EP0546782A1 - Dispositif de contrôle d'un nombre de distributeurs d'hydrocarbure - Google Patents

Dispositif de contrôle d'un nombre de distributeurs d'hydrocarbure Download PDF

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EP0546782A1
EP0546782A1 EP92311129A EP92311129A EP0546782A1 EP 0546782 A1 EP0546782 A1 EP 0546782A1 EP 92311129 A EP92311129 A EP 92311129A EP 92311129 A EP92311129 A EP 92311129A EP 0546782 A1 EP0546782 A1 EP 0546782A1
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Niichi c/o Tatsuno Corporation Kobayashi
Hitoshi c/o Tatsuno Corporation Takagi
Miyuki c/o Tatsuno Corporation Matsumura
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • the present invention relates to a control device for controlling a plurality of fuel dispensers arranged in a gasoline station.
  • a customer operates the fuel dispenser by himself and a worker in a station office watches the fuelling operation and operates the control device.
  • the dispensers In order to maintain the safety, it is preferable to keep the dispensers normally unoperable and change any one of them to be operable according to the customer's request or the worker's judgement. When the fuelling is finished, the concerned dispenser will have to be made unoperable again. In case where the worker senses any danger, for instance fuel overflowing, customer's smoking and the like, the worker in the office cabin must stop the concerned or all dispensers.
  • Such control device for a plurality of fuel dispensers is known e.g. from Japanese Pat. Appln. Early Opened Gazette Sho 59(1984)-52366, which comprises lamps requesting fuel dispensation and for telling dispensation finished, and switches to be actuated by the worker so as to correspondingly operate the concerned dispenser.
  • An object of the invention is, thus, to provid a control device for controlling a fairly many fuel dispensers without causing any confusion to the operation.
  • the object can be attained fundamentally by using a display panel, which is constructed also as a touch sensitive panel, divided into a plurality of sections, the number of which corresponds to that of the fuel dispensers.
  • a symbol representing the state of the dispenser at the present is shown on the concerned display panel section via a microcomputer so that when touching the section the corresponding command may be given to a dispensation controller of the concerned dispenser through the microcomputer.
  • the worker touches that section with his finger so that a command for energizing the pump motor is given through the microcomputer to the controller of the concerned dispenser.
  • each of the fuel dispensers I, II --- arranged in a gasoline station comprises a pump 1 for drawing fuel from a reservoir not shown, a motor 2 for driving the pump 1, a fuel flow meter 3 connected with the pump at the discharge side thereof and a nozzle 4 mounted at the free end of a flexible hose which is connected with the fuel flow meter 3 at the other end so as to dispense fuel to a motor vehicle not shown.
  • the fuel flow meter 3 is provided with a transmitter 5 for generating a pulse signal representing a fuel flow volume to be received by a dispensation controller 6, which is actuated by a nozzle switch 7 when the nozzle 4 is taken up from a hook 9 mounted on the housing of the dispenser.
  • the actuated controller 6 calculates a fuel flow volume in reference to the pulse signal from transmitter 5 so as to show the result on an indicator 8.
  • a control device of the invention is generally represented by 20 and comprises a microcomputer 40 mounted in the casing thereof and a display panel 21 which is composed of a touch switch (such as a matrix switch) 24 and a display means (such as a liquid crystal display, a cathode-ray tube and the like).
  • the display means have a sectioned area 22 and a common area 26.
  • the sectioned area 22 is divided into a plurality of sections, eight sections in the illustrated embodiment, which respectively corresponds to the plurality of dispensers I, II ---, eight dispensers in the illustrated embodiment, only two of which are shown for the sake of clarifying the drawing.
  • Each section of the sectioned area 22 has an area 23a showing a number of the concerned dispenser, an area 23b showing a fuel flow volume and an area 23c showing situation or state of the concerned dispenser at the present, i.e. "Nozzle on Hook”, “Nozzle Taken”, “Dispensation Allowed”, “Now Dispensing", “Emergent Stop” and the like respectively in the form of symbols understandable at a glance as shown in Fig. 4.
  • a memory or memories 41, 42 in the microcomputer 40 which have stored fuel flow volume are shown as explained later.
  • Informations common to the all dispensers inclusive of the fuel volume of any of the dispensers which has finished its fuelling may be shown by request on the area 26 below the eight panel sections.
  • the control device 20 is provided further therebelow with a key board 28 which has switches 28a-28c and a ten-key board 28d.
  • the control device 20 has also a printer 29 for issuing a payment slip.
  • First switch 28a is for selecting either of the two memories, second one 28b for setting printing means to issue the payment slip, and third one 28c for stopping all dispensers in emergency, e.g. when finding anyone smoking.
  • Fig. 2 showing arrangement of elements in the microcomputer 40 of the control device 20 of the invention
  • data as to the dispensed fuel flow volume is given by the dispensation controller 6 and sent through the line 10 (Fig. 1) to be stored in a first or second memory 41, 42.
  • the two memories are provided that any dispenser having just finished its fuelling may be used at once by the second customer if the dispensed fuel volume is stored in the other memory.
  • three or more memories may be provided if necessary.
  • sectioned area 22 of the display panel 21 having eight sections is constructed also as a touch sensitive panel as said in the above so that, when touching any section of the panel with a finger, e.g. section "1", section judging means 45 connected therewith receive a signal therefrom so as to identify the number and give a signal to command output means 46 and symbol judging means 47.
  • the symbol judging means 47 on receiving a signal from the section judging means 45 and the controller 6, selects one of the symbols stored in a symbol memory 48, which is shown on the area 23c of a section of the display 21 through display driving means 44.
  • the command output means 46 on receiving a signal from the section judging means 45, gives a command through the line 10 to the controller 6 of the concerned dispenser (e.g. dispenser I) by taking account of a signal given by the symbol judging means 45 which represents a current state of the dispenser.
  • the supplied signal is transmitted to the symbol judging means 47 through a line 50.
  • Symbol judging means 47 on receiving the signal selects the symbol corresponding to "Nozzle Taken” from symbol storing means 48 so as to correspondingly actuates means 44 for driving the display 21, whereby the symbol for the second mode is indicated on the area 23c of the display panel section "1" which is for the dispenser I (Fig. 4, Step 2).
  • the controller 6 When the signal for allowing dispensation is received (Fig. 3, Step 3), the controller 6 energizes the motor 2 for driving the pump 1 and sets the indicator 8 to "zero" (Fig. 3, Step 4). When the customer actuates the nozzle trigger to start fuelling, the controller calculates the fuel flow volume moment by moment in reference to pulse signals from the transmitter 5, the result of which is shown on the indicator 8 and sent to the control device 20 through the line 10 (Fig. 4, Step 10).
  • the signal of fuel flow volume from the line 10 is sent to the display 21 through the line 50, the symbol judging means 47 and the display driving means 44 to be indicated on the area 23b of the display panel section "1" and, at the same time, the symbol on the area 23c is turned to the fourth mode, "Now Dispensing" (Fig. 4, Step 11).
  • the signal is also sent to either the first memory 41 or the second memory 42 which stores no data and vacant.
  • the control device 20 When the worker feels any danger to touch the section "1" of the touch sensitive panel 21 (Fig. 4, Step 3), the control device 20 outputs a signal for stopping dispensation of the concerned dispenser. In view of that the state is "Now Dispensing" (Fig. 4, Step 6) at that moment, the symbol is changed to one corresponding to "Emergent Stop” which is shown on the area 23c (Fig. 4, Step 7).
  • the controller 6 of the dispenser I receives the corresponding signal from the control device 20 (Fig. 3, Step 5), the pump motor 2 is stopped (Fig. 3, step 6).

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EP92311129A 1991-12-09 1992-12-07 Dispositif de contrÔle d'un nombre de distributeurs d'hydrocarbure Expired - Lifetime EP0546782B1 (fr)

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JP35026991A JP2682314B2 (ja) 1991-12-09 1991-12-09 給油機制御装置
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US9721060B2 (en) 2011-04-22 2017-08-01 Pepsico, Inc. Beverage dispensing system with social media capabilities
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US11169954B2 (en) 2007-10-10 2021-11-09 Gilbarco Inc. System and method for controlling secure content and non-secure content at a fuel dispenser or other retail device

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US4630754A (en) * 1983-10-15 1986-12-23 Tokico Ltd. Fuel supply system
WO1989000974A1 (fr) * 1987-08-06 1989-02-09 Peter William Hollidge Systeme a interaction pour pompe a carburant

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EP0678476A1 (fr) * 1994-04-16 1995-10-25 Scheidt & Bachmann Gmbh Dispositif pour la distribution des carburants liquides
US11169954B2 (en) 2007-10-10 2021-11-09 Gilbarco Inc. System and method for controlling secure content and non-secure content at a fuel dispenser or other retail device
US9721060B2 (en) 2011-04-22 2017-08-01 Pepsico, Inc. Beverage dispensing system with social media capabilities
US9218704B2 (en) 2011-11-01 2015-12-22 Pepsico, Inc. Dispensing system and user interface
US10005657B2 (en) 2011-11-01 2018-06-26 Pepsico, Inc. Dispensing system and user interface
US10435285B2 (en) 2011-11-01 2019-10-08 Pepsico, Inc. Dispensing system and user interface
US10934149B2 (en) 2011-11-01 2021-03-02 Pepsico, Inc. Dispensing system and user interface
WO2013079974A1 (fr) * 2011-12-01 2013-06-06 Barchester Group Ltd. Procédé, appareil et système de commande d'alimentation en carburant
US10207912B2 (en) 2014-11-07 2019-02-19 Knappco Corporation Crossover protection system graphical user interfaces
US10669147B2 (en) 2014-11-07 2020-06-02 Knappco, LLC Crossover protection system graphical user interfaces
US10787358B2 (en) 2017-10-09 2020-09-29 Knappco, LLC Control systems for liquid product delivery vehicles
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KR930012565A (ko) 1993-07-20
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