Fuel dispensing and measuring device arranged on ground surface

• US 3,995,769 A
• Filed: 07/11/1975
• Issued: 12/07/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nippon Oil Corporation (ENEOS Holdings, Inc.), Tokyo Tatsuno Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nippon Oil Corporation (ENEOS Holdings, Inc.), Tokyo Tatsuno Company Limited
• Inventors: Tatsuno, Hiyoshi, Horiuchi, Mitsuo, Sasaki, Kazuo, Yoda, Makoto, Toba, Astushi, Kuwabara, Etsuo, Ohhashi, Susumu, Tadano, Masamitu, Iwano, Mitsuo, Ishida, Saburo, Iwano, Yoshiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Reeves, Robert B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Marmor, Charles A.
• Application Number:
  US05/595,246
• Time in Patent Office: 515 Days
• Field of Search: 222/25-28, 222/538, 222/16-20, 222/32-35, 222/481, D52/2 R, D52/2 A
• US Class Current: 222/26
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 5/02 Supplying fuel to vehicles; General disposition of plant in filling stations apparatus for transferring measured quantities of petrol, oil, or the like from storage space to vehicles B67D
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 7/04 for transferring fuels, lubricants or mixed fuels and lubricants

Abstract

A dispensing device for gasoline or the like liquid fuel which is mounted on a base structure or island as a part of the device, which occupies a relatively narrow space and may be of a hollow body so as to accomodate at least one of a flow meter, a fuel pump, and a motor for driving the pump. The device has at least three indication surfaces each directed in different direction around the device, so that an amount of the fuel dispensed and indicated on said surfaces can be read from any position around the device.

Claims

1. A fuel dispensing device mounted on a ground surface comprising a fuel dispensing structure, said structure including a base, a head, and an upright member connecting said head to said base, said head being a hollow member of substantially prism-like form having a horizontal cross sectional area generally in the form of a triangle to thereby form three sides on said head, three indicating means in said head driven by a common source for indicating the amount of fuel dispensed with one indicating means being located on each one of said sides on said head whereby the amount of fuel dispensed can be read from at least one of said three indicating means from any position on a 360°

circle about said structure, said base being a pedestal of a substantially circular horizontal cross section mounted directly on said ground surface as an exclusive island for the fuel dispensing device, said base occupying a relatively small amount of surface area such that vehicles may park at various angles around said base, said upright member comprising a tubular element secured to said base and to said head to thereby mount said head on said base, said upright member having a cross sectional area less than the cross sectional area of said base and less than the cross sectional area of said head, nozzle means mounted on said head for dispensing fuel therethrough, and transfer means in said structure for transferring fuel to said nozzle means.

2. A fuel dispensing device according to claim 1 wherein said nozzle means comprises nozzle elements having outlets through which fuel is discharged, said three sides of said head being constructed and arranged such that each two sides are interconnected by interconnecting means located generally at the apex of the triangle defined by said three sides, said interconnecting means supporting said nozzle elements generally at the apexes of said triangle.

3. A fuel dispensing device according to claim 1 wherein said base is a hollow member to accommodate at least parts of said fuel transfer means.

4. A fuel dispensing device according to claim 1 wherein said base has a horizontal cross sectional area larger than the horizontal cross sectional area of said head.