Gasoline pump system and method
OwnerAryeh Littinventor
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Abstract
In a gasoline pump system, means for concurrent filling of more than one car, tank or container with gasoline or other liquid petroleum products, comprising a display for guiding car drivers to a gasoline pump system having an outlet available for fueling, and a display for enabling each driver to identify the outlet used for filling his/her car, and to distinguish it from outlets used for filling other cars. A method for concurrent filling of more than one car, tank or container with gasoline or other liquid petroleum products, comprising the steps of: A. Guiding car drivers to a gasoline pump system having an outlet available for fueling; and B. Enabling each driver to identify the outlet used for filling his/her car, and to distinguish it from outlets used for filling other cars.
Claims7
A gasoline pump system for concurrent filling of more than two cars, tanks or containers with gasoline or other liquid petroleum products, comprising:
- A. a plurality of fuel outlets on each side of the pump system, wherein each outlet is supplied by a fuel pump and further includes flowmeter means for measuring the amount of fuel delivered through that outlet;
- B. a plurality of sets of operator interface means on each side of the pump system, wherein each set comprises input means for selecting the type of fuel for one of the fuel outlets and display means for indicating information related to a vehicle filling through that fuel outlet;
- C. means for enabling each driver to identify the outlet used for filling his/her car, and to distinguish it from outlets used for filling other cars;
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- D. means for guiding car drivers to a gasoline pump system having an outlet available for fueling at any instant of time.
The gasoline pump system according to wherein each outlet includes unique identifying means and wherein the outlet distinguishing means comprise availability display means for displaying, for each filling outlet, the cost together with the associated outlet identifying means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.