Maintaining an operational temperature range

• Main Authors: Johnson Mark Justin, Zuzek Patrick
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.03.2017
• Subjects: AIR SUPPLY; BLASTING; BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; CALCULATING; COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR; DRAUGHT-INDUCING; HEATING; LIGHTING; LIQUID HANDLING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; OPENING, CLOSING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; SUPPLYING NON-COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID OR GAS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

Maintaining an operational temperature range of a fuel dispenser component may be accomplished by a variety of systems, devices, and techniques. In one aspect, a fuel dispenser temperature maintenance system includes a centrifugal fan and an airflow separator. The centrifugal fan is detachably mounted to a fuel dispenser and adapted to circulate an airflow from an exterior to an interior of the fuel dispenser; separate the airflow into a conditioning airflow and an ejected airflow; and direct the conditioning airflow directly to a fuel dispenser component. The ejected airflow includes a plurality of particulates. The airflow separator includes a separator inlet adapted to receive the ejected airflow. The airflow separator is adapted to guide the ejected airflow from the separator inlet directly to an exterior of the fuel dispenser through an outlet channel, where the outlet channel is disposed between the airflow separator and the exterior of the fuel dispenser.