Patent ID: 7938151

Claim:
In a system for preventing overfilling of a plurality of fuel tanks that are simultaneously filled from a multicompartment tank truck, the fuel tanks having respective fill-level threshold sensors, that are connected to a transmitter for wireless transmission of a signal when respective threshold values are reached, and a receiver being provided on the tank truck for controlling at least one tank valve, the improvement wherein each fill-level threshold sensor for the fuel tanks at the filling station is connected to a respective signal line that leads to a common interface in the form of a plug-in connector, and only one transmitter together with an interrogation circuit is provided for connection to the plug-in connector, and the transmitter cooperates with a common receiver provided on the tank truck, that is connected to a circuit for receiving address-coded signals from the transmitter, the circuit being connected to an actuating device for selectively shutting off the tank valves at the tank truck.