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Device and method for testing a vapor recovery system

US6151955A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 5, 1999
Grant dateNov 28, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 5, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB67D7/54
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

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.

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