Locking forecourt fuel pump
First Claim
1. A forecourt fuel pump including a flexible delivery hose having a delivery nozzle at its free end and a holder for the nozzle, which pump further includes a locking member mounted on the pump and movable between a locked position where the locking member is engaged with the nozzle when in its holder and prevents the nozzle being removed therefrom and a free position where the nozzle is free of the locking member, a power-operated actuator for moving the locking member between its two positions, and control means for the power-operated actuator.
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Abstract
A locking arrangement for a forecourt fuel pump having a nozzle (11) receivable in a holder (13) of the pump body has a bar (23) movable between free and locked positions by an actuator (28). When the bar (23) is in its locked position, the bar passes through an opening (24) in the nozzle handle, so preventing removal of the nozzle from its holder. The actuator (28) may be electrically controlled from a remote position such as a payment booth. All of the fuel pumps on a forecourt may similarly be arranged to permit simultaneous locking and unlocking of all of the pump nozzles.
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16 Claims
- 1. A forecourt fuel pump including a flexible delivery hose having a delivery nozzle at its free end and a holder for the nozzle, which pump further includes a locking member mounted on the pump and movable between a locked position where the locking member is engaged with the nozzle when in its holder and prevents the nozzle being removed therefrom and a free position where the nozzle is free of the locking member, a power-operated actuator for moving the locking member between its two positions, and control means for the power-operated actuator.
- 15. A forecourt fuel pump including a flexible delivery hose having a delivery nozzle at its free end and a holder for the nozzle, which pump further includes a locking member mounted on the pump and movable between a locked position where the locking member is engaged with the nozzle when in its holder and prevents the nozzle being removed therefrom and a free position where the nozzle is free of the locking member, a power-operated actuator for moving the locking member between its two positions, and switch means for controlling the actuator, which switch means is remotely located with respect to the fuel pump, the locking means comprising a bar which in its locked position extends through an aperture formed in a part of the nozzle.
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