Display assembly and a fuel dispensing unit

• US 8,531,404 B2
• Filed: 10/04/2010
• Issued: 09/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Wayne Fueling Systems LLC (Dover Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Dresser Incorporated (Nagano Keiki Company Limited)
• Inventors: Haecker, Russell
• Primary Examiner(s): CERULLO, LILIANA P
• Application Number:
  US12/897,507
• Publication Number:
  US 20120081609A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,072 Days
• Field of Search: 345 11- 13, 345173-184, 348/373, 348/794, 222 23- 51, 36167901-6793, 4555751-5758, 312 91- 964, 400472-496
• US Class Current: 345/168
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04809 Textured surface identifying touch areas, e.g. overlay structure for a virtual keyboard
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0489 using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof

Abstract

According to the present inventive concept there is provided a display assembly for a fuel dispensing unit, comprising: a display, a substantially transparent screen arranged between the display and an ambient environment such that the display is visible through the screen, comprising a first screen portion and a second screen portion movably arranged, in relation to the first screen portion, between a first position and a second position distinct from the first position. There is also provided a fuel dispensing unit.

Claims

1. A display assembly for a fuel dispensing unit, said display assembly comprising:

a display mounted on the fuel dispensing unit;

a substantially transparent screen arranged between the display and an ambient environment such that the display is visible through the screen, the substantially transparent screen comprising a first screen portion and a second screen portion that is arranged to move relative to the first screen portion between a first position and a second position that is distinct from the first position; and

a detector coupled with the substantially transparent screen proximate a side of the transparent screen that is closer to the ambient environment than the display, the detector comprising a first part and a second part disposed, respectively, on the first screen portion and the second screen portion,

wherein the first part and the second part of the detector cooperate to identify the position of the second screen portion relative to the first screen portion.

2. A display assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first screen portion comprises an opening in which the second screen portion is arranged.

3. A display assembly according to claim 1, wherein the second screen portion is arranged to be movable towards the display.

4. A display assembly according to claim 1, wherein the second screen portion is pivotably arranged in relation to the first screen portion.

5. A display assembly according to claim 1, wherein the detector is configured to provide a signal in response to the second screen portion assuming the second position.

6. A display assembly according to claim 1, wherein the detector comprises a switch for cooperation with the second screen portion.

7. A display assembly according to claim 6, wherein one of the first part and the second part comprise the switch.

8. A display assembly according to claim 1, wherein the detector comprises a magnetic switch arranged as one of the first part and the second part on the first screen portion and the second screen portion.

9. A display assembly according to claim 1, wherein the detector comprises an optical switch assembly.

10. A display assembly according to claim 1, wherein the display is a touch sensitive display.

11. A display assembly according to claim 10, wherein the second position is such that the second screen portion engages with the display and the display is configured to detect an engagement with the second screen portion.

12. A display assembly according to claim 10, wherein the display is configured to detect an electric coupling between an object touching the second screen portion and the display.

13. A display assembly according to claim 10, wherein the second screen portion comprises a conductor and the display is configured to detect an electric coupling between the conductor and the display.

14. A fuel dispensing unit comprising:

a nozzle for dispensing fuel, and

a display assembly, comprising;

a display,

a substantially transparent screen arranged between the display and an ambient environment such that the display is visible through the screen, the substantially transparent screen comprising a first screen portion and a second screen portion that is arranged to move, relative to the first screen portion, between a first position and a second position that is distinct from the first position, and

a detector coupled with the substantially transparent screen proximate a side of the transparent screen that is closer to the ambient environment than the display, the detector comprising a first part and a second part disposed, respectively, on the first screen portion and the second screen portion,

wherein the first part and the second part cooperate to identify the position of the second screen portion relative to the first screen portion.