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AssigneeWacker Neuson Produktion GmbH & Co. KG
InventorMichael Steffen
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A drive system has an engine, a tank container for storing an expendable operating medium for the engine, a filling-level monitoring apparatus for monitoring the filling level in the tank container and/or in a feed line from the tank container to the engine, and an interruption apparatus for interrupting the engine in the case of an imminent lack of operating medium. If the filling level drops below a predefined filling-level height, this is detected by the filling-level monitoring apparatus and reported to the interruption apparatus which thereupon interrupts the drive system. Drive systems which are designed in this way are suitable for use in equipment, for example, in civil engineering, where emptying of the fuel tank frequently occurs as a result of the extreme building-site operation.
A drive system comprising:
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A method for monitoring a filling level of a tank container for storing an expendable operating medium for an engine of a drive system, the drive system having a filling level monitoring device for monitoring the filling level in the tank container and/or in a feed line from the tank container to the engine, and having an interruption device for interrupting the operation of the engine, and the filling level monitoring device having a sensor for monitoring the filling level, the sensor being situated on or in the feed line in such a way that the feed line has a continuous incline from the position of the sensor up to the tank container, wherein evaluation of the filling level of the tank container by the filling level monitoring device;
A tool comprising:
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