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US 6,431,226 B1Granted
Refuelling robot
AssigneeGilbarco Inc.
InventorUwe Koslowsky
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Abstract
A refuelling robot having a robot tower, which can be moved along a plinth, can be swivelled and has extending from it a robot arm with, at its free end, a filling nozzle, has separate fuel lines for the various types of fuel as far as the robot arm, but combines at least some of these lines into a single line for transition into the arm itself and out through the nozzle. In this way all the usual fuel types can be dispensed while at the same time reducing the outlay on fuel lines.
Claims12
A refueling robot for dispensing fuel, comprising:
- a robot tower which is linearly displaceable on a plinth portion and can be swiveled about a vertical axis, from which tower a robot arm extends, which arm can swivel about its axis and carries at its free end a filling nozzle, wherein separate and at least partially flexible fuel lines associated with respective different types of fuel are provided as far as said robot arm, wherein at least some of said fuel lines are combined immediately before their transition to said robot arm such that they share a common flow path through at least part of said robot arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.