Combo vending system for gases
First Claim
1. A vending system (1, 1a) for gases havinga filling station (12) for filling gas bottles (2) with at least one gas, at least one gas supply line (3) connected to filling station (12), and control means for control of a gas distribution, characterised in that a filling mechanism is further provided for filling gas tanks in vehicles, which is also connected to the at least one gas supply line (3), and that is also controlled by the control means.
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Abstract
A vending system (1, 1a) for gases and a method for distributing gases using a vending system. The vending system includes a filling station (12) for filling gas bottles (2) with at least one gas, with at least one gas supply means (3) connected to the filling station (12) and control means for control of a gas distribution, which is characterised in a filling mechanism further provided for filling vehicle gas tanks, and which is likewise connected to the at least one gas supply means (3) and which is also controlled by the control means.
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20 Claims
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1. A vending system (1, 1a) for gases having
a filling station (12) for filling gas bottles (2) with at least one gas, at least one gas supply line (3) connected to filling station (12), and control means for control of a gas distribution, characterised in that a filling mechanism is further provided for filling gas tanks in vehicles, which is also connected to the at least one gas supply line (3), and that is also controlled by the control means.
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14. A method for distributing gases with a vending system having a filling station (12) for gases and a filling device for filling of vehicle gas tanks, including the following steps
determine whether a customer wants to buy gas in bottles (2) or gas for a tank; -
if the customer wants to buy gas for a vehicle tank; fill the vehicle tank up to a technical limit or up to a predetermined amount;
if the customer wants to buy gas in gas bottles; issue a filled gas bottle (2). - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
Automatic evaluation, whether a new gas bottle (2) for the distribution is necessary for the customer'"'"'s chosen gas, based on the evaluation result, selection of at least one of the following actions;
a) refill of a gas bottle (2) supplied by the customer, b) provision of an empty gas bottle (2) from a bottle reservoir in vending system (1, 1a), c) filling of an empty gas bottle (2) provided from the reservoir, d) storage of a gas bottle (2) supplied by the customer, e) issue of a previously filled gas bottle (2) from the reservoir, and f) rejection of a non-conforming gas bottle (2).
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Specification