Mobile platform for dispensing fuel from any tank
OwnerKurt A. Polzininventor
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Abstract
A mobile or portable pumping platform for being conveyed to a point of use where there are tanks containing a liquid, such as fuel, to be dispensed is disclosed. The platform comprises at least one station including a display indicating at least price/quantity of liquid to be dispensed, and possibly type of liquid. In some embodiments, the platform includes at least one metering station and a computer for calculating price of dispensed fluid. The pumping platform may be mounted to a truck or skid and deployed for use, or configured as a trailer to be towed to a point of use.
Claims18
A mobile fuel pumping and dispensing apparatus for use in emergencies where installed pumps and dispensing apparatus at a fueling station are nonfunctional to pump fuel from one or more existing tanks at said fueling station, said mobile fuel pumping and dispensing apparatus comprising:
- a vehicle configured for transporting said fuel pumping and dispensing apparatus to said one or more existing tanks at said fueling station, said fuel pumping and dispensing apparatus further comprising:
- at least one tube or hose configured for placing in communicating relation with said fuel in said one or more existing tanks at said fueling station,
- at least one pump communicating with said at least one tube or hose,
- a source of power for powering said pump,
- at least one fuel dispensing station coupled to said at least one pump, said fuel dispensing station comprising at least a resettable fuel meter for metering quantity of dispensed fuel for each consumer, a dispensing hose connected to said dispensing station and a dispensing nozzle connected to said dispensing hose, said dispensing nozzle configured to fit a fueling port of a consumer vehicle, whereby metered quantities of fuel are provided to respective ones of a plurality of consumer vehicles at said fueling station when said installed pumps and dispensing apparatus at said fueling station are nonfunctional.
A mobile fuel pumping and dispensing apparatus for use in emergencies where installed pumps and dispensing apparatus at a fueling station are nonfunctional to pump fuel from a plurality of existing tanks of differing types of fuel at said fueling station, said mobile fuel pumping and dispensing apparatus comprising:
- a vehicle for transporting said fuel pumping and dispensing apparatus to said fueling station for use,
- a plurality of hoses, one hose of said plurality of hoses for a respective tank of said plurality of existing tanks of differing types of fuel from which fuel is to be dispensed,
- means coupled to said hoses for pumping said fuel from said plurality of existing tanks of differing types of fuel,
- a power source for powering at least said means coupled to said hoses,
- a plurality of fuel dispensing stations connected to said means coupled to said hoses, said plurality of fuel dispensing stations mounted on said mobile fuel pumping and dispensing apparatus, each said dispensing station comprising a resettable fuel meter for metering a quantity of dispensed fuel, a dispensing hose connected to said dispensing station and a dispensing nozzle connected to said dispensing hose, said dispensing nozzle configured to fit a fueling port of a consumer vehicle, whereby metered quantities of fuel are provided to respective ones of a plurality of consumer vehicles at said fueling station when said installed pumps and dispensing apparatus at said fueling station are nonfunctional.
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