TANK INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20130026225A1
• Filed: 07/27/2012
• Published: 01/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: United Plastic Fabricating, Inc.
• Original Assignee: United Plastic Fabricating, Inc.
• Inventors: Lingel, F. Joseph, Ashley, Michael, Bruns, William
• Application Number:
  US13/559,907
• Publication Number:
  US 20130026225A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 37/50 Testing or indicating devices for determining the state of readiness of the equipment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor

Abstract

A system is provided for display of tank information, the system comprising: a tank label, the tank label being displayed on a tank pump panel and comprising data including tank capacity, serial number; a computer readable code disposed on the tank label providing additional tank data and configured to communicate with a manufacturer of the tank.

Claims

1. A system for provision of tank information, the system comprising:

a tank label, said tank label being displayed on a pump panel and comprising tank data;

a computer readable code disposed on said tank label configured to communicate with a manufacturer of said tank.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said computer readable code provides additional tank data.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein said additional tank data is selected from the group of additional tank data consisting of service history, certifications, engineering drawings, capacity data, and combinations thereof.

4. The system according to claim 1 wherein said pump panel is disposed posterior to a truck cab.

5. The system according to claim 1 wherein said computer readable code is a quick response code and provides a link to a website of said manufacturer.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein said computer readable code is a bar code.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein said computer readable code is a two dimensional code matrix.

8. The system according to claim 1 wherein said tank data is associated with a color.

9. The system according to claim 8 wherein said color corresponds to a color coded fill tower associated with said tank data.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein said tank label is corrosion resistant.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein said tank label is metallic or plastic.

12. A method for efficient conveyance of tank data, said method comprising:

Providing a tank label disposed on a vehicle having a tank;

Recording tank data on said tank label;

Assigning identification colors to tank data on said tank label; and

Identifying tank fill towers with colors matching said identification colors.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising providing a computer readable code on said label.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein said code provides tank data information.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein said code provides a link to a computer file containing information about said tank.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein said information about said tank comprises tank data is selected from the group of tank data consisting of service history, certifications, engineering drawings, capacity data, vehicle maintenance records and combinations thereof.

17. A truck, said truck comprising:

a tank;

a pump panel;

a label disposed on said pump panel providing a computer readable code and tank information;

a first color assigned to a portion of said tank data associated with a first tank fill tower; and

said first tank fill tower being identified with said first color.

18. The truck according to claim 17, further comprising a second fill tower, said second fill tower being identified by a second color.

19. The truck according to claim 17, wherein at least a portion of said first fill tower is said first color.

20. The truck according to claim 17 wherein exposed portions of said first fill tower is said first color.

21. The truck according to claim 17, wherein said truck is an emergency vehicle.