TANK INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20150169556A1
• Filed: 01/23/2015
• Published: 06/18/2015
• 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:
  US14/603,440
• Publication Number:
  US 20150169556A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 for a fire suppressant tank;

a computer readable code disposed on said tank label configured to prompt a mobile computing device to communicate with a manufacturer of said tank and display information about said fire suppressant tank.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said computer readable code provides additional tank specific data from a database maintained by a manufacturer of said fire suppressant tank.

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, appropriate mixing ratios, time until empty for various mixing ratios, 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 and authentication credentials to a private website of said manufacturer, wherein authentication is invisible to the end user.

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 fire suppressant storage tank label disposed on a vehicle having a fire suppressant storage tank;

Recording fire suppressant storage 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 for all tanks installed on said vehicle.

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

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, appropriate mixing ratios, time until empty for various mixing ratios and combinations thereof.

17. A truck, said truck comprising:

a fire suppressant storage tank;

a pump panel controlling pumping from said fire suppressant storage tank;

a label disposed on said pump panel providing a computer readable code whereby a user of a mobile computing device can access a tank manufacturer database and tank information;

a first color assigned to a portion of said label containing said tank information 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.