US1764057A - Portable oil and gas service station - Google Patents

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' .Iun 17, 193).v F. STEIN'HAUER. '11,764,057

" PQ'RTABLE 011. AND GAS SERVICE s'lATIoN' Filed April 2e, 1;926'

June 17, 1930. F. P. STEI'NHMJERv L 1,764,057

PORTABLE OILVND GAS SERVICE STATION 'Filed A21-i1 a6., 1926 2 sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 17, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FRITZ P. STEINHAUEBA, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,` ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FIFTH TO GEORGE A. SCHNEIDER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS PORTABLE OIL AND GAS SERVICE STATION 'l Application led April 26, 1926. Serial Nb. 104,862.

This invention relates to an oil and gasoline purveyin-g tank car, the primary objectbeing the provision in an' automobile of storage tanks for various grades of oil and gasoline with means for dispensing measured quantities as desiredfrom any one of such tanks at the place of business of customers, or to the traveling public along the highway by scouts, or to automobiles congregated at parking places, instead of requiring customers to drive their cars to a permanently located lling station as is now the usual practice.

`Further refinements of the invention in-- clude the' provision of measuring devices such as standpipes with visible containers supplied from the storage tanks by pumps driven from the motor or electric generator or storage battery of the car.

As before indicated, it is almost universal custom for owners of passenger or delivery cars, trucks and other automobiles, to drive at intervals to established filling stations for the purpose Aof lling their tanks. This en- .tails inconveniencev and loss of time, and

frequently the car owner, to avoid such trouble, postpones `going for gasoline longer than is wise and inds his supply exhausted at a critical time when unable to drive under his own power to the nearest station'.

By my invention, gasoline e and oil can readily be delivered tothe customer at his own home or garage in the same manner as ice and ymilk are regularly supplied to the consumer. i Y

Contractors, express companies, and oth- .ers having fleets of trucks can be visited at regular intervals and the tanks of their automobiles replenished without visiting a remote filling station. In order that the'invention may bereadily understood, preferred, and modified embodiments of the same are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood, however, that the invention may be embodied in further modified structures without departure from the essence thereof as set forth in the accompanying claims, wherefore the description and illustrations REIFSSUE are to be taken in an .illustrative and not in an unnecessarily limiting sense.

Asset forth in the drawings Fig.v 1 is aside elevation of a tank car embodying the invention, the side being broken away to show the interior 'arrange ment;

to Fig.1 but show- Having particular reference to Figs. 1 to f1 inclusive, the car housesiwithin its interior, one or more gasoline storage tanks 11 and 11a andone or more oil storage tanks 12 and 12a, one or more measuring standpipes 13 and 13a lcarrying visible measuring containers or meters 14 and 14 equipped with the usual dispensing hose 15. The motor 16 of the car has its power take-olli' 17 and stub shaft 18 operatively connected with the driven shaft 19 by means of sprockets and sprocket chains 20. The driven shaft 19 in turn drives the counter shaft 21 by means of beveled pinions, and the counter shaft, being continuous, has fixed thereon clutch elements 22-'which cooperate with oth- -er clutch elements 23 which are shiftable axially into and the clutch element -lever 24. Each of the shiftable clutch ele- `ments 23 is in operative connection by out of engagement with 22 by means of the clutch means of gear teeth 23a and pinions 25 with a rotary pump 26. Each of the pumps 26 is interposed in a supply pipeleadin from one of the storage tanks to one of t e me-v ters or measuring devices, whereby the liquid is drawn from one of the storage tanks vand forced into the measuring device. The

supply pipe 27 leads from the lower portion of the gasoline tank 11 by way of its pump 26 to the visible container 14 of one of the standpipe meters while an excess" return pipe 28 leads fromthe proper level 'of the liquid within the meter and. discharges 4into the the suppl pipe 29 leads from the lower portion o the gasoline tank 11 by Way of its pump 26 to the visible container 14a of its measuring device or meter and an excess return pipe 30 leads from the meter to the up er part of the gasoline tank 11.

. upply pipes ,3l and 31 lead from the bottom of oil tanks 12 and 12a by way of Atheir respective pumps to measuring and delivery devices 32 and 32El here shown as 4manually operated by means of the hand cranks33. y

The operation of the embodiments shown in these iigures' 1 to4 inclusive, as `heretofore described, will be readilyunderstood. Having arrived at the dispensing point, the motor of the car is disconnected bymeans of the usual clutch from the driving wheels of the car and the power take-off drives the shaft 19 which in turn drives the counter shaft 21. vIf it is desired to dispense-gasoline from .the'ftank 11, the proper' clutch is thrown into engagement to actuate the pump 26 in the supply pipe 27 whereby ygasolineis forced from the tank into tthe visible meter 14 of the standpipe 13. 'When the proper amount has passedover, thev clutch is thrown out and any excess is returned by way of the pipe 28 to thetank- 11. 'The dispensing hose 15 then serves to empty the meter into Ithe tank of the automobile being served. In a similar manner gasoline can bey forced from the tank 11a' into its meter 14a and thence dispensed. By* the operation of the proper clutch oil can be supplied from any one of the tanks as maybe desired.

As an optional arrangement for forcing.

the gasoline or oil 'from the respective tanks to the measuring devices, the tank car is provided with an air compressor 34 from which duplicates of pipe 35 lead to the up- Ap er portion of the respective tanks. The

airpressure thus generated within the tank above the liquid will force the li uid at willv to the respective-measuringand elivery devices, valves being interposed where found desirable to control the flow.

In Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawing, a modified structure is shown whereby the pumps are driven from ,the'motor indirectly by means of electric current 'supplied' from the motor driven generator 36 and the `bat tery 37 tothe electric motors 38, 38, 381 and 38, which are connected to the' respective pumps 26, the pipe arrangement being advantageously the same or theequivalent of that shown in Figs. 1k to 4 inclusive.

. I n this embodiment ofthe invention, it is not necessary vordinarily to lkeep the motor running and take the current from they generator 36, but .thebattery 37 may be drawn upon to supply current to trunk lines andbranch lines controlled by switches of. any

conventional arrangement .to the electric 'motors By the term stand pipe is understood to be included any gravity flow device for the dispensed li uid and not necessarily an exposed vertica column such as is illustrated and described by way of example.

"current from the motor driven generator 36 or battery 37, or whether the liquid be forced from the storage tanks by air pressure sup-v .plied from the compressor 34,' thisl result 1s caused directly or indirectly by the power' plant of the car itself, thus utilizing the same motive power for transporting'the filling station from place to place and forY dis-v pensing the oil and gasoline `when the point of sale is reached.

It willbe observed that all of the supply and return pipes, the wiring, the pumps, electric motors and other accessorial operating parts are 'disposed within the tank car and beneath the structure,- leaving the rear platform freeof encumbrances which would otherwise hamper the attendant in the eilicient performance of his ldispensing' duties. I claim:

1. A motor driven vehicle'e uipped with storage tanks for oil andl gaso ine or `other liquid fuel, standpipes with visible meters, a supply pipe connecting each meter with a tank, a'dispensing, hose frem' each meter,

pumps inserted between the'tanks and ineters, and means for utilizing the vehicle Y motor to drive any one of the pumps at will, said means comprising a motor driven counter shaft, and clutches interposed between `the counter shaft and each.of the pumps.

2. A motor driven vehicle equipped with storage tanks-for oil and gasoline or other liquid fuel, standpipes with( visible meters,

a supply pipeconnecting each meter with a tank, a dispensing hose from each meter,

pumps inserted between the tanks and meters, and means for utilizing .the vehicle motor to drive any one of the pumps at will, saidmeans comprising an electric generator and storagebattery, electric motors driven thereby and connected with tlie pumps, ando switches disposed in eachl circuit. v

3. A motor-driven vehicle equipped with storage tanks for bil land gasoline or other liquid fuel,"'standpipes with visible meters, afsupply vpipe connecting each meter with atank, a dipensing hosefrom each meter,

and means e ectuatediby the power plant of ysupply pipes from the'7 storage tank/s `to the meters, said means comprising a compressor delivering air under pressure into the .tanks above the level of the liquid therein., u

the` vehicle to force the liquid through the et, A motor driven vehicle equipped with i mirage tanks for oil and gasoline or other4 iiquid, liquid measuring and indicating devices, supply pipes connecting the measuring devices with the respective storage tanks, dispensing pipes leading from the measuring devices, pumps interposed in the supply pipes, and means driven by the vehicle power plant for operating the plumps alternatively. lo motor driven ve icle equipped with iiqui', liquid measuring and indicating devices, supply ipes connecting the measuring devices Wit the respective storage tanks;I 5 dispensing pipes leading rom thev measuri g devices, pumps interposed in the supply pes, and means energized by the vehicle motor for operating the pumpsalternatively, the vehicle having an attendants platform 2Q supporting the measurin and indicating' devices and unobstructed y the pipes and pumps and other operating mechanism,

6. ln a portable service station, e. motordriven vehicle having an enclosed body and 25 a service patform, storage tanks disposed within the body enclosure, standpipes with visible measuring devices mounted on the service platform, a Asupply pipe connecting eacla measuring device with a Stora e tank,

3 a dispensing pipe leading from eaon measfuring device, pumps inserted oetween the and measuring devices, and power transmission means connecting the vehicledriving motor with the pumps.

35 7. in a portable service station, a motordriven veliicle having an enclosed body and y a service platform, storage tanks disposed Within tne body enclosure., standpipes with visible measuring devices mounted on tire service platiorm, supplyk ipes Acon'iiecting the measuring devices witg the tanks, die

pensing pipes leading from the measuring.

devices., pnmps inserted between the' tanks and measuring devices, and transmission 45 ineens between the 'veiiiciedrivinff motor4 A and the pumps, seid transnnssion menne in cluding a manually operated cintcln for' each pump, the pumps and snnply pipes losing located teint? tile vehicle cdy,

In testimony whereof. E have hereunto subscribed my name, y

FRITZ P. STEENEMER l Stora e tanks for oil and. gasoline or other-

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