Fueling system
OwnerNicholas T. Myersinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for providing fuel comprises a fuel handling portion and an air handling portion. The fuel handling portion comprises a fuel tank adapted to store fuel as well as a fuel nozzle in fluid communication with the fuel tank and adapted to dispense fuel from the fuel tank. The air handling portion comprises an air tank adapted to be filled with pressurized gas from a pressurized gas source. After the pressurized gas source is removed, the air handling portion is operative to apply the pressurized gas from the air tank to the fuel in the fuel tank so as to provide a motive force for dispensing fuel through the fuel nozzle.
Claims20
An apparatus for providing fuel, the apparatus comprising:
- a fuel handling portion, the fuel handling portion comprising a fuel tank adapted to store fuel, and a fuel nozzle in fluid communication with the fuel tank and adapted to dispense fuel from the fuel tank;
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- an air handling portion, the air handling portion comprising an air tank adapted to be filled with pressurized gas from a pressurized gas source and the air handling portion operative to, after the pressurized gas source is removed, apply the pressurized gas from the air tank to the fuel in the fuel tank so as to provide a motive force for dispensing fuel through the fuel nozzle.
A method of providing fuel, the method comprising the steps of:
- filling a fuel tank with fuel, the fuel tank in fluid communication with a fuel nozzle;
- pressurizing an air tank with a gas from a pressurized gas source;
- removing the pressurized gas source;
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- dispensing the fuel from the fuel tank through the fuel nozzle while allowing pressurized gas from the air tank to provide a motive force for dispensing the fuel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.