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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2000
Filed:
May. 31, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles B Miller, Ashland, KY (US);
Assignee:
Marathon-Ashland Petroleum, LLC, Findlay, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
700239 ; 700240 ; 700242 ; 222 71 ; 222132 ;
Abstract
Two, preferably three or more gasoline (or other fuel) blending components are delivered to a point adjacently point of sale to the motorist and are blended by an apparatus which proportions the flow of individual components in response to signals indicative of the gasoline quality variables, octane, Reid vapor pressure, percent alcohol, etc. (The preferred octane for control purposes is motor octane, but pump octane or research octane or any combination of these three may be utilized.)