Fuel Blending Hose and Fuel Dispensing Unit
AssigneeWayne Fueling Systems Sweden AB
InventorBengt I. Larsson
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Abstract
A fuel hose for delivering multiple-grades of fuel is provided and in one embodiment includes a first hose portion having a first length and a first diameter, and a second hose portion having a second length and a second diameter. The first hose portion includes a first fuel line and a second fuel line, and the second hose portion includes a third fuel line. The first fuel line and the second fuel line can be fluidly connected to the third fuel line. In one embodiment, the first diameter of the first hose portion is larger than the second diameter of the second hose portion. The invention further relates to a fuel dispensing unit.
Claims20
A fuel hose for delivering multiple-grades of fuel, comprising:
- a first hose portion having a first length and a first diameter, the first hose portion comprising a first fuel line and a second fuel line;
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- a second hose portion having a second length and a second diameter, the first diameter of the first hose portion being larger than the second diameter of the second hose portion, and the second hose portion comprising a third fuel line, the first fuel line and the second fuel line being fluidly connected to the third fuel line.
A fuel dispensing unit, comprising:
- a housing including a hydraulic cabinet and an electrical cabinet;
- a hose having a first end coupled to the housing and configured to receive fluid from the hydraulic cabinet, and having a second end coupled to a nozzle, the hose including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion including the first end and having a first fuel line and a second fuel line, and the second portion including the second end and having a third fuel line, the third fuel line being in fluid communication with the first and second fuel lines.
A method for dispensing multiple grades of fuel, comprising:
- activating a fuel dispenser to cause a first fuel grade to flow through a first fuel line in a first hose portion and to cause a second fuel grade to flow through a second fuel line in the first hose portion, the first and second fuel grades flowing from the first hose portion into a third fuel line of a second hose portion to be delivered to a nozzle for delivering the first and second fuel grades in a blended manner into a vehicle of a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.