Mobile distribution station having adjustable feed network
AssigneeFuel Automation Station, LLC
InventorRicky Dean Shock
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Abstract
A distribution station includes an adjustable feed network that connects first and second pumps with first and second manifolds. The network is switchable between first and second configurations. In the first configuration a first pump is fluidly connected with the first manifold and fluidly disconnected from the second manifold. Concurrently, the second pump is fluidly connected to the second manifold and is fluidly disconnected from the first manifold. In the second configuration the first pump is fluidly connected with the second manifold and fluidly disconnected from the first manifold, and the second pump is fluidly disconnected from the first and second manifolds.
Claims14
A distribution station comprising:
- a mobile trailer;
- first and second manifolds on the mobile trailer;
- first and second pumps on the mobile trailer;
- an adjustable feed network connecting the first and second pumps with the first and second manifolds, the adjustable feed network being switchable between first and second configurations, wherein
- in the first configuration the first pump is fluidly connected with the first manifold and fluidly disconnected from the second manifold, and concurrently the second pump is fluidly connected to the second manifold and is fluidly disconnected from the first manifold, and
- in the second configuration the first pump is fluidly connected with the second manifold and fluidly disconnected from the first manifold, and the second pump is fluidly disconnected from the first and second manifolds;
- a plurality of reels on the mobile trailer, each said reel individually connected with the first or second manifold;
- a plurality of hoses, each said hose connected with a different one of the reels;
- a plurality of valves on the mobile trailer, each said valve situated between the first or second manifold and a respective different one of the reels;
- a plurality of fluid level sensors, each said fluid level sensor connectable to an end of a different one of the hoses;
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- a controller configured to individually open and close the valves responsive to the fluid level sensors.
A distribution station comprising:
- a mobile trailer;
- first and second manifolds on the mobile trailer;
- first and second pumps on the mobile trailer;
- a network of fluid lines and valves connecting the first and second pumps with the first and second manifolds, the valves being adjustable to change fluid flow paths through the network such that each of the first and second pumps can be fluidly connected with each of the first and second manifolds;
- a plurality of reels on the mobile trailer, each said reel individually connected with the first or second manifold;
- a plurality of hoses, each said hose connected with a different one of the reels;
- a plurality of valves on the mobile trailer, each said valve situated between the first or second manifold and a respective different one of the reels;
- a plurality of fluid level sensors, each said fluid level sensor connectable to an end of a different one of the hoses;
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- a controller configured to individually open and close the valves responsive to the fluid level sensors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.