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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary Michael Ostrowski, Salisbury, MD (US);
Richard Michael Smith, Salisbury, MD (US);
Assignee:
Dresser Equipment Group, Inc., Carrollton, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D / ; B67D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73 40 ; 73 4 / ; 141 59 ; 141 83 ; 141 96 ; 222 23 ; 222 44 ; 222171 ; 222424 ;
Abstract
A device and method for testing for the recovery of vapor in a system in which a fluid is dispensed into a tank through a nozzle, according to which a vacuum is created to induce the flow of the vapor into the nozzle. The vacuum is measured and a display is provided that indicates whether or not the vacuum attains a predetermined threshold value.