System and method for on-demand fueling of vehicles with an electrically operated mobile cart

    公开(公告)号:US11618668B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-04

    申请号:US17710350

    申请日:2022-03-31

    申请人: Richard Ferrara

    发明人: Richard Ferrara

    摘要: A system, apparatus and method for on-demand fueling of vehicles with a mobile, motorized handcart including a cart body coupled with a fuel tank, a plurality of wheels operatively connected to the cart body, the wheels operable with a motorized traction system, a steering handle operatively connected to the cart body and including controls for controlling the motorized traction system, a coupling system for securely coupling the cart body to the fuel tank, a hose and a nozzle, a spill guard surrounding the nozzle, an electric pump for pumping fuel from the fuel tank to the customer vehicle via the hose and nozzle, and a display dock disposed on the cart body, the display dock configured to dock a computing device configured to display fueling parameters based on a customer fuel request received via a communications network.

    Fuel supply system
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11519369B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-06

    申请号:US16864331

    申请日:2020-05-01

    摘要: A remote fuel supply system comprising a fuel transfer unit for managing the flow of fuel from a remote fuel tank and onboard auxiliary tank to an engine. The system may include an engine unit comprising an onboard auxiliary tank, a remote fuel supply unit comprising a remote fuel tank, and a fuel transfer unit. The fuel transfer unit may include a housing featuring multiple inlets for receiving fresh fuel from the fuel supply unit and unburnt fuel from the engine unit, and the housing may include multiple outlets connected to diverter valves for selectively transferring fuel to the engine unit from the fuel supply sources; namely, the fresh fuel from the fuel supply unit and/or the unburnt fuel from the engine unit.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCT SYSTEM OF AN AGRICULTURAL APPLICATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220267136A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-25

    申请号:US17307589

    申请日:2021-05-04

    摘要: A product system for an agricultural sprayer includes a product tank configured to store a volume of an agricultural product. A fill station is configured to accept the agricultural product from an off-board source. A flow assembly is fluidly coupled with the fill station and is configured to direct the agricultural product into a product tank from the conduit. A reclaim system is configured to provide the agricultural product within the flow assembly to the product tank. A computing system is communicatively coupled to the reclaim system. The computing system is configured to receive inputs indicative of activation of a fill mode, detect termination of the fill mode, and activate a reclaim mode to move the agricultural product from at least the conduit to the product tank through activation of the reclaim system.

    Blending apparatus and method
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11339049B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-24

    申请号:US17124119

    申请日:2020-12-16

    申请人: Gilbarco Inc.

    摘要: A method of delivering a selected fuel product having a selected octane level to an operator from a fuel dispenser including a blend manifold, a fuel nozzle, and a fuel hose extending therebetween, including the steps of determining a first volume of a first fuel that is retained in the fuel hose upon completion of a first fueling event, determining a first octane level of the first volume of the first fuel, determining a second volume of a second fuel having a second octane level, and delivering the first fuel volume and the second fuel volume to the operator during a second fueling event, wherein a total volume of fuel equaling the first volume of the first fuel and the second volume of the second fuel has a total octane level that falls within a predetermined limit of the selected octane level of the selected fuel product.

    PROBE ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN A CLOSED TRANSFER SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20220119242A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-21

    申请号:US17646588

    申请日:2021-12-30

    摘要: A probe assembly configured to selectively restrict fluid flow through an outlet of a closed transfer system. The probe assembly has an elongate probe body with a top end portion, a bottom end portion, an outer wall, and an internal structure defining a fluid chamber extending from the bottom end portion to the top end portion. The fluid chamber has a fluid chamber inlet at the bottom end portion extending through the outer wall into the fluid chamber and a fluid chamber outlet at the top end portion extending from the fluid chamber through the outer wall. A probe tip with a cylindrical bore is configured to engage the top end portion of the elongate probe body and a probe tip outlet is configured to be in fluid communication with the fluid chamber outlet. A rotating head located circumjacent to the probe tip and adjacent to the probe tip outlet is configured to rotate about the probe tip. The rotating head having an inner surface, an outer surface, and a vane extending from the inner surface through the outer surface.

    Method To Control A Dispensing Machine Of Fluid Products

    公开(公告)号:US20220112072A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-14

    申请号:US17555452

    申请日:2021-12-19

    IPC分类号: B67D7/22 B67D7/78 G05B19/042

    摘要: Computer-implemented method to control a dispensing machine configured to deliver fluid products inside a receptacle (118) and comprising a plurality of containing units (111), each containing a respective fluid product, one or more storage zones (128) of the containing units (111) and a dispensing zone (115) wherein it is provided to temporarily and selectively locate at least one sub-assembly of containing units (111) containing the fluid products to be delivered in a dispensing cycle, making use of a computing device (161) comprising at least one processor (164), data storage means (162) with a formulation database, an input device (163), and a display device (159), wherein the control method comprises determining the disposition of the plurality of containing units (111) in the dispensing zone (115) and in the storage zone(s) (128), receiving, via the input device, a target formulation, selected by the user, and identifying, via the processor, from the formulation database an associated plurality of fluid products contained in respective containing units (111) of the sub-assembly, each to be delivered according to a predetermined quantity to obtain said target formulation. The computer-implemented control method also comprises displaying a graphic representation of the layout of the dispensing machine with the dispensing zone (15) and the storage zone(s) (28), which respectively reflects the disposition of the sub-assembly of containing units (111) disposed in the dispensing zone (115) and in the storage zone(s) (128), and graphically highlighting, in the graphic representation, at least the sub-assembly of containing units (11) from which the selected target formulation is to be produced by means of signaling means so as to facilitate their identification by the user and thus provide guidance to the user for displacing of one or more than one containing unit(s) (111) from the storage zone(s) (128) to the dispensing zone (115), or vice versa, if required for the production of the target formulation.

    INLET FOR TRANSFERRING PROPPANT
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220106183A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-07

    申请号:US17063467

    申请日:2020-10-05

    IPC分类号: B67D7/02 B67D7/30 B67D7/78

    摘要: An apparatus, system, and method for receiving proppant into a storage container is disclosed. In certain embodiments, an apparatus for receiving proppant into a storage container may comprise a housing that further comprises a first planar surface having an outlet port and a second planar surface substantially perpendicular to the first planar surface, the second planar surface having a tubular slot formed therein. In certain embodiments, the apparatus comprises a diverter plate coupled to the housing and adjacent the outlet port, the diverter plate being oriented at an acute angle to the first planar surface of the housing.

    System and method for replacing the top of an under-dispenser containment (UDC) unit

    公开(公告)号:US11267085B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-08

    申请号:US17039031

    申请日:2020-09-30

    摘要: A system configured to replace a top portion of an under-dispenser containment unit embedded within a concrete island under a fuel dispenser. The system includes a mounting structure configured to be coupled to the top portion of the under-dispenser containment unit, and a dispenser sump top configured to be coupled to the mounting structure and the fuel dispenser. The mounting structure includes a series of angles and the dispenser sump top includes a frame having a pair of opposing end walls and a pair of opposing sidewalls, a central opening defined by the frame, a splash lip extending outward from a lower portion of each of the pair of opposing ends walls and the pair of opposing sidewalls, and a series of dispenser support flanges extending outward from an upper portion of the pair of opposing ends walls and the pair of opposing sidewalls.