed in the second housing,
- wherein the pump is configured to move a liquid from at least one tote supported by the generally flat deck surface to a location off-board the flatbed trailer, and
- wherein the batch controller is configured to measure a volume of the liquid via the metering device.
A trailer-mounted pumping system, comprising:
- a flatbed trailer having a generally flat deck surface;
- a pump;
- a batch controller;
- a metering device in electronic communication with the batch controller;
- a first housing mounted beneath the deck surface;
- a second housing mounted beneath the deck surface;
- and
- a printer in electronic communication with the batch controller,
- wherein the pump is disposed in the second housing,
- wherein the pump is configured to move a liquid from at least one tote supported by the generally flat deck surface to a location off-board the flatbed trailer,
- wherein the batch controller is configured to measure a volume of the liquid via the metering device,
- wherein the printer prints a report of the volume of the liquid, and
- wherein the printer is disposed in the first housing.
A trailer-mounted pumping system, comprising:
- a flatbed trailer having a generally flat deck surface;
- a pump;
- a batch controller;
- a metering device in electronic communication with the batch controller;
- a cross-over pipe mounted to the flatbed trailer;
- a first housing mounted beneath the deck surface;
- and
- a second housing mounted beneath the deck surface,
- wherein the pump is disposed in the second housing,
- wherein the pump is configured to move a liquid from at least one tote supported by the generally flat deck surface to a location off-board the flatbed trailer, and
- wherein the batch controller is configured to measure a volume of the liquid via the metering device,
- wherein the cross-over pipe extends transversely across the flatbed trailer to provide a fluid path between a first side of the flatbed trailer and a second side of the flatbed trailer, and
- wherein the cross-over pipe is coupled between the pump and the at least one tote.
A trailer-mounted pumping system, comprising:
- a flatbed trailer having a generally flat deck surface;
- a pump;
- a batch controller;
- a metering device in electronic communication with the batch controller;
- a first conduit;
- a first housing mounted beneath the deck surface;
- and
- a second housing mounted beneath the deck surface,
- wherein the pump is disposed in the second housing,
- wherein the pump is configured to move a liquid from at least one tote supported by the generally flat deck surface to a location off-board the flatbed trailer,
- wherein the batch controller is configured to measure a volume of the liquid via the metering device, and
- wherein the conduit is connected between the at least one tote and the pump.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.