APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DISPENSING OF A LIQUID INTO A CONTAINER, PARTICULARLY USEFUL IN VEHICLE FUEL DISPENSING SYSTEMS
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Apparatus and method for dispensing a liquid fuel into the inlet of a vehicle fuel tank by means of a fuel dispensing pump including metering means for measuring the quantity of liquid fuel dispensed, and a nozzle carrying a wireless transponder device for interrogating an RFID carried by the respective vehicle to enable identification of the respective vehicle; characterized in that the fuel inlet of the respective vehicle fuel tank carries said RFID to be interrogated by the transponder of the nozzle, when inserted into said inlet, to receive the identification of the respective vehicle, said RFID on the vehicle transmits to the transponder on the nozzle the identification of the respective vehicle; and said apparatus further includes a data processor for processing the identification of the respective vehicle receiving the measured quantity of liquid fuel to provide information concerning the operation of the respective vehicle.
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20 Claims
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1-8. -8. (canceled)
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9. Apparatus for dispensing a liquid fuel into the inlet of a vehicle fuel tank by means of a fuel dispensing pump including metering means for measuring the quantity of liquid fuel dispensed, and a nozzle carrying a wireless transponder device for interrogating an RFID carried by the respective vehicle to enable identification of the respective vehicle;
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characterized in that; the fuel inlet of the respective vehicle fuel tank carries said RFID to be interrogated by the transponder of the nozzle, when inserted into said inlet, to receive the identification of the respective vehicle; said RFID on the vehicle transmits to the transponder on the nozzle the identification of the respective vehicle; and said apparatus further includes a data processor for processing the identification of the respective vehicle receiving the measured quantity of liquid fuel to provide information concerning the operation of the respective vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. The method for dispensing a liquid fuel into the inlet of a vehicle fuel tank by means of a fuel dispensing pump having metering means for measuring the quantity of liquid fuel dispensed, said method comprising:
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providing said inlet of the respective vehicle with an RFID for identifying the respective vehicle; providing said nozzle of the fuel dispensing pump with a wireless transponder device for interrogating the RFID of each vehicle presented to the nozzle for receiving liquid fuel therefrom, to enable identification of each vehicle receiving liquid fuel; and processing of said metered quantity of liquid fuel with the identification of the vehicle receiving same, to provide information concerning the operation of the respective vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. (canceled)
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