Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tank sensor array for inventory signaling in a tank management system
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Application No.: US15882871Application Date: 2018-01-29
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Publication No.: US10817835B2Publication Date: 2020-10-27
- Inventor: George W. Ratermann
- Applicant: Ratermann Manufacturing, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Livermore
- Assignee: Ratermann Manufacturing, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ratermann Manufacturing, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Livermore
- Agent Thomas Schneck
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; H04L29/08

Abstract:
A tank inventory signaling apparatus that has gas cylinder tanks stored in an array at a tank farm. The gas cylinder tanks are placed where weight sensors detect whether a tank of the array is substantially full or not, say greater than 75% full. The substantially full tanks form the tank inventory at a tank farm that is transmitted to a networked local server. The information is relayed to a remote server having tank management software that orders replacement gas cylinders. A threshold level can be set in the inventory for order generation for all non-substantially full tanks in the array with the order generated at the remote server when the inventory drops below the threshold at a local server.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180197138A1 TANK SENSOR ARRAY FOR INVENTORY SIGNALING IN A TANK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2018-07-12
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