An automotive fluids dispensing and blending system wherein a customer may select various fuel additives such as octane enhancers, fuel injector cleaners, varnish dissolvers, compounds to free-up piston rings, etc., all choices of which may be automatically blended with the selected fuel as the fuel is being dispensed normally into the vehicle fuel tank. The system also allows the customer to select and dispense various engine oils and oil additives, antifreeze solutions, windshield washer fluid, power steering fluid, and other automotive fluids directly into the vehicle using provided lines, nozzles and controls. All sales transactions are displayed to the customer and station operator for purposes of payment, and all sales transaction data is recorded and stored.
An oil-feeding apparatus of the present invention includes a main body housing containing oil-feeding pumps and flow meters therein. An indicator housing is placed on the main body housing with supplied oil amount indicators, and a strut is stood at one side of the main body housing. A top housing has one end connected to the top of the strut, and the other end extended to a part above the main body housing. A hose guide is provided between the main body housing and the top housing, which guide oil-feeding hoses, each with an oil-feeding nozzle at a free end thereof, the other end being connected to a discharge pipe provided at the outlet side of the flow meter at a lower part of the hose guide. Retractors are provided in the top housing with wires drawn from the retractors. The midportion of each of the hoses is joined to the wire so as to be suspended in an inverted U-shape in the hose guide. Nozzle rests are provided on the main body housing for hanging the oil-feeding nozzles on the free ends of the oil-feeding hoses.
A warning announcer for a gasoline dispenser having a pump flow counter, a pump bar switch and/or a nozzle position sensor, a dispenser nozzle, and a nozzle receptacle, including a logic unit, a timer, a speaker, a voice alarm unit for providing a message to the speaker, a circuit for connecting signals from the pump flow counter and the pump bar switch or position sensor to the logic unit for controlling the timer to produce a message signal, and a circuit for connecting the timer to the voice alarm unit for initiating a message when the timer produces a messages signals.
A coin and credit card activated windshield washer solution dispensing system for use at car washes, convenience stores, and gas stations by the public through which an operator can neatly transfer a metered amount of windshield washer solution directly into a motor vehicle's windshield washer fluid reservoir without the use of a funnel. The system can be housed as a independent, stand-alone unit or combined in a housing with other automotive-related service systems, such as air/vacuum service units. The present invention can comprise an air compressor to help provide even fluid flow, or in the alternative it can be gravity-fed. The compressor-driven embodiment comprises a fluid tank, a pump, a pressure regulator, a regulator gauge, an adjustable timer, a solenoid, access to a remote power supply, a step-down transformer, and an elongated dispensing nozzle with a shut-off control that is easily operable by customers to prevent overfill. Through use of the variable timer and pressure regulator, the person maintaining the system can precisely calibrate a maximum amount of fluid to be dispensed per unit cost and the speed of such dispensing. Applications of the system may also include, but are not limited to, use in large garages and car rental facilities for rapid spill-free filling of vehicle windshield washer fluid reservoirs.
A device for dispensing multiple fluids in, for instance, a vehicle service facility is provided with a plurality of control modules. Each of those modules is capable of being connected to a number of pumps, a number of solenoid valves and a number of meters. This system may be set up such that to dispense one fluid a pump may be turned on from a first control module, that pump being connected to a valve connected to a second control module and even a meter connected with a third module. Of course, the pump, valve and meter may, if desired, all run off of the same module as well. By user programming, the user selects connected sets for each fluid. This architecture minimizes the amount of wiring and other connections as different modules may be closed to different parts of the plumbed section. Provision is made for security on the operator pendants and outputting of data for billing and record keeping.
A multi-product fuel dispensing system is provided for dispensing a plurality of fuels stored in a plurality of reservoir tanks. A fuel delivery conduit delivers a specific grade of fuel from one or more of the reservoir tanks. The conduit includes at least two flow channels, one for conveying a first grade of fuel and another for conveying a second grade of fuel. A nozzle connected to the conduit includes a blend valve for each flow channel. The nozzle can deliver the first grade of fuel, the second grade of fuel or a third grade of fuel comprising a blend of the first and second grades of fuel. An ultrasonic flow meter is mounted in the nozzle to measure the flow of fuel.