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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:
Feb. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/100 ; G01F 2/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/100 ; G01F 2/300 ;
Abstract
The device for monitoring the storage level of a product contained in a tank includes a device for measuring the storage level of the product, a central processing unit for utilizing the level read off by the measurement device, a memory for holding at least one storage level threshold, a device for comparing a level value output by the central processing unit with the threshold, a device for triggering a restocking command and controlled by the comparison device, and a device for transmitting the restocking command to a restocking center. It furthermore includes a device for receiving at least one time of information which is issued by the restocking center in response to the transmission of the restocking command.