Patent ID: 7602143

Claim:
A mobile service station facility for replenishing energy sources onboard different types of automotive vehicles said service station facility comprising: a portable rack having a service platform on which an automotive vehicle is to be positioned for replacement of a depleted storage device of said automotive vehicle; a single loop conveyor system mounted on said rack; a plurality of replaceable storage devices coupled to said conveyor a system and storing fluids or charges utile as motivational energy sources for automotive vehicles; a service module mounted on said rack, said service module controllably operable to receive said depleted storage device from said automotive vehicle and also to selectively deliver one of said replaceable storage devices for installation onboard said automotive vehicle; and an electronic computer control system connected in electrical communication with said service module and said conveyor system, wherein said conveyor system is controllably operable to circulate said replaceable storage devices about said service station facility beneath said service platform so that said service module has selective access to each of said replaceable storage devices, wherein at least one of said replaceable storage devices coupled to said conveyor system is positioned directly below said automotive vehicle when said automotive vehicle is positioned on said service platform for replacement of said depleted storage device, wherein said replaceable storage devices include at least a first replaceable storage device and a second replaceable storage device, and wherein said conveyor system is controllably operable to circulate said replaceable storage devices such that said second replaceable storage device passes under said first replaceable storage device while said first replaceable storage device is moving in a first direction and said second replaceable storage device is moving in a second direction.