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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Benjamin T Siler, Stokesdale, NC (US);
Assignee:
Gilbarco Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
700 79 ; 700 80 ; 700236 ; 700237 ; 700240 ; 705416 ; 705 16 ; 705 28 ; 340637 ;
Abstract
Apparatus to detect tampering with a totalizing device on a fuel dispenser with a totalizing device acting to keep a running total of fuel dispensed from the fuel dispenser and including an electric circuit containing at least one coil that will emit a magnetic pulse responsive to a condition consistent with proper totalizer operation, the apparatus including an arrangement for sensing the presence of the magnetic pulse and generating a signal responsive thereto and an arrangement for causing an alarm responsive to absence of the magnetic pulse.