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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7349813 | Fault tolerant power system architecture for fluid flow measurement systems To provide a fault-tolerant architecture to supply electrical operating power in fluid flow measurement applications, apparatus and associated systems, computer program products, and methods include an intelligent power module with redundant and electrically indepen... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7284455 | Electronic environment sensing instrument having an analog indicator An electronic environment sensing instrument having an analog indicator has a casing having a front panel with a scale, an electronic sensing and driving assembly mounted in the casing, a needle and a DC power supply. The electronic driving indicator assembly has a ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 5731981 | Beverage dispensing system for bar The system controls the dispensing of beverages in a bar. The system has individual manually actuated beverage dispensers equipped with electrically controlled flow valve devices which meter and dispense variable amounts of beverages upon command by a use... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5602745 | Fuel dispenser electronics design A fuel dispenser for installation in a service station equipped with a dispenser control console includes a housing, a pump to pump fuel through the housing, a fuel flow meter in the housing, a switch actuable to indicate fuel is to be pumped through the ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5419191 | Apparatus for counting cycles of fluid flow A counting apparatus which is designed to be placed in parallel to a fluid flow line has a differential pressure switch which is placed across an orifice positioned within the fluid flow line. A counting mechanism is associated with the differential press... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5400650 | Apparatus for counting cycles of fluid flow There is provided a counting apparatus which is designed to be located in any position in series with a fluid flow line. The apparatus has a first magnet in an air chamber of the body of the counter. As the fluid passes through the air chamber, the first ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5174473 | Dose counting device for a distributor of doses of fluid products, especially for pharmaceutical use The device comprises a distributor provided with an operating member for a counting device of doses of fluid associated with a mouth of a container, a ring nut for fastening the distitributor onto the mouth and resilient element suitable for transforming ... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5154314 | System for transport, delivery and dispensation of industrial liquid fluids A secure control system for delivery, dispensing and inventory of several liquid fluids (products). A stocked liquid delivery vehicle 100 provides coordinated and measured filling of liquids through a site dispensing subsystem 200 to site storage containe... | 10/13/1992 |
| 4816650 | Display of information at service stations A service station installation is disclosed in which the fuel amount and cost registers of the dispensing pump are connected by an information link to a hand-portable unit which displays the same information. The unit can be affixed to the windscreen of t... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4565302 | Actuatable dosing mechanism A dosing mechanism in the form of a manually operable, single-acting piston pump, which dispenses a given quantity of a substance, e.g. in atomized form, during each actuating stroke has a counter. For this purpose, a counting ring mounted in rotary manne... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4531051 | Meter register with incremental indicia wheel movement Flat indicia wheels are used in conjunction with a Geneva-type register movement. The register utilizes transfer wheels which have an outer edge shaped to contain a plurality of scallops and cusps. Each transfer wheel is associated with a transfer disc th... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4513198 | Mechanical computer assembly Conversion of a conventional volume-price computer for a liquid fuel metering pump to extend the existing range from three place to four place unit price per volume and comprising an auxiliary differential gear train assembly driven from the main output g... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4507548 | Indicator assembly for use with number wheel Means is provided for converting a fuel pump mechanism price display for reading in either lower or higher order increments. The number wheel utilized has relatively short and relatively long graduation marks, with the relatively short marks being masked ... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4489600 | Water meter with an anti-reverse-rotation device An improved magnetic rotor type water meter having an anti-reverse-rotation device for preventing the reverse rotation of the pointer driving gear of the water meter, although the rotor or impeller of the water meter is rotated in the reverse direction by... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4426574 | Fuel pump counter readout A fuel dispenser cost counter having a plurality of coaxial cost counter wheels with a 100 count first order counter wheel with ten, 36° spaced, two-place identifying numerals of 00, 10, 20 . . . 90 having an angular height of 30°, ten-count graduations... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4425498 | Method and system for expanding the readout of a fuel pump register An expanded readout system and a method for expanding the readout of a resettable fuel pump register employs a shutter pinion, a shutter having a pawl assembly, and a stop means for each of the counters to be expanded. The pawl assembly may comprise one o... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4365147 | Rotary drive anti-overtravel device Two embodiments of a fuel pump cost counter anti-overtravel device having a controlled coil spring clutch for selectively clutching the cost counter drive train to a fixed drum for preventing cost counter overtravel at the termination of a fuel delivery.... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4365146 | Rotary drive anti-backlash device A fuel pump cost counter anti-backlash device having a follower rotor connected by a reverse bias spring to the cost counter drive train for removing any inertia overtravel in the drive train at the termination of a fuel delivery and a controlled coil spr... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4362927 | Preselection counter with continuous display and automatic repetition of a preset value A preselection counter having a switch-off counter which is adapted to actuate a desired function when a quantity of this function determined by a preset value has been reached includes presettable indicating means having number rollers adapted to have th... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4350265 | Liquid dispenser meter A meter for a liquid dispenser of the type having an axially movable plunger. The meter includes a housing detachably mountable on the dispenser. The housing has a bore in which is engaged a sleeve on the dispenser. An annular space is provided, coaxially... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4347435 | Readout mechanism for fuel pump counter A readout pointer for the penny wheel of a fuel pump cost counter having a circumferentially extending mask for the penny wheel and adapted to be mounted in alternate axially spaced positions for selectively masking the short graduations on the penny whee... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4327940 | Gasoline pump display conversion kit A conversion kit for converting the display wheels of a conventional gasoline pump to increase the money value display is disclosed. The kit comprises numbered adhesive strips which are sized to fit the circumference of one or more of the display wheels o... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4315438 | Conversion assembly for dispensing pumps and the like An assembly for installation into a fuel dispensing pump permits its conversion from gallon- to liter-based operation upon the mere pulling of a shift pin.... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4281240 | Fuel pump counter transfer mechanism A fuel pump register cost counter having a transfer mechanism permitting count transfers at a substantially reduced torque through the use of a torsion spring drive of the transfer ring of the units wheel and the use of transfer pinions between the counte... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4230937 | Fuel delivery safety limit mechanism A fuel dispenser with a resettable register having a safety limit mechanism for limiting the amount of fuel dispensed by means of a gear trip mechanism indexed by the register to trip a shut-off valve after an adjustable safety limit is dispensed. The tri... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4217485 | Plural key operated totalizers for gasoline sales pump A plate adapted to be mounted over an opening in the casing of a gasoline sales pump supports a frame which in turn rotatably and axially slidably supports a plurality of totalizer shafts and dial wheels, and a drive shaft with plural gears each associate... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4180202 | Presettable counter mechanism A counter operated control device is provided for controlling and terminating the delivery of liquid petroleum products and the like. The device includes a presettable counter controlling a multiple stage trip mechanism having independent first and second... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4172220 | Setting device for presettable counters In a setting device for presettable counters, a number of indicating rollers are arranged with symbols on their circumferential peripheral surfaces. Connected to each indicating roller is a ratchet wheel and an adjusting wheel. A switching device for each... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4104511 | Safety interlock system for preset counters An actuating counter for use in conjunction with a fluid metering device, such as a liquid displacement meter, which can be preset prior to commencement of operation to count out a desired number of product units characterized in that upon actuation of th... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4051724 | Flow responsive counting apparatus A flow responsive counting apparatus comprising in combination a) conduit means having an inlet and an outlet; b) means mechanically responsive to fluid flow for measuring volumetric flow of water; c) means mechanically responsive to fluid flow for totall... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4027783 | Tallying beverage dispenser Tally means for a liquid dispenser which selectively draws measured quantities of liquor for discharge through a discharge sprout. A liquid pressure responsive sensor is connected to the discharge line and is responsive only to passage of liquid. The sens... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4019031 | Register price wheel structure In order to increase the "sale" or "cost" registering capacity of a standard, conventional three-wheel register (counter) used in gasoline dispeners, a modified price wheel has been developed as a substitute for the lowest-order price wheel of a conventio... | 04/19/1977 |
| 3999704 | Reset detent mechanism for rotary counter A fuel delivery pump with resettable volume and cost counters having counter resetting means with a zero detent mechanism for accurately positioning the lowest order number wheels of the counters at zero.... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3943340 | Computer auxiliary gear box Converter for a fuel pump computer having a register driven by a variator normally connected to be driven by a meter wherein the converter is attachable to the variator for driving it by a variator drive gear in the converter which has a meter driven rota... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3938736 | Fuel pump computer conversion means A modified mechanical gasoline pump computer with an input gear box mounted on the underside of the base of the computer variator. A depending gear box input shaft is coupled to be driven by the gasoline meter and is axially shiftable for axially shifting... | 02/17/1976 |
