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Method of delivering petroleum and similar products using electronic identification tags and reading probe

  • US 5,420,797 A
  • Filed: 08/26/1994
  • Issued: 05/30/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for ensuring accurate delivery of petroleum or similar products from a storage facility to the storage tanks of a customer comprising:

  • (a) providing each of the storage tanks with a machine-readable identifier carrying encoded information;

    (b) providing a delivery truck having an outlet spigot to which a delivery hose may be connected, said spigot having a further machine-readable identifier affixed to it;

    (c) providing to a driver of the delivery truck a load ticket having information thereon concerning a delivery to be made and a digital probe device having a microprocessor and a RAM memory storing therein at least some of the information from the load ticket;

    (d) loading said delivery truck at the storage facility with a product in accordance with the information contained on said load ticket;

    (e) transporting said product to the customer;

    (f) using said digital probe to read said machine-readable identifiers on said storage tanks and on said spigot;

    (g) comparing information read from said machine-readable identifiers with information stored in said RAM memory for matching the product contained in said delivery truck with the proper one of said storage tanks of said customer; and

    (h) transferring the product from said delivery truck into said matching storage tank of said customer.

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