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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
May. 05, 2014
Gilbarco Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);
Jack Francis Bartlett, Summerfield, NC (US);
Jonathan E. Deline, Oak Ridge, NC (US);
John E. Ingold, Greensboro, NC (US);
Michael Lawrence Jennings, Billericay, GB;
Gilbarco Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);
Abstract
A fluid dispenser has a housing in which fluid flow control components are located and at least one fluid conduit completing first and second fluid flow paths between the at least one fluid storage tank and a nozzle coupled to the housing. The fluid dispenser also has a fluid flow meter located along said fluid flow path, a control system, and a recirculation subsystem. The recirculation subsystem has a bypass valve located along one of the first and second flow paths. The bypass valve is operative to prevent fluid communication between the first and second fluid flow paths when the fluid dispenser is in use and to allow fluid communication between the first and second fluid flow paths when the fluid dispenser is not in use. Methods of measuring the flow rate of a fluid in the fluid dispenser are also disclosed.