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US 2019/0359476 A1Published application
Mobile auxiliary distribution station
AssigneeFuel Automation Station, LLC
InventorGarrett Walther
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Abstract
An auxiliary distribution station is configured to be used in cooperation with a primary distribution station. The auxiliary distribution system includes a mobile vehicle, an auxiliary hose reel and auxiliary hose, a lift, a tank, a pump, an auxiliary meter, and a tank hose. The auxiliary hose is configured to be fluidly connected with a hose of the primary distribution station. The lift is configured to move and deploy the auxiliary hose reel from the mobile vehicle. The pump is operable to pump fluid from the tank, through the meter, and through the tank hose.
Claims20
A distribution system comprising:
- a primary distribution station including.
- a mobile trailer,
- a pump on the mobile trailer,
- a manifold on the mobile trailer and fluidly connected with the pump;
- a plurality of reels on the mobile trailer,
- a plurality of hoses, each said hose connected with a different one of the reels and connected to be fed from the manifold,
- a plurality of valves on the mobile trailer, each said valve situated between the manifold and a respective different one of the reels,
- a plurality of fluid level sensors, each said fluid level sensor being associated with a different one of the hoses, and
- a controller configured to individually open and close the valves responsive to the fluid level sensors;
- an auxiliary distribution station including,
- a mobile vehicle,
- an auxiliary hose reel and auxiliary hose on the mobile vehicle, the auxiliary hose configured to be fluidly connected with at least one of the plurality of hoses of the primary distribution station,
- a lift on the mobile vehicle, the lift configured to move and deploy the auxiliary hose reel from the mobile vehicle,
- a first tank on the mobile vehicle, and
- a pump, an auxiliary meter, and a tank hose, the pump operable to pump fluid from the first tank, through the meter, and through the tank hose.
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A distribution system comprising:
- an auxiliary distribution station configured to be used in cooperation with a primary distribution station, the auxiliary distribution system including,
- a mobile vehicle,
- an auxiliary hose reel and auxiliary hose on the mobile vehicle, the auxiliary hose configured to be fluidly connected with a hose of the primary distribution station,
- a lift on the mobile vehicle, the lift configured to move and deploy the auxiliary hose reel from the mobile vehicle,
- a tank on the mobile vehicle, and
- a pump, an auxiliary meter, and a tank hose, the pump operable to pump fluid from the tank, through the meter, and through the tank hose.
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A method for use in a distribution system, the method comprising:
- distributing a fluid using a primary distribution station that has a mobile trailer, a pump on the mobile trailer, a manifold on the mobile trailer and fluidly connected with the pump, a plurality of reels on the mobile trailer, a plurality of hoses, each said hose connected with a different one of the reels and connected to be fed from the manifold, a plurality of valves on the mobile trailer, each said valve situated between the manifold and a respective different one of the reels, a plurality of fluid level sensors, each said fluid level sensor being associated with a different one of the hoses, and a controller configured to individually open and close the valves responsive to the fluid level sensors;
- using a primary meter on the primary distribution station to track the amount of fluid distributed by the primary distribution system;
- connecting one of the hoses of the primary distribution station to an auxiliary hose on an auxiliary distribution station that includes a mobile vehicle, an auxiliary hose reel and the auxiliary hose, a lift on the mobile vehicle, the lift configured to move and deploy the auxiliary hose reel from the mobile vehicle, a tank on the mobile vehicle, and a pump, an auxiliary meter, and a tank hose, the pump operable to pump fluid from the tank, through the meter, and through the tank hose;
- distributing the fluid from the primary distribution station through the hose that is connected with the auxiliary hose to distribute fluid through the auxiliary hose;
- and
- using the primary meter on the primary distribution station to track the amount of fluid distributed through the auxiliary hose.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.