Patent ID: 7104278
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: B67D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fuel dispenser that dispenses fuel received from a main fuel piping conduit fluidly coupled to an underground storage tank, comprising: a housing containing a fuel handling component area; an internal fuel piping conduit that is fluidly coupled to the main fuel piping conduit to receive fuel; a leak collection chamber having a bottom and sides with an open top that is located inside said fuel handling component area and that collects fluid leaked inside said housing; a control system and a scale located underneath said leak collection chamber wherein said scale is coupled to said control system to register the weight of said leak collection chamber; and a slanted collection plate located inside said fuel handling component area that is coupled to a side of said leak collection chamber and to an inside surface of said housing that collects leaked fluid and transports the fluid to said leak collection chamber by gravitational force.