Mobile distribution station with guided wave radar fuel level sensors
AssigneeFuel Automation Station, LLC
InventorRicky Dean Shock
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Abstract
A distribution station includes a mobile trailer, a pump on the mobile trailer, a manifold on the mobile trailer and connected with the pump, a plurality of hoses connected with the manifold, a plurality of valves on the mobile trailer, each of the valves situated between the manifold and a respective different one of the hoses, a plurality of guided wave radar level sensors, each of the guided wave radar level sensors being associated with a respective different one of the hoses, and a controller configured to communicate with the guided wave radar level sensors and operate the valves responsive to signals from the guided wave radar level sensors.
Claims19
A distribution station comprising:
- a mobile trailer;
- a pump on the mobile trailer;
- a manifold on the mobile trailer and connected with the pump;
- a plurality of hoses connected with the manifold;
- a plurality of valves on the mobile trailer, each of the valves situated between the manifold and a respective different one of the hoses;
- a plurality of guided wave radar level sensors, each of the guided wave radar level sensors being associated with a respective different one of the hoses;
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- a controller configured to communicate with the guided wave radar level sensors and operate the valves responsive to signals from the guided wave radar level sensors.
A mobile distribution station comprising a pump, a manifold, a plurality of hoses, a plurality of detachably connectable fuel caps connected or connectable with the hoses, a plurality of valves, a plurality of guided wave radar level sensors, and a controller that is configured to operate the valves responsive to signals from the guided wave radar level sensors to provide fuel to the manifold, from the manifold to the valves, and from the valves through the hoses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.